THE DAWN.
While Jerusalem was yet plunged in sorrow and filled with lamentation,
the glad tidings arrived from San Remo that the Allied Council had
endorsed England's promise of a National Home for the Jews in Palestine,
and that Great Britain had been appointed the Mandatory Power.
England, to emphasize her determination to deal justly with Israel,
wisely decided that the ruler of Palestine should be a Jew, and
appointed Sir Herbert Samuel as first High Commissioner of the Holy
Land.
When the great roll-call is made of those who have helped in bringing
about the Restoration, the name of Baron Edmund de Rothschild will take
a high and honourable place. His boundless munificence to the Zionist
cause and to the Zionist Colonists in Palestine has helped the movement
enormously.
Palestine will loom larger and larger in world importance as the years
roll by. We have seen that it is the very keystone of our policy in the
Near and Far East, and when it is colonized by a friendly people working
hand in hand with England then the vexed question of our interests in
those regions will be solved.
There is plenty of room in Palestine for both Jew and Arab, and, in
fact, one is the complement of the other. At present there are about
650,000 Arabs in the country, but when Palestine is watered and tilled
and made a fruitful country once again, it will support a population of
five or six millions of people.
Not only would the Jews not injure the Arabs, but, on the contrary,
Jewish colonization and Jewish enterprise will prove extremely
beneficial to all the dwellers in Palestine.
The Jewish immigrants now going into the country are full of boundless
enthusiasm, ready to work and give even life itself to bring about the
reconstruction of their ancient Homeland.
With Jewish brains, Jewish labour, and Jewish capital, Palestine will be
made to flourish like the proverbial green bay tree. The land will be
irrigated and afforested; water power will be "harnessed" and made to
supply light and heat. Trade of all sorts will spring up, fresh markets
for goods will be opened, the wonderful natural harbour of Haifa will be
improved--and all of this will naturally bring increased wealth and
comfort to the Arab as well as to the Jew.
Even at the present moment the Jewish colonies are a joy to behold, and
the land in their immediate neighbourhood has gone up in value
threefold.
For many years the Jew and the Arab have worked together without the
slightest friction, and I see no reason for any in the future. There
will be no trouble whatever in Palestine between these two peoples when
the country is properly governed, and the local officials loyally carry
out the policy of the Imperial Government.
With an efficient straightforward Administration, holding the scales of
Justice evenly, and working in co-operation with Jew and Arab, the dawn
of a new and prosperous era for the Holy Land is assured, and Israel's
age-long aspirations will at last be fulfilled.
Britain's share towards the fulfilment of prophecy must, however, not be
forgotten, and the names of Mr. Lloyd George and Sir Arthur Balfour, two
men who were raised up to deal justly with Israel, will, I feel sure,
live for all time in the hearts and affections of the Jewish people. It
is owing to the stimulus given by the Balfour Declaration to the soul of
Jewry throughout the world that we are now looking upon the wonderful
spectacle unfolding itself before our eyes, of the people of Israel
returning to the Land promised to Abraham and his seed for ever.
In the ages to come it will always redound to the glory of England that
it was through her instrumentality that the Jewish people were enabled
to return and establish their National Home in the Promised Land.
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
APPENDIX I.
HONOURS LIST.
Distinguished Service Order Major E. NEILL.
Military Cross Capt. D. G. LEADLEY.
Military Cross with Bar Capt. T. B. BROWN.
Military Cross Second Lieut. T. H. FLIGELSTONE.
Military Cross with Bar Second Lieut. J. CAMERON.
Military Cross with Bar Second Lieut. A. B. BULLOCK.
Distinguished Conduct Medal Company Sergt.-Major PLANT.
Military Medal Corp. M. BLOOM.
Military Medal Lance-Corp. M. ELFMAN.
Military Medal Private J. SAPIESHVILI.
Military Medal Private J. GORDON.
Military Medal Private J. ANGEL.
Military Medal Private A. J. ROBINSON.
Mentioned in Despatches Major R. RIPLEY.
Mentioned in Despatches Capt. G. CUNNINGHAM.
Mentioned in Despatches Lieut. SIMON ABRAHAMS.
Mentioned in Despatches Company Sergt.-Major P. TENNENS.
(Died on Service.)
Mentioned in Despatches Company Sergt.-Major C. BLACK.
Mentioned in Despatches Corp. W. BENJAMIN.
Mentioned in Despatches Private J. BLUMENTHAL.
Mentioned in Despatches Private N. KARSTADT.
CASUALTY LIST.
_Killed._
Lieut. B. WOLFFE.
Sergt. B. LEVY.
Sergt. C. LEVY.
Private S. MILDEMER.
Private S. GRAYMAN.
Private R. MARKS.
_Died from Wounds or Disease._
Company Sergt.-Major P. TENNENS.
Lance-Corp. A. LLOYD.
Lance-Corp. H. STRONG.
Private B. BRICK.
Private C. SEREMBER.
Private G. REDLIKH.
Private S. HART.
Private L. BLACK.
Private I. GOLDRICH.
Private J. MALKIN.
Private P. SOBORINSKY.
Private S. ABRAHAMSON.
Private S. ROSENBERG.
Private M. DEITZ.
Private W. WEINBERG.
Private J. BERMAN.
Private N. FREEMAN.
Private H. CANTER.
Private J. LEVY.
Private N. ALICK.
Private M. BIENSTOCK.
Private M. BLOOMENTHAL.
Private L. ALLONOWITZ.
Private M. FREINER.
Private M. GALINSKY.
Private J. SHAFT.
_Wounded._
Capt. A. W. JULIAN, M.C.
Lieut. H. B. CROSS.
Private A. J. ROBINSON.
Private P. LEFCOVITCH.
APPENDIX II.
CARE AND COMFORTS COMMITTEE, 38TH-42ND ROYAL FUSILIERS, KNOWN
ALSO AS THE JEWISH REGIMENT AND THE JUDÆANS.
_Civil Executive Committee._
The Rt. Hon. LORD ROTHSCHILD, President.
Mr. M. J. LANDA, Hon. Sec.
Mrs. J. H. HERTZ.
Mrs. Ch. WEIZMANN.
J. D. KILEY, Esq., M.P.
Sir ADOLPH TUCK, Bart.
E. N. ADLER, Esq.
JOSEPH COWEN, Esq.
Dr. M. D. EDER.
J. ETTINGER, Esq.
LEOPOLD FRANK, Esq.
L. J. GREENBERG, Esq.
M. KAYE, Esq.
Dr. GOODMAN LEVY.
LIONEL D. WALFORD, Esq.
HENRY WOLFF, Esq.
_Hon. Members._
Lieut.-Col. J. H. PATTERSON, D.S.O.
Lieut.-Col. F. D. SAMUEL, D.S.O
Lieut.-Col. E. L. MARGOLIN, D.S.O.
Major W. SCHONFIELD.
Major Rev. S. LIPSON, C.F.
Lieut. W. A. LANGHORNE.
Lieut. V. JABOTINSKY.
Lieut. S. LIPSEY.
Sergt. JOSEPH L. COHEN.
_Care and Comforts Committee._
Mrs. J. H. HERTZ, Chairman.
Mr. HENRY WOLFF, Hon. Sec.
Mrs. M. EPSTEIN, Chairman, Comforts Committee.
Mrs. PAUL GOODMAN, Chairman, Canteen Committee.
M. J. LANDA, Esq., Chairman, Literature Committee.
Mrs. E. L. ROWSON, Chairman, Dependents Committee.
Mrs. HENRY WOLFF, Chairman, Hospitality Committee.
Miss FRANCESCA WOOLF, Chairman, Entertainments Committee.
M. WALLACH, Esq.
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Transcriber's note:
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
Hyphen removed: out[-]flanked (p. 183).
Hyphen added: hill-tops (p. 111), hill-sides (p. 83).
P. 44: "was" changed to "were" (the men were inspected).
P. 75: "sangers" changed to "sangars" (took up position in the sangars).
P. 79: "befel" changed to "befell" (a fatal accident befell).
P. 122: "Engalnd" changed to "England" (has just come from England).
P. 134: "thus" changed to "this" (this early in his command).
P. 169: "betwen" changed to "between" (a village between Ludd and
Jaffa).
P. 231: "frustated" changed to "frustrated" (are being frustrated by
such means).