Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-11-08 | Page 3 | Jerusalem Aided by British Rule

JERUSALEM AIDED I BY BRITISH RULE After Arter centuries of thirst Jerusalem has been teen supplied with a proper water system its streets have been clean cleaned d dand and poverty and dirt have been b banished banished ban ban- n- n along with Turkish rule according according according accord accord- ing to Mirza Ahmed Sohrab a Persian traveling In n the United States on a anew anew anew new religious movement and visiting in Salt Lake He was In the Holy City at the time of the British occupation under General Allenby in December 1917 Mr Sohrab said that of food were hoarded while the tho populace starved The British authorities threw open the warehouses An ample water II supply exists not far from the city and the new rulers Immediately ly brought it I down in pipes They laid sewers and made new now new health regulations which have Improved the well wen being I of tho people