WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE ***
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WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE
BY
ALEXANDER AARONSOHN
[ILLUSTRATION: DJEMAL PASHA]
1916
TO MY MOTHER
WHO LIVED AND FOUGHT AND DIED FOR A REGENERATED PALESTINE
_What have I done, or tried, or said In thanks to that dear woman dead_?
MASEFIELD
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To the editors of the _Atlantic Monthly_, to the publishers, and to the many friends who have encouraged me, I am and shall ever remain grateful
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. ZICRON-JACOB
II. PRESSED INTO THE SERVICE
III. THE GERMAN PROPAGANDA
IV. ROAD-MAKING AND DISCHARGE
V. THE HIDDEN ARMS
VI. THE SUEZ CAMPAIGN
VII. FIGHTING THE LOCUSTS
VIII. THE LEBANON
IX. A ROBBER BARON OF PALESTINE
X. A RASH ADVENTURE
XI. ESCAPE
ILLUSTRATIONS
DJEMAL PASHA _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
SAFFÊD _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
THE AUTHOR ON HIS HORSE KOCHBA _Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago, in March, 1911_
SOLDIERS' TENTS IN SAMARIA
NAZARETH, FROM THE NORTHEAST _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
HOUSE OF THE AUTHOR'S FATHER, EPHRAIM FISHL AARONSOHN, IN ZICRON-JACOB
IN A NATIVE CAFÉ, SAFFÊD _Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald_
A LEMONADE-SELLER OF DAMASCUS _Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald_
RAILROAD STATION SCENE BETWEEN HAIFA AND DAMASCUS _Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald_
CAMELS BRINGING IN NEWLY CUT TREES, DAMASCUS _Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald_
THE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF ZAHLEH IN THE LEBANON _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
HAIFA _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
HAIFA AND THE BAY OF AKKA. LOOKING EAST FROM MOUNT CARMEL _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
THE BAZAAR OF JAFFA ON A MARKET DAY _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
STORMY SEA BREAKING OVER ROCKS OFF JAFFA _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
THE AUTHOR'S SISTER ON HER HORSE TAYAR _Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald in March, 1914_
BEIRUT, FROM THE DECK OF AN OUTGOING STEAMER _Photograph by Underwood & Underwood_
INTRODUCTION
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a little country the soul of which is torn to pieces--a little country that is so remote, so remote that her ardent sighs cannot be heard.
