Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-13 | Page 25 | Goes Seeking Eggs and Gets Holy City

GOES SEEKING EGGS AND GETSfLY CITY British Soldier Gets Keys to Jerusalem NKW YORK, Feb. 12. The atory of the fall of Jerusalem before General Al-lenby Al-lenby is not as picturesque as the moving: mov-ing: pictures have portrayed It, but much more amusing. In the narrative given by Major Vivian Gilbert, who was machine gun officer of the Sixtieth division, the first to come In touch with the citv. Major f.ilbert told his tale at a studio party given by Miss Mary Carlisle at 24 Fast Fortieth street. "The Hue story has never sppeared in print." said Major (iilbert. "The colonel of a Ixmdon regiment told a me cook to get some eggs the morning the Turks withdrew from Jerusalem. The rook went in the direction given him. but lost his way. He soon came to the I outskirts of what appeared quite a large village, and the Inhabitants fee me d to be coming out to welcome him, with white flags waving before them. When they saw that he was British they surrounded sur-rounded him. and In spite of his cries th.t he wanted, ergs they dragged him down the main street, which was packed with townspeople. I was with the colonel when the man returned to our lines. Sa;d he: " 'A toff standing on a balcony tried to give me a bum h of keys and met, "The city is yours," but t ne. "1 don't want the city; I want esss." "When the colonel heard the story be went to the brigadier, who rode to Jerusalem. The mayor of the city handed him the ke s The brigadiT , made a short speech and relumed, in . the nfantim the major general com-matniluf com-matniluf the division had been notified. He rang io and aid: 'Stop the brigadier. briga-dier. I will myself take the surrender.' ."Shortly af ier the major general arrived, ar-rived, and the brixadif-r having- handed the keys -on ok to the mayor, the mayor came out again, made a speech, surrendered sur-rendered the city to the major genernl and handed over the keys. When the , major general reported to the . com- mamler in chief, funeral Allen by wired I to say that In two days he would himself him-self take the surrender of the rlty, which he did. The mayor came out again, handed over the keys and made a speech. "Two veeks later the mayor died of pneumonia. It was feared he caught cold standing in the open air without a hat bsndmg over the city to the cook, the brigadier, the majr general and to the commander in chief."