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Show CHANGED FOR THE BETTEF Conditions, Especially in the Hoh Land, Have Been Much Improved in Recent Years. Whoever lias journeyed to Cairo nn from there desires to jro on to Jenisa loin niny now buy his ticket in tin Cairo railway station and look our o the windows of the train nt the seen cry of the plain of Sharon as he inaki" his trip. The rail rnnneclinn has hen completed by a new line from I.iuh tu Haifa, passing t Ii o ruins of Athlit where the Templars limp ngo lia their last stronghold In Talesline. Tin Journey from Ejrypr to the Holy lam Is greatly simplified: one need n longer land at Jaffa, nor wonder how murh one's dans will he interfered with hy uncertain condillons of wind and sea. Mere than Hint, Jerusalem Is a much less dubious place for I In-tourist In-tourist to visit, and Its points of interest in-terest may be much more conveniently Inspected than they used to be. Good order is maintained, the city is under British discipline, the chance of "falling "fall-ing among thieves," more or less an accepted risk under the Turkish reglmp, need hardly he considered. One may visit the mosque of Omar without the undesired companionship of a Turkish soldier. A good deal of regret has been heard that "Europe would never be the same again" for tourists to look at, hut in some respects re-spects at least it will be much changed for the better. |