Show JERUSALEM NOW IN HANDS OF BRITONS CHRISTIANS REGAIN HOLY CITY AFTER YEARS OF TURKISH TURKISH TURK TURK- ISH MISRULE Capture Means Safety of Suez Canal and Egypt and Destroys Prestige of Germany Among the Moslems London Jerusalem Jerusalem the Holy City which for years ears has been In undisputed undisputed undisputed un un- disputed possession of the Turks s has surrendered Over the cit city whose history m mystic and HIllI terrible dates back to the Eg Egyptian records of 1400 1900 B. B C. C now flies files the Union Jack the color trl-color and amI the Italian emblem for General Allenby's s Christian arm army has entered the city where l have held sway for hundreds of years Bethlehem the cradle of Christianity Christian ChristIan- It ity will also be in Christian Christian hands this Ulis coming Christmas J Jerusalem after being surrounded on all sides has hns surrendered A shout that thundered a jo joyous ous Amen straight from the heart of civilized mankind went up In the house of commons as Bonar Law La Lamade made this announcement on Monday With a swiftness of execution and a genius of generalship that equals the greatest feats of this war from Tran- Tran to Bagdad Allenby the bull bullas as the army knows him aim has completed his brilliant campaign Great Britain and her allies hall hail him himas himas himas as the twentieth century crusader Chancellor Law told the commons that the holy places would be safeguarded safeguarded safe safe- guarded by British French and Mohammedan Mo Mo- officials who are now on the wn way to Jerusalem The encirclement of the city was effected when one portion of Allenby's army advancing from the direction Ui of Bethlehem attacked and drove back the Turks s and cut the railroad leading from Jerusalem to Jericho where Christ spent the Ule last night before his crucifixion While this operation was under way to the cast east of the city an another another other part of General Allenby's force launched a concerted attack upon the Turkish positions to the west and northwest of Jerusalem The victory Is hailed by Britain as the Ule greatest feat fent of British arms In Inthis Inthis inthis this war var for Its consequences both military and moral are of transcendent transcend transcend- ent Importance The capture of Jerusalem Jerusalem Jeru Jeru- salem by by- bythe the mean tho- tho safety of the Suez canal and Egypt and will destroy the Ule pres prestige ge of Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many among the Moslems Apart from Its connection with the campaign being waged against ag Turkey I by the UlC British In Mesopotamia the full fall of Jerusalem was the definite collapse of the protracted long efforts of the Turks Turl s to capture the Suez canal and Invade Egypt Almost the Ule first move moe made by Turkey after her entrance Into the war was a campaign against Eg Egypt pt across the desert of the Sinai peninsula |