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Show --- - 9 UNDKR THE BRITISH FLAG AND THE PIAG OF DAVTD , TOTTNG JEWS VOLtfNTKKK FOH SERVICE IN PALESTITfB 1 a -r-cr- ftto or aMt . o Smtj jtyo Srrc y1 A' CmB' No event ki years has so penetrated pene-trated to the heart of Judaism throughout the world as tire fall of Jerusalem to the British under General Gen-eral Sir E. HL H- Allenhy K.CB. I Zionism, the dream of the race, tiow bids fair to be realized, and that Jewish blood, too, may be shed in its canse as the price of freedom, the younp JewB of the United States are rallying to the standard in numbers far m excess of anything; imagined. Hundreds of young Jews have been recruited in the various local depots of the British and Canadian Recruiting Recruit-ing Mission throughout the United States for Jewish units in tine British Army for service in Palestine. The first recruit secured for these Jewish units was Joseph L. Cohen, of New York Cityt a graduate of Cambridge University of England, and a Follow of Columbia Univer- sity. Haw York. Be was a member of the first contingent of 250 which left Boston for .max service not long ago. An odd feature of the nwearfag in-' of recruits fox the Jewish unite teas the fact that they were permitted to wear their beta, according to Jewish custom in ceremonial affairs, and when in the army they will not be forced to forego the practices and observances of their faith. They are enlisting exclusively for service In the Holy Land, said win carry the Flag of David. So enthusiastic ham the young Jews become orer this opportunity to fight far their own cause that many who have been turned down for enlistment en-listment because of physical disability, disabil-ity, have demanded that they be reexamined re-examined at once. The bulk of the volunteers axe English or Russian Jews. The enthusiasm coocernsn this movement has not been brat ted to the young Jews, bat in certain cities older Jews who are unable to fight have offered to supply funds to help take care of the dependents of the fighting men. Since Gen. Allenby captured Jerusalem Jeru-salem from the Turks, a large number num-ber of other places revered by Jew and Gentile alike have been wrested from the enemy, and with the aid of Jewish soldiers the whole of Palestine Pales-tine will, no doubt, be reclaimed. A novel phase of the conquest of tile Holy Land was the participation of the British tanks. Modern and ancient history were brought together to-gether in a sensational manner when a herd of these British land battle ships crossed the Sinai Desert, striking strik-ing terror to the hearts of the Turks. |