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Show ARABIA'S PLACE ON THE MAP "Cradle of Islam" of Great Importance In the Aspirations of Warring Countries. At the junction of the Tigris nnd Euphrates Eu-phrates rivers a hundred miles from the Persian gulf is the town of Gur-na. Gur-na. The few tourists who in ante-bellum days sailed past Gurna were told to look with reverence at the spot, for here was the original Garden of Eden, writes John Van Ess in Asia Magazine. In December, 1011. the British took Gurna and for some time, at least, for the first time, Arabia was put on the map. The advance which British arms I have made in the land of the Arab is important in proportion .is the Gcr- I mans regarded Arabia as Important. 1 Arabia looms large on the Teutonic horizon because It Is the door to "Mit- telenropa," and because It is the craTlle 1 of Islam. Since Islam Is professed by the majority of the population in ' Turkey and OXOOO.OOO of Indians and 'JO.OOO.OOO of Kusslans nnd "-l.000.000 In the Fast Indies and l'J.OOO.OOO in Egypt and 8,0lH,0tH In China Islam was considered worthy of an attempt at wedlock, holy or unholy. If you ; look at the map of (he Mediterranean you will see that Cyrus seems to have j a great linger which points just 'o j where Asia Minor bends down sharply sharp-ly to form the Syrian coast. Na o-Icon o-Icon noticed this more than a lu.u-drod lu.u-drod years ago and suggested titat there lay the key lo any situation which would Involve- that part of the world. Follow the linger and it is 1 significant that the objective of loo British Palestine and M "epel ,ri bin campaign was Aleppo. Tlieti.v .' i lie line acre. ; and .Ml :i " -lb l-v l-v ! inn a n n ai ni"a , iba n-s I j i.r .it ,ii I "tinb.i i v of i. |