Show CITY'S FIRST AND LAST FALL Jericho's Siege and Capture One of th the Spectacular Stories of the theOld theOld theOld Old Testament On the morning of Washington's ons on's birthday Gen Cen Sir E. E H. H Allenby's Australian Australian Australian Aus Aus- troopers rode as ns conquerors Into a little village of huts noted geographically geo geo- geographically graphically as ns being the of lowest lowest lowest low low- est elevation on earth and In Biblical history as being the scene of the Promised I Land and observes the Minneapolis Minneapolis Minne Minne- apolis Journal In the Canaanite days Jericho was wasa a fortified city commanding both the lower ford of ot the Jordan and the route leading lending up to the highlands of Judea The story of Its siege and capture and find the destruction of Its population Is one of the spectacular stories of the Old Testament which contrasts strongly with Its gentle seizure by a n Christian army In a year yeu of our Lord thirty five centuries later Inter According to the Old Testament story the city was wits left desolate with witha a n curse from Joshua upon the man who bo should attempt to rebuild It And It ItIs ItIs itis Is related that HIe HIel the who ho dirt did r rebuild It tt lost his two sons in the construction df the wall as punishment for his temerity It was at nt Jericho that Joshua Instituted Instituted tute his campaign of frightfulness upon his enemies and It was on the Jericho road l lending up to the Judean i hl highlands that Jesus laid the scene of the story of the Good Samaritan who pave gave first aid to a n wounded enemy The advance n from Joshua to Jesus In Inthe Inthe inthe the human Ideal of duty uty toward ones one's enemies Is the very measure of the spread between the Ideals of Hindenburg Hinden- Hinden burg and Allonby Allenby nb on the same ques ques- tion This war l I is fundamentally a conflict conflict con COD b between the Ideals of modern brotherhood and ancient and nowhere Is the contrast more noteworthy noteworthy noteworthy note note- worthy than In this little village e of ot Jericho where when the people tod today are safer linter In the hands of ot their enemies than Ulan thc they y were under onder the rut rule of their own The Tho world with the exception exception tion of Germany and Turkey has bas traveled trav eted a 3 long tong V way 11 between 11 the two falls of Jericho |