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Show THE DRAMA, AND LITERATUr.:: - MUSIC, ' , , THREE ',SECTION .'.0i,;i.''..at,.6.:..l13:i'V...'J''':ti.... 1 Comparatively Little Development Will be Needed to Make a nrst Clasetrlarborlt Has ct Wealthy Hinterland, a Country at Present Without Adequate Outlet For TradeTown Lies in the Shadow of Mount CarmelAlready Linked With Egypt by Railroai, It Will Soon be on the Main LineUtilization of Hailds Possibilities Is Necessary to the Future Prosperity of Pales, tine, and the Port Should Become One of the World's Greatest Shipping CentersNatural Outlet For Damascus and Even MesopotamiaDepends on Decisions of Peace Conference. '1 lc ;4 . ,' 1 1;,4'1,, till:: 11 t ' ' - )..1..".,!"-'1,-.7:K( I, ' ,,,; ' ' ' ' ' $ s., N. p e.,. r:. $ I. I' ' : - , ' Ill ' c ,-,- 4 , . 0 el - ,, ,..'"., . ' ' . t '''''71. 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Turk- now promising prospects ish rule hu hardly done more to retard the devel- ad- - opment of Palestine than has the lack of an no "a was when there the Before war, equate port. . and , railway across the Sinai desert into Egypt a blind - -was Palestirte alley.,,,, no port but Beiruti Between the sea and the Jordan, there ,was no , outlet to the south . except the annual caravan of , camels to Kantarar on the Suez Canal, and there , was on outtet 1) the north except the old Turkish '' e railroad from Haifa to Tiberias and , narrow-gaugto Damascus. From Damascus, there was the long on by the ' expensive rail route to Aleppo and 6 Bagdad railway to Constantinople, . or the steep in' cog railroad down the Lebanon from ,Damascus to Beirut. The latter route, which afforded the only reliable sea outlet which Palestine had, is not suit,' and commerce of ea for handling a large volume ' it ,traverses, of the country , , owing to the nature never will be suited for heavy commercial use. , ' --- - -- - '" , ' , ' ' -- ' ' . ', ., . !; t 1 J, ', .: ' - , - a, , I, ;1 . - - to 44 . I . . , -- His Actions, However, Belie His WordsReiterates His Irmocence, as Usual, Arraigns His Enemies for Persecuting Al., ter Vantjuishing Hint, and is Especially Indignant Over. Proposition to Make Hint, MI Object to he Stared at and RidiculedBlames England; and Repeats Confidence in and A ffection for HollandPrussian Militarists, Rather Than .A.110w HIM, to be Surrendered; Would Probably Smuggle , Him Away. , - , . , , ' , , - , . , - , . , . A, - er ' e.. 0 , I ,t41610! , . . 1 , ......,:......... . . , , , ' '- . , ' , 8 "One might- have expected tills," him smiled. said Wilhelm slowly and gravely.. "I "Thank you Roaeri." he? eald elm. am not surprised that it should have , ply. "I know, I have still many been, the British who have decided friends who are ready teaid me. but this. Is there no limit to their van- - ll would have no further bloodshed. Sy. to their audacity? What are the If I can further the cause of- the BY crimes of which I Fatherland by my death. then I am what right would the Y submit Ine to ready and happy. Though I am no this indignityto be the object to be longer kaiser, my one thought is. of stared at and ridiculed by a vulgar my people and my land. crowd f Surely I have suffered (Continued on page two.) enough. I am innocent as you know ? - . ',i , 11 'I - : . . military low; ,e, - , ' 1 , - ai;;;;Tld , ' ,. .1 ' , '' ' ' - . t ,' , ' . , . , i 1- - , t :i - soldier-administrati- op . , , ' One proof of the great attractiveness of Haifa lies in the fact that the German Templara, a sect , . l which Iinsists on the return to Palestine as one of the articles of its religious faith, before the war estbalishid its largest colony In the tity. The neat clean' streets ''' of the German colony formed a pleasing contrast to the dirty streets of tbs native sections of Haifa when the British occupied the city. At present there tr..' 1.04 Germans in Haifa, ultno.igh some of the bil7,ia'sigi of their vlony have leen taken over by ths local British at:minfstra- Him CLAIR Prt:CE. , Copyright, 1919. Fr. e the Edward Marshall . . Sptd:cu:4. ' ' ' . , r . , 0 0 k - io , 4 a 1 . , Al ,,,t-e.' .. - , t )1--4 rf ' . 4 .4T , , . I -- , . , . i - 1 , . ., , . ..' . , . , ' , ' ' '. - ", - . , -- , ' . ex-E- . - . I , th6 Peace Conference choose a power able to finance the development of Palestine for the permanent administration Of the country, Haifa willl be one of the first towns in Palestina to reecive electric light from the power plant in the Jordan valley which Europeans. of long residence In Palestine see as an . early 'possibility. . This is to , utilize the fall of the Jordan either above or below Galilee in the production of enough electricity te light Haifa, Jerusalem; Jaffa, and Nazareth. Intniense irrigation works are also possible in the , ' Jordan valley. , The plain of Fsdraelon, one of the most fertile . sections of all Palestine, , is Haitals hinterland . and should in time make the city the center of the ' richest farming rigion in Palestine.. ' Already the Zionists have established their large colony of Zana marin and are demonstrating the possibilities that lie in Its soil. (The Zionist problem Is nowhere ' in Palestine more acute than. in the present prov- ince of Haifa;; Moslems and Christians.alle are united against the menace which Zionism presents to Palestine). At present, however, Mount Car- : mel is denuded of trees; A project hu - already . twest gotten ,undcr ray by the ppriticit . of Palestine to - afforest Carmel, and a distinct change should be. noticeable Iin the neat ' ' . ' 20 years. a' , , 'of any crime, save that of striving kissing the hand of the Empremik , continually in the cause of peace, be commenced by Informing tbe Kais-- and to make the Fatherland a nation to be admired and esteed et Onesv- or that he had grave news to impart "These are grave timesn oreturned ery hand I was '. mies who sought the ruin of Germany. the "but 1 to and Independent person: but would to This is completed now, and Ia am harshbe tried." Wilhelm laughed ' God I could see the Fatherland placed in happier circumstances. Why is bitter laugh, but his- face was deathly . it you have come to me at this hour. pale. Tine- appeared overRosen?"--- he asked. "Dees the Fathrose and She news. whelmed the at erland need me?" ha added.as a eon- approaching her husband whispered clusion. him., Her words had an almost are." to ex- returned the doctor, "but I have come instantaneous effect upon the himself to inform your majesty of what the . kaiser. who. straightening and defiant is enemies on the fatherland are now and looking proudshould I submit to ever, said: 'Why plotting." .1 am this? a free individual, and "This concerns my person?" agked lord. "Come. Rosen." he have been granted the hospitality of the Holland., Holland will protect me, said boldly. "tell me et it. $1 promise from the enemies who seek my furththat the 'plot shall not worry me er degradation." greatly." ' I ' 1 "I Am Reedy." 'Your Majesty., the Mlles have de- clared their intention that the kaiser ' "lir Rolland fills your majesty, ,shall be placed on trial in Loridon."' there are hundreds of thousands of l At Aria Wilhe:im appeared dased., true Germans who are ready to die and could scareely appreciate the sigfor your majesty." It was Doctor Roe. ' ' en who nificance of the doctors words. spoke, and the kaiser hearing and er ' . .... . , - ex-w- ar - . . . s after bowing to the . - , of , . ' ' , , - . , . $ , , . - , KERONGEN, Holland. luly 1$. satisfy the idle curiosity of the Ento their natural van- -. ; -a- By what right would they - glishto pander ity." . ' force as to trubmit to this inIt was Dr. Rosen, the mont intimate to be friend dignityto be the object of the now like his . eared . at and ridiculed by - a vulgar , royal master an exile in Holland, who ' crowd? For what crimes amI to be broke COUNTRY ,WITHOUT A PORT.. the news of the Allies' dee!. tried? ' L am innocent of any but the Mon. The . : had retired for " of endeavoring to maintain Pal- .. crime Jaffe was fOrnierly the the, eight when the doctor reached 6..iewas threat,enetionev,erl, the castle, and Count Bentinck and eLtine, but here cargo could only be loaded., or un- - - . r.e&c....: my enemies be content., the new arrival sat the pos.. loaded aCrOsti a treacherous reef and frequently i.., ., with the victory they have won with. 'don until long intodiscussing the eexly hours . Out thus the upon vanquishtrampling of W the was hen it known coasteshilis rad bi omit calling at Jaffa because ed and fallen', My one wish is to end,' Wilhelmmorning. had ccimpleted his breakfast, be as the a the sea was reef my days attempted. high for private individual. to the infortnation was conveyed to him live the, life of a private gentleman, that Dr. Rosen desired an audience. teretoforit been without a port, a free from of statesman- the f:tters There were five persons presentatt the misfortune which fiNs kept the commercial ,life- : ship." which lasted close upon an were the first words the ex- - , audience, Such blood of the world front coursing through the coun- hour. The company were the . ' in the castle at Kaiser uttered when, Count Bentinck..D.11 osen . and peror. try and has helped td make it the anaemic, poverty- Amerongen, be learned of the decin the count's secreterY. ' to him of the Allies him Stricken land whichihe Turks evacuated. upon : ' place London. "Why. should tbey "Of WI;st Am I Arxinnedr . trial hi At present, ,however, the :British army has link- choose Lo ndon?", he assea.."save to Dr. Rosen was deeply iffected. for. , - Ready and Happy;" Exclaims Wilhelm, When Told of Allies' Plarrtto Put Him on .Triai , c , , ! "II Ar,r1 , . , IIMMIEMEMMINININEMOMINIMMEMINEMEMINIEMEMMEM..m, 1 , . , ' II -- , ; - 1, , , ' ' ' - , , , ' a ' - - f ' , , , , - . , , . - t - - ' - a met ' when he rebuilt the altar, of Jehovah which bad formerly stood there. The beauty of Carmel I s frequently mentioned in the Bible. , - At piteent Haifa is in seed of a better water supply, better roads and an untangling of titles to the lands about it: Plenty of pure weber is avail- - a able near by and it is only the Jack of ,money which postpones the inetallation of a new mai- cipal water supply. Haifa, in common with all the rest of Palestine, was stripped of everything . of iralue which the fleeing Turks could lay their . ' I ..". : hands on. ' . ' a ' -- ORDERLY EXPANSION.. a ' ,' A town planning, systim is 'alas badly needed for Ueda. The town is capable of all the ex- pension which will ever be necessary, but a plan of expansion will have to be definitely laid down beforehand and rigidly . followed, if the chaos of a diaorderly, haphazard growth' is to be avoided. This also .,would have been done alreadyeven though the Occuple4 Enemy Territory Administration , (South) of - the British army is governing Palestine only temporarilyhad the money lieu s , . . , , , available. , One the motheettesimmt :tar Hata, in" oonf palta estineneale comm with of an un- ' tangling of land titles.. liefort the war, bribery of Turkish officials secured many of the present titles to Palestinian land, nikd during the war many of these Somewhat uncertain titles were still more uncertain by the imprisonment of the owners and the forfeiture of their land. Some of these Owners are now back in Palestine claim. 1 frig their land, and the clearing up of land titles will be almost a hopeless Job when the permai. ent administration cotnes Into office. .The preesmt' is ' doing what' It can in the matter, but ite furictions arastrictly limited by , - ... On the other hand, the railroad from Dimas- - . nets to dodge the Suez Canal dues, which form no .ed it up with Egypt by railroad and when the Bag- ir little port, located almost half 'dad rialway from Aleppo info Constantusople. la put . cue pu'it the south tmd of Galilee to Haifa is cap- - small item hi tits; budges of shipping companies ieto better condition Palestine will lie , on the able if handling any amount of traffic which bap la this part of the world. eit ,,,, way between Jaffa and Beirut I 25 about miles and from the through line between Eastern Europe and Egypt, masters might load onto it. It traverses oompar- 119 selr, Opponents of the Syrian desert roots, bow,. loRghi.p.-4,- 1 northern boundary of Paleatthet 'rho problem of a port for Palestine still remains atively level country and from the time f reight that the cheapest solution of Mesopo- ever, say I be . tamiats has in it greater commercial pot, to be solved, however. The bulk of any country's haves Damascus only about 410 hour; would transport difficulties would be a railroad sibilities than any other of thp exPorts always have gone and always will g0 by requiredafor it to reachtHalla Red be ehttnted into., to Boers and the drainage of the country' around INear East's undeveloped sea ports; As this es sea where a sea route is available. Railroad trans- - , the Haifa docks. Given an adequate port, Euro-- Boers to make that port- healthful. being written, it is impossible to plan its develop- -, portation is fast and expensive; sea traneporta. puns who know, say that Damascus is capable a Should the Syrian desert rajiroad be builta, tion is slow and cheap- .- Palestine still needs an of great commereial development A number of inent, for the Peace Conference has not yet indi: the ImPetue it weuldigive the port of Haifa would cated 'whet .form of permanent administration it adequate port to give it the commercial stimulus' caravan routes convergetbere and it would not be. , of course, on the amount of irecbtmation . a cilficult matter for Damascus, give; a perman- - depend hoer-- .which only cheap transportation can give. .. will, asslgn to Palestine. ; In the meantime, , the power In Mesopotamia governing ' ' The development of Haifa is absolutely item- - ent administration of an enterprising ever it is 'impossible to refrain horn speculating sort, -to revive -. achieve- - ' MesNxItamia has all the Pm'sn'ilitiss ' sl ' ., as to the possibilides et Ifeiftaaehould the Peace lazy if Palestine is to shake off the industrial serni- -' its ancient splendors. as.' . , can he , If capital and s " - a Conference assign Palestine to a Power financially barbarism which is one of the most painful aspecta The neuron's great grain trade would like- ''''' ' obtained for a it ' ' ' ' wise' be diverted . able to develop the country. of the Holy Land. ' ' , , ' , throtigh Patestiee to the ea if , .' To what degree hi Haifa capable of aoconuna. The town of Haifa, with its population of At present the two main railroad lines in Pal. Haifa were developed to handle it . about 20,000, lies on the south side of the bay esdne, folloering in general the routes fixed upon Haitz'a rek.tions to Mesopotamia are as yot (feting the large number of inhabitanea which a : ' a busy port would assemble there? , . . , . on the formed These Haifa. the are the into out uncertain. the Turks, sea of by i the mall converge by , jutting .. The present town of 20,000 inhabitants Is a , line up from Gaza, now linked up with Egypt, ,' known as Mount CarmeL The bay is aorne There are those who say that a railroad will - range 10 'miles long from the British army, which drains the territory yet be constructed aerou the Syrian desert, bayto eouth,south, strip of settlements along the shores of, the bay by ' of Akka. west and about three billeg in width. into Jerusalem Kut and Jaffa Amara Throughout Its length, the distance about and ',odd 'Junction, ing Mesopotamia el Capable , around. joining and thence into Haifa, and the line from Damascus who are acquainted with the bay and the Damascis-Haif- a railroad below Damascue, and tween the shore and Mount Cannel is compare In, this respect Beirut I. better which rounds , the southern. end of Galilee and 'theta are others who ae that Bosra at the head with thef need of this east-coof the Mediterran. tively narrow. crosses Palestine, running almost 'due west, meet-- of the Persian Gulf will always be the port for , situated It Is capable of Indefinite expantrion. Haifa ean for an adequate port, say that it could easily ' however, has 'vim to expand up and down the bay . be dredged to aceommodate vessels of 80400t draft , ing the coast at Haifa. Mesopotamia.' ' ' ' . . and as soon as transportation is available up the Not only, however, is Haifa the logical ceatlet along a pier, and vessels' of a greater draft out in RAILWAY . 1R GUARD ' FOR of a 1 a the lines of Palestine railroad the bay. ,This wouad include any vespels-no'Palestine ', (and elopes of Mount Carmel, quite a ' different sort ply. fer To jaded Egyptians, ing between : eastern Mediterranean', porta and la,' at this early date In Its liberation from Tttridsh Certainly such a railroad presents no engineer- - expansion is made voluble.' but it is the lug difficulties and, now that the aeroplane ham - whose only resort is Mexandria, a summer home probably any which might visit these ports for ' rule, well covered with railroad-lines' . on the slopes of Mount Cannel at Haifa would logical outlet for Damascus, the great granary of been developed to the psint of practical usage, years to come. ,: . be a great boon. Cannel is one of the most Men who have lived here for many years say the Hauran and, in the 'opinion of many, the fu- - there would be no difficulty in guarding such made not railroad from the petty depredations of Beduin. ' tiful spots hi Palestine. It is green the year around that a long breakwater could be put in to break ture port for Mesopotamia. It can-b' into 'door railroad from Aleppo to Bagdad is stIll far (the name "Carmel" means orchardY and has an troublesome of most front of which but the the The are seas Palestine, only . upthe southwest from completion and it is not .certain that it will abundant supply of pure 'water. In the direction pier entire Near East. It eau be made into the Naples along these coasts, that a long ' ever be completed could be built out into the bay., that coast traffic of the Eastern Mediterranean. It was suited, some say, for of the sea it slopes down to a sheltering promon- 480 At present, Beirut is the Port of Damascus: ''a could' be .accommodated at a quay wall; and that route, but it is not suited for tory where the Carmelite monastery is situated a forms very there is ample- room between the slopes of Mount There is a good anchorage at Beirut and unques- - , an economical way of transportation to and feet above the sea. This promontory As it Carmel and the ,sea for railway sidings, customs tionably it would be the chief port of eyrie, and from ldesopotamia. If a western exit from' Mesa. conspicuous object from a distance at sea. Palestine were it not that the cog road Which Winds ,' potarnia is sought, certainly Haifa would be the renmiris green, even in summer, it forms a rpsheds, grail elevators, docks and all the other Pales-thror two asked la across have down Damascus' from sea a I railroad die the to choice and of a' incapSyrian freshing excepdon to the general aridity of logical great port. utterly equipment ' !mason.' The populatioh ancient, able of coping with the commerce of the coin, Desert the inevitable result: It is certain, too, that tine in the hot of them to estimate the cost of such s de-and try which drains into Damascus.: Tho road crawls such a railroad would cut down the time of the ' ' of Palestine regarded the mountain asthesacred, velopment of Haifa. They agree that the figure Mount of ' called was. it It several to India and mails a period at would probably be $10,000,090,a sum which would , down, through the Lebanon and ie the only possiearly, very by days ,. 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