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BY COURTESY OF C.RR (1) View of the new part of Jerusalem from the top of the wall. (2) Remarkable view of the old city with enclosing wall. (3) David Street, the main street of the old city. (4) The Mosque of Omar, which, after the famous Mecca, is the holiest spot of Mohammedism. (5) A typical Jerusalem Jew kissing the Holy Wailing Wall, according to the ordinance of tradition. . v (6) A close up view of the famous Wailing Wall. ' (7) A road along the Wall.--In the foreground is the Tower of David; in the background is the Jaffa Gate. (8) Lord Allenby talking to high military officials. BY COURTESY OF C.RR PALESTINE AND THE EAST Recent cables from London bring into prominence once again the al- ways present Eastern Question, At a time when advanced thought in both India and Egypt is striving to- wards some form of self-government, the Soviet Government of Russia is, 'through their propagandists, offer- Ang these countries a short but ter- rible road to the attainment of this object, and the British Government is faced with another menace to its su- premacy in the East. The results of a century of gradual advancement under British rule are threatened with destruction by the inroads of Bolshevist troops to the north of Palestine, Persia, and Afghanistan. A review of the events which led up to the occupation of Palestine throw an interesting light on one of the many grave problems which added to the anxieties of the Allied Com- mand during the early years of the war. One has only to remember the spectacular tour of the German Em- peror in this country a few years prior to the war, and his bold at- tempt to gain Mohammedan sympa- thies, to realise the main direction of German ambitions. The Berlin to Bagdad railway was promoted to create a striking effect on Eastern thought, and the whole policy of Ger- 'man endeavour from the commence- ment 'was to take the war into East. Here, they assumed was the most vulnerable point 'in which to strike at the British, and what was probably of equal importance, to ob- tain the richest prizes. Hence we "§ tind the Allies, at a time when their than adding another considerable war to our other enormous enter- prises. At this stage Hohe work of driving the Turks out of Palestine became an imperative necessity. By a fortuitous combination of cir- cumstances not altogether without Precedent in British history, the full realization of the difficulties to be overcome was co-incident with the discovery of the right man who was capable of overcoming them. Of all the men who took part in that ad- venture of British Arms, General Allenby spared himself the least. He selected his staff by the measure of their intelligence and infused his of- ficers and 'men with his own untir- ing energy and enthusiasm. Lines of communication across an overwhelm- ing stretch of arid desert between the Suez Canal and Gaza in the south of Palestine were re-organized. A gra- dually increasing collection of units and material suitable for warfare in the hilly country around Jerusalem were concentrated and trained for the peculiar country they had to tra- verse, with the result that the sub- sequent advance was a triumph. entry of General Allenby and his troops into Jerusalem coming as it did at a time of particular anxiety in the main theatre of the war, it would be difficult to over-estimate the superlative moral influetice this achievement effected on the staying powers of the whole Allied cause, Jerusalem has fallen twenty-three times into the hands of an invading army. but never with less display of the pomp and panoply of war thas Nati the verge of starvation. Streets Wars littered by the bodies of people in the last stages of exhaustion, and. {disease was rampant everywhere, The task of bringing succour, and & feeling of security to these unfore tunates was completed under Gene eral Allenby's administration with a | celerity which compels admiration. | The future of thesé enormous | Asiatic popplations is a matter of grave concern to the world at lagge, {and one which affects more than any other the problem of restoring peace { and security to Humanity in all parts |of the earth. Now there is a possi« | bility that the half-dormant passions | of the East may again be aroused and | exploited by the strange and terrible | power which has arisen from the | Russian revolution. Nothing ' more | regrettable than this could possibly happen at the present time. In time to come a Government may be formed {in Russia which will be compatible with the requirements of other coun- | tries, byt to accomplish that the Rus {sians must first wade through a i morags of violence, intrigue, and all | the evils which attend them. No ima-| | gination is required to picture the }horrors which would ensue if this Government in' embryo carried its present pernicious influence to the south. The policy of the leaders of the Russian Soviet Government is possibly dictated more by the desper~ ate nature of their position, than any desire for agrandisement, Looting forays and the other dubious rewards of the freebooter are the only jn- this. Showing a fundamental appre. Jucement they can bffer their troopdy clation of religions thought through- out the Christian and Mohammedan world, General Allenby entered this "leity of sacred assoclations with re- offensive in the Dardanelles was an effort in this direction, and had we verence and on foot. If we conira' this with the theatrical display of magnificence and ebullition of ego- mania which characterized the visit of the then German Emperor, we have a clear perception of the differ- ence between possessing the genlus for rule and thé' desire for domina-|? tion. General Allenby's capabilities for tion surpassed if possible, his gift for military organization, The civil population of Palestine was fn a deplorable condition, and only a people inured by centuties of mis- 4 rule to an existence of extreme mis. 5 the des manded of them during the war. The men and en had been forced in- the forms of slavery and crops and cattle commandeer- ! Turkish army to such ax | tutions, the Canadian Jews take care for {and it these propensities are direct ed toward India and Egypt, the coun tries of Palestine and Mesopotamia ymay see another trial of strength on {their historic battle-grofunds, { JEWS IN CANADA. J. 8. Woodsworth, in his "The Stranger Within Our Gates," glaims: that there are over 100.000 Jews in Canada, of whom "in Montreal thers 300 to 45.000; in Torontd about 0 in Winnipeg, 13,000 to 14.000, and each city or town of any size has quite a large eontingént." The first Jewish Syf#zozus in Montreal was establishedPn 1763, so that the {mmie gration of This race {s clearly no new thing. The actual mber of for jGin-hom classified in the Census of 1911 was 47.861, of whom nearly, 34.000 came from Russia, The avidity of the Jew for educa tion is generally admitted, and at least one of the Canadian Rhodes Scholars came of Jewish parents. Through thelr owy charitable insti. the extent that the whole country was on | of their own Door to a large extent,