Ex-Premier Says
^140,0(10,000 Jews
Are Persecuted
Declares No Good Hrfs Ever
Come to Nations That Have
Oppressed Hebrew
People.
(Continued From I’age One.t
land their fathers made famous.
Palestine under Jewish rule once
maintained a population of 6,000.000.
Under the blighting rule of the Turk
it barely supported a population of
70.000. The land flowing with milk
md honey is now largely a stony
and unsightly desert. To quote one
of the ablest and most farsighted
business men of today, “U is a land
of immense possibilities in spite of
the terrible neglect? of its resources
lPHulting from Turkish misrule. Its
glorious estate has been let down by
centuries of neglect. The Turks cut
down the forests and never troubled
to replant them. They slaughtered
the cattle and never troubled to re
place them."
It is one of the peculiarities of the
Jew hunter that he adores the Turk.
If Palestine is to be restored to a
condition even approximating to its
ancient prosperity it must be by set
tling Jews on its soil. The condition
to which the land has been reduced
by centuries of the most devastating
oppression in the world is such that
restoraion is only possible by a race
lhat is prepared for sentimental rea
sons to make and enduro sacri
fices for the purpose.
What is the history of Jewish set
tlement In Palestine? It did not be
with the Balfour declaration. A
century ago there were barely 10,
000 Jews in the whole of Palestine.
Before the war there were 100,000.
The war considerably' reduced these
numbers, arid immigration since 1918
has basely filled up the gaps. At the
present timorous rate of progress it
will be many years before it reaches
200.000.
Jewish settlement started practical
ly 70 years ago. It started with Sir
Moses Monteflore's experiment in
1874—another war year. The sultan
had good reasons for propitiating
Jews in that year, just as the allies
had in 1917. So the Jewish settle
ment of Palestine began. From that
day onward it has proceeded slowly
but steadily. The land available was
not of the best. Prejudices and fears
had to he negotiated. Anything In
the nature of wholesale expropriation
of Arab cultivators, even for cash,
had to be carefully avoided. The
Jews were therefore often driven to
settle on barren sand dunes and
malarial swamps.
Palestine Has Great Future.
Everywhere the Jew cultivator
produces heavier and richer crops
than his Arab neighbor. He has
introduced into Palestine more scien
tific methods of cultivation, and his
example is producing a beneficent
effect on the crude tillage of the
Arab peasant. It will not be long
fre Canaan becomes once more a
'and flowing with milk and honey.
•*ri*he effects of the neglect and mis
rule of centuries cannot be effaced
by the issue of a declaration. The
cutting down of trees has left the
soil unprotected against heavy rains,
and rocks which were once green
w ith vineyards and olive groves have
been swept bare. Terraces which
ages of patient industry built up
have been destroyed by a few gener
ations of Turkish stupidity. They
cannot be restored in a single genera
tion. Great irrigation works must
he constructed if the settlement is to
proceed on a satisfactory scale.
Palestine possesses in some re
flects advantages for the modern set
tler* which to its ancient inhabitants
were a detriment. It* one great
river, with its two tributaries, are
rapid and have a great fall. For
power this is admirable. Whether
for irrigation or for the setting up
of new industries, this gift of nature
ro Palestine Is capable of exploitation
impossible before the scientific dis
coveries of the last century. The
tableland of Judea has a rainfall
which if caught in reservoirs at ap
propriate centers would make of the
"desert of Judea" a garden. If this
were done Arab and Jew alike would
sha^re in the prospet-ity.
There are few countries on earth
which have made less of their possi
bilities. Take its special attractions
for tourists. I was amazed to find
that visitors to Palestine in the whole
course of a year only aggregate 15,
000. It contains the most famous
.^jrines In the world. Its history is
nrYnore absorbing interest to the rich
est peoples on earth, and Is better
taught to their children than even
that of their'own country. Home of
its smallest villages are better known
o countless millions than many a
prosperous modern city.
« liy Tourists Avoid Palestine.
Hundreds of thousands ought to be
visiting this sacred laud every year.
Why are they not doing or*l ,The
answer is—Turkish misrule scared
away the pilgrims. Those who went
there came hark disillusioned and dis
appointed. The modern "spies" on
their return did not carry with them
luscious grapes of Escol to t(|rill the
multitude with a desire to follow I cir
example. They brought home de
pt easing tales of squalor, discomfort
and exaction’ which dispelled the
glamor arid diseouraged further pil
grimages. The settled govern
ment gibe* the holy land its first
' bailee for 1,900 years. JJuf there Is
so much undeveloped country de
manding the attention of civilization
that Palestine will lose that chance
unless it Is made the special charge
of some powerful Influence. The
lews alone can redeem It from the
wilderness and restore Its anel.nt
glory.
In that trust there Is no Injustice
to any other race. Tim Arabs have
neither the means, the energy nor the
ambition to discharge this duty. The
IJrltlsh empire has too many burdens
glen its shoulders to carry this experi
ment through successfully. The Jew
ish race, with Its genius, Its resource
fulness, its tenacity and, not least,
its wealth, can alone perform this
essential task. The Halfour declara
tion la not an expropriating but an
enabling clause. It Is only a charter
of equality for Jews. Here are Its
terms:
His majesty* government view
with favor the establishment in Pal
estine of a national home for the
Jewish people, and will use their
best endeavor* to facilitate the
achievement of this object, U being
clearly understood that nothing shall
be done which may prejudice the
civil and religious rights of existing
non Jewish communities in Pales
tine. or the rights and political
status enjoyed by Jews in any other
country."
This declaration was subsequently
endorsed and adopted by President
Wilson and the ‘French and "Italian
foreign ministers.
The Zionists ask for no more. It
has been suggested by their enemies
l hat they are seeking to establish a
■Jewish oligarchy in Palestine that
will reduce the A rail Inhabitant to
a condition of servitude to a favored
Hebrew minority. Th% best answer
to that charge Is to be found in the
memorandum submitted by the Zion
IsL association to the league of na
tions.
"The Jews demand no privilege un
less It be the privilege of rebuilding
by (heir own efforts and sacrifices a
land which, once the seat of a thriv
ing and productive civilization, has
long been suffered to remain dere
lict. They expect no favored treat
ment in the matter of political or
religious rights. They assume as a
matter of course that all inhabitants
of Palestine, be they Jews or non
Jews, will bo in every respect on a
footing of perfect equality. They
seek no share in government beyond
that to which (hey may be entitled
under the constitution as citizens of
tile country. They solicit no favors.
They ask, in short, no more than an
assured opportunity of peaoefully
building up their national home by
their own exertions and of succeed
ing on their merits."
This is tlie modest request which
these exiles from Zion propound to
the nations. And surely it is just
for it to be conceded, and, if conceded,
then to be carried out in the way men
of honor fulfill their bond.
The I,and of Their Fathers.
There are 14 millions of Jews in
the world. They belong to a race
which for at least 1,900 years has
been subjected to persecution, pillage,
massacre und the torments of endless
derision; a race that has endured per
secution which for variety of torture
—physical, material and mental—in
flicted on its victims; for the viru
lence and malignity with which it has
been sustained; for the length of time
it has lasted, and, more than all, for
the fortitude and patience with which
it has been suffered, is without paral
lel in the history of any other, peo
ple.
is It too much to ask that those
amongst them whose 'Sufferings are
the worst shall be able to find refuge
in the land of (heir fathers made
holy by the splendor of their genius,'
by the loftiness of their thoughts, by
the consecration of their lives and by
the inspiration of their message to
mankind?
Coroner s Jury
Says Maryland
Woman Murdered
Attempt Made to Connect Hus
band With Death—Pretty
Waitress Mentioned
in Case.
By International Newn Seri Ire.
Frederick, Md., July 14.—The death
of Mrs. Grace Houck Kepner, mem
ber of a noted Maryland family, was
clouded with mystery tonight when
a coroner's jury returned a verdict
charging she had been murdered "by
unknown persons.”
The verdict followed a two days’
investigation of her death, after her
body had been exhumed. Mrs. Kepner
was found shot through the head In
the bedroom of her home, June 18.
Her death was at first believed to
be suicidal.
Although the state attempted to
link B. Evert Kepner, wealthy bank
er husband, with the crime, the jury
did not mention him In Its report.
The jury, however, recommended
that the ease be immediately laid be
fore a grand jury and that an arrest
be made as soon as conditions war
rant.
Tho murder has aroused the entire
community, uh a suicide theory was
generally accepted following Mrs.
Kepner's death. The state charged
Kepner himself "spread” the suicide
report. At the hearing, Kepner de
clared his wife had killed herself.
Testimony during the tralal also
showed Kepner had been "keeping
company” with Miss Lulu Ricketts, a
pretty waitress, and had showered
gifts upon her.
Mail Kill cd, One Overcome
by Fires in New Hampshire
Plymouth, N, H„ July 14.—The
body of an unidentified woodsman
was found in the woods northeast of
here today, where forest fires are
burning, and another woodsman was
discovered unconscious from I he heat.
A party of 12 or 15 fighters
who entered the woods from the Bee
he river district has been entirely
accounted for, according to reports
here tonight, removing fear that two
<»f the men had been caught by the
flames and smoke.
The fire, which has ravaged about
6,000 acres of timber land,, raged all
today 'in the slash and tonight Is
working toward Sandwich.
Two Pb ad Guilty to Auto
Thefts; Arc Sentenced
Lincoln. July 14.—Leroy !;.<•«• and
Charle* Eliott, alleged ring leader* in
the baud of automobile thieve*, to
which a score or more of car theft*
within the pant few month* have
been traced, todny In district court
here waived the reading of tnforira
tlona, entered plea* and aaked for
immediate se.ttencj Piet nut Judge
Stewart compil'd with the ta<{ue*t.
Klllott was given from one to 10
year* In the state penltenllnry and
He**e an undetermined term in the
reformatory.
V olcauocs Active.
Managua, Nicaragua, July 14—The
volcanoe* Ometepe and Santiago' are
Mhowing extraordinary activity. Hev*n
earth shocks were felt at San Fran
c|*< o, In the department of Morazan,
each one stronger than the preced
ing. The populace fled In panic.
Many Killed in Wreck.
Guatemala t’lty. July 14 —Many
peraon* were killed when two train*
collided on th« railroad to Purlo Bar
rio* today. First aid treatment wa*
given by an auxiliary train to numer
ous ji*u***ngfi* who wer* injured.
Court Orders Power
Rates to Be Reduced
Lincoln, .July 14.—By a decision of
the supreme court today the Inter
mountain Light and Power company
must supply to the citizens of Chad
ron power at the rate of 6 cents a
kilowatt an hour and light at 12
rents an hour, as it is alleged it ron
traded to do in 1910.
At the time of advancing prices the
company found its costs had so great
ly lncrea»ed that the rates were not
remunerative, and It notified the
Chadron municipality it must Increase
them a third. The city council ob
jected but under an alleged threat to
shut off the current it consented.
In supreme court the company
sought to show that the rlty had
agreed to the advance, but the court
says tile same argument would re
lieve a highway robber with a gun at
the hpad of a citizen of any respon
sibility. Such enforced consent it
says, cannot tie held to do away with
contracted obligations.
The principal Industry of Arabia is
raising horses, camels, sheep, cat
tle and inules.
Rainbow Vets Parade
Behind Ex-Commanders
Indianapolis, July 14.—Through
streets packed solid with cheering
spectators, veterans of the Rainbow
division of the A. E. S’„ paraded to
day behind their former commanders,
(Sen. Henri Oouraud of Prance and
Gen. John J. Pershing The parade
was the principal event on the pro
gram of the fifth annual convention
of the Rainbow Division Veterans' aa
aoclatlon.
Both the army chieftains spoke to
the former service men. praising their
valor in the world war on various
fronts. General Gouraud took oc
casion to defend the occupation of the
Ruhr in his country.
--S-A
Col. John M. Johnson of Marion, S.
(' , was elected president of the as
sociation to succeed William Donovan.
United State* district attorney for
the western district of New York.
Because of the stream of English
emigrants who are entering the
United Stales, the British government
Is becoming worried over the loss of
the great number of skilled artisans
snd domestic servants.
“Ask Mr. Foster”
For aid and advice in planning va
cations. All the irksome details
are managed for you. Hotel, train,
boat reservations are made, tickets
procured, entire itineraries ar
ranged. There is no charge for
this service.
Burgess-Nash Comrany
* EVERYBODYS STORE”
Fur Storage
It is unsafe longer to delay. In
our scientifically constructed cold,
dry-air vaults furs are safe from
damage by moths, theft or fire.
During the summer months, re
pairing and remodeling are done at
a lesser cost and naturally with more
leisure than in the regular season.
July Clearance Sale
Coats Suits Dresses
■■ '?%>?*'
f-r * n m •
^ ror Women and Misses ^
For
Clearance
Original
Prices
In these three groups of apparel we have included even our highest priced
garments. During this sale you may purchase the best of tailoring and exclus
ive designing for the usual price of clothes not half so lovely or serviceable.
For Example We List:
Coats
Wraps, tapes and swagger sport
coats, all new and of this season's
styling. Choose an extremely smart
garment of any type at these clearance
prices:
$21.00 Coat..$10.50
$25.00 Coats . .$12.50
$35.00 Coats.$17.50
$49.50 Coats .$24.75
$59.50 Coats.$29.75
$68.00 Coats .$34 00
$79.50 Coats... $39.75
$89.50 Coats . . ..$44.75
Dresses
Regardless of the original cost, we
offer a large group of silk and woolen
dresses at exactly one-half the marked
price:
$21.00 Dresses ... §10.50
$29.50 Dresses . S14.75
$35.00 Dresses .SI7.50
$49.50 Dresses .S24.75
$59.50 Dresses .S29-75
$75.00 Dresses .S37.50
$95.00 Dresses .S47.50
$150.00 Dresses . S75.00
Third Floor
Suits
AH this season’s smartest styles,
many of them suitable for late fait and
early winter wear, will be offered in
this sale at unprecedented price reduc
tions :
$24.50 Suits.812.25
$29.50 Suits.814.75
$45.00 Suits .822.50
$55.00 Suits.827.50
$59.50 Suits.S20 75
$65.00 Suits.832^50
$89.50 Suits.844.75
$125.00 Suits ......... S62.50
July Clearance of
Toilet Goods
Greatly Reduced
in Price
$1.00 Shower Bath Spray, 78*
$1.75 Fountain Syringes, 89*
50c Jergen’s Lotion, bottle, 39*
36c Azurea Talcum Powder,
can . .25*
50c Djer Kiss Face Powder,
box . 35*
With each purchase of a -
$1.00 jar of “L o u r n a y”
Lemon Cream, we will give a
60c can of fragrant L’lle d’
Amour Talcum Powder.
10c Creme Oil Soap, cake, «* !
$1.25 can of Body Talcum with
•large Gainsborough Puff,
»t . 89*
35c Frostilla Lotion, bottle, 22* !
$1.00 Coty’s Talcum Powder,
bottle . 89*
10c Colgate’s Big Bath Soap,
dozen . 95* !
50c jar Smooth Hair. . ...37*
$1.26 El Murillo Castile Soap,
3-pound bar .89*
With each purchase of any
Rose Maid preparation, we
will give a 60c jar of Rose
Maid Cleansing Cream.
36c Palm Olive Shaving Cream,
tube . 22*
$1.00 L’Origan F’ace Powder,
box . 89* i
$1.00 LeTrefle or AzOrea Face
Powder, box . . . 85*
$2.5y Fiver’s Toilet Water,
any odor.81.98
$3.00 Auto Strop Safety
Razor . 89* j
$1.00 Gillette Razor Blades,
Pbg... 63*
$8.60 L’Origan Toilet Water,
bottle . 82.19
Main Floor
July Clearance of
Women’s Low Shoes
Regular Stock Reduced to
Oxford, Pump and Sandal
Effects—All this season’s
models that represent prac
tically every type of foot
wear. Formerly priced
from $8 to $15.
All Sis**
All Width*
Satin, Kid, Suede. Patent. Colored Kid
Gray-Beige, Black, Broun, Ivory,
Red, Green, Blue, \ iolet.
Military, Cuban, Spanish and Loiv Heels.
Main floor
July Clearance
Sale of
Silks
White Sport Satin
All white patterns in plaid and
striped effects. 40 d» 1 0*7
inches in width; yd. A .O /
White Flat Crepe
Heavy quality, suitable for pleat
ed skirts. 40-inch <tO Q C
width. A yard ....
Satin Charmeuse
Very heavy highly finished
satin, 40 inches in width. AH
the wanted dark- d>i Q*7
er shades; yard d* a »Q /
Silk Pongee
This 38-inch pongee is much
used for lingerie, draperies and
frocks. Specially priced nr
for Monday, yard .HOC
Knitted Crepes
Printed knit crepe, either light
or dark colored, in a wide va
riety of patterns. d»0 on
36-inch width; yard O^is^H
Second Floor
Women ’»
Silk Hose
Pair 89c •
Semi-fashioned silk hose
in all white and white with
fancy clox. Regularly much
higher priced hose.
Muln Floor
Women’s Knit Vests
At 89c
Fiber silk
vests in fancy
weaves,
bodice tops.
Flesh, orchid,
maize and
Nile green.
fcfefOtllj « <U|>|
At 45c
Sleeveless mer
cerized vests
made with full
shoulders and
band finished.
Flesh only; sizes
Sfi to 44. Regu
larly 75c.
Kiddies
Half Hose
Pair 39c
Imported white lisle
sox. The turnback top
is finished with a Jac
quard border. Regular
ly 65c.
Main Floor
Silk
Lingerie
Clearance Priced
Silk Chemise
$2.95
Envelope chemise of crepe de
chine and radium in pink, flesh,
peach and white. Values to
$3.95.
Silk Gowns
$3.95
Values to $4.95. Crepe de
chine and radium gowns with
built-up or strap shoulders. Tai
lored or lace trimmed styles.
Wash Satin Petticoats
$2.95
White and flesh wash satin
petticoats made with shadow
proof panels. Regularly $4.95.
Silk Fetticoats
$3.95
Daintily trimmed with lace,
these crepe de chene petticoats
are a complement to any sum
mer frock. White or flesh, with
double panels both front and
back. Regularly $5.95.
Stcond Floor
We Offer Every Model in
Costume Blouses
Our 1 / Off
Entire */o Regular
Stock / O Price
There are large selection* from which to choose every
type of costume blouse, including .lacquetlcs and even
sleeveless coat*. Beautifully made of
Crepe de Chine Ronhanara Crepe
and headed, braided and embroidered most effective
ly. All rise* at one-third reduction.
Our Entire Stock of Smart
Sweaters
| <tl Offered 1 / Off
Monday Ay a Regular
At / Price
For Monday only we are reducing every sweater in stork
L’o ,. Plain and novelty weaves in plain or contrasting
colors.
Tuxedos, tiolf Coats, Sleeveless Swagger Coats
All the wanted sports colors in all sites. Included in this
grouping are'fiher and pure silk, Iceland, mohair and many
handmade sweaters.
w
"S Smart Style*
in
Every Size
Third Floor
Beautiful Sport Skirts
latest model;- in pleated and straightline effort* of Spongeen, Prunella gt* * __ ^
and Epongs may tie hud in the season's smartest cheeks, stripe* and over- Qu
plaid* in lighter shade*. Sir.e* 2d to ,S4. «Jl*Tt »/«l
Third Moor »
Many \ cw
and
A awl HYarrs
l b»rd F loor
