| Show AX AN IMPORTANT T enterprise PROPOSED fon eon gidor FOR PALESTINE palas fora forca proposed 1 jordan canal have appeared an n the forel sorel foreign lii iii dentine journals it ft appears that I 1 it t sos is not jo to be inthe in the genuine ine lne the term really 4 a canal but rather a largo large bargo inland 0 asea ea some SOO miles loog jorg 11 ini loi vath than anavera average of ten to in breadth the waters baters qt thedeas the dead lo 10 be raised from ahei ahel fe rc levei level about 1300 feet and its arta arda I 1 X nn lof lot course counse ba lan ian largay gly increased the ae riser biyer jordan dead sea and lake TI berlas would all pil disappear ar sith with so some e square mlle mile ot of landi landl P principally on ithe the Wes terru terri side of tiie the jordan valley vailey e 1 usino as nov and arid in int their pice lyce iyce would bea bjaast be att Ast inland sheet of water fertilizing the neighboring desert ath h the lie rainfall produced by the evalora ballan wa froth troth its according td 1 his bis plan pian ore there would bd bees beds I 1 1 i i 1 I 1 l mj i i i 1 I 1 i i 1 instead of a simple canal a wide op open en channel traversing traver tins palestine from north to south navigable in every sense of the term with hate fate afe ate harbors here and there on ow elther either side sidey it is not inconsistent to loofe upon great enterprises enterprise sot of this character as preparatory steps gontard the colonization of the holy landhy landby land by the them hebrew race in of phe predictions of their ancient prophets regal arding their heir bein gathered acain again in the latter davs days |
