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Show jtpROGRESS IN PALESTINE. )o new colonics were founded iu esttne this year, with the exceptioii Klncrcth, a largo farm founded by "Palestine Land Development com-yj com-yj with tho assistance of the Na-ial Na-ial Fund, which employs 1 manv Hih laborers. It Is hoped that ge laborers will become competent aiats by and by. work has also begun preparing the for the co-operative colony of Ebpponhelraer, which was named Jrbanlab, A largo number of new trees wore planted this year in BHerzel forest, says tho Maccabac-fiThe Maccabac-fiThe Agudath, Netaim obtained Its tractor from the Turkish govcrn-mt; govcrn-mt; and Is continuing to cover new J.w'lth all kinds of plants. Thus We and more.of the arid Palestinian JRjB being reclaimed to new life, ttwish immigration into tho cities Palestine is much moro eviden. ifclthy Jews from Russia are visit-Palestine visit-Palestine In large numbers It la Uhat not all of them find the po-IlUies po-IlUies in Palestine which they a:i-Bjated, a:i-Bjated, bnt many of them, who aro (re enthusiastic and whose-desire Kettlo tharo 1b strong, succeed in fclng various activities and they le thero. miese Jews, who have been used to life of comfort in Europe, have 6d some of tho old settlers and Ire founded a now suburb, a new Bn Tcally, near Jaffa, which they fried Tol-Abib. This town, built on ftAmerlcan stylo, Inasmuch as it "Ung out as If by magic within oo k; to tho stand of the seashore, is r Beautiful. It is well planned, ftfwiao paved streets lined -with K, every houso 1b fitted up w)th Kr pipes and bathrooms, and they T..re built in a -Specified Oriental style, I Kiirromilo-l by a garder Jt r. In alt crnactliEi.s: of which the Jowb In Palestine arc Justly proud. The Arabs and the European Christians Chris-tians wcro astonished at tho remarkable remark-able achievement of the Jows, and their envy Ik niilnc. All the cesi-dentH cesi-dentH of Jaffa, Christians as well aa Mohammedans, tako their holidav walks In Tol-Abib. The gates of this suburb arc closed on Saturdnys to prevent the entrance . of vehicles, although tho majority of its Inhabitants aro not religious; bnt the Jewish Fahbath is accepted by all as a holy day of rest. The atmosphere Jn Tol-Abib Is naturally entirely Jewish, Jew-ish, and thr Hebrew language Jn its beautiful Oriental accent is heard on every side. On tho main street, the Ilcr.l street, that leads to the ha. was built tho Gymnasia Ibrith (the . Ilo-brow Ilo-brow high school! of Jaffa, a fine building In Oriental style. A corner stone was recently laid In the samp suburb for a largo synagogue, which will be owned by the Jewish community com-munity of Jaffa Tcl-Ablb was built through the assistance of our National Nation-al TTund, which granted a loan for this purpose of about a quarter of a million mil-lion of francs, to be repaid, with in-tcresl, in-tcresl, in installments. A similar suburb Is now being built with the help of the National Fund in close proximity to Tel-Ablb Jerusalem, Jeru-salem, too, has a few new Jewish suburbs around the old town, built mainly by Jewish teachers for their porponal use with the help of the "HUfsverciri" of Germany. Iu Ha Ufa also lots are being acquired by Jews for building purposes around the site of the Jewish Technical Fnstitute, and a suburb on the plan of Tel-Abib is projected there. Now York Sun. |