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Emir Alidullah, subject to certain
I,r,Gision, 1 he agreement has nut,
yet been concluded.
At a meeting of the Near and Mid-
dle 'East Association, in February, •
1924, Lord Ragland said: "There
AND
Was 1111 geographical, racial, economici
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James J. Murdoch, Manager.
sir strategical reason for maintaining,
By LT. COM. THE HON. J. M. KENWORTHY, R. N., M. P.
the integrity of Transjordania. The ,
Jordan was in every way a bad from '
(Copyright,
1926,
by
Jewish
Telegraphic
Agency,
Inc.)
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tier, the districts were more closely
with the iiitja,•ent districts
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. of Palestine than with each other and
were depe ndent on
Another example of the hampering the inhabitan
as at present administered will be- effects of the two administrations is Palestine an dts Damascus f or every-
come of increasing importance. It is the difficulty that the holders of the thing except food. Abilullah s got rat
being borne in upon those who fore-
concessions had in 4om- ernment had proven itself inefficient
Incorporated 1920.
the ultimate success of the'Zionist
and unpopular in the extreme. The
Established 1866.
AI program that an initial mistake was mencing. the electrical development fact was that Feisul and Abilullah,
of
Palestine
awing to the divided
g made by those who drew the present ownership of the water•rights of the though they showed some ability in
boundaries of Palestine in not in-
dealing with the tribal feuds and were
Jordan. Eventually Transjordania adepts at the kind of •diplomacy
eluding Transjordania within them.
was included in the Reutenlierg con-
It is a misfortune that unneces- cession. This shows the not neces- which consisted in doing nothing,
sary, unjustifiable and even unau• -ity of including Transjordania in all wipe ignorant of and indifferent to
thorized pr omises had been made to big schemes for the economic de- the principles of settled administra-
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certain Arab leaders during the velopment of this part of the world. tion, 1,1 1 11 such simple ones as were
V Great War. An :atonal was made One of the arguments put forward necessary in a primitive agricultural
to bur off these Arab leaders, when in . favor of a separate , state in Trans- eountry like Transjordania."
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It would be far better to take time
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they demanded their price, by the jordania is the military one that it
creation of the small, unstable and would form a glacis het wren Pales- by the forelock and remove this
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jordania. ' .
Iteser in general, and the militant fore trouble ensues.
Lloyd George, overworked, tired Wahibi in particular. But there is
and engaged in a multitude of prob- great enmity between the Wahibi
lems, was unable to give sufficient at- and the Shereelian dynasty of which
tention to the question of the boun- the Emir Alidullah is a 'wince. There
daries of Palestine at the peace con- is no love lost between these two
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ference. One phrase remained stuck forces, and the glacis is likely to
"I his head from his early
grumble away in Spite of the recent
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understanding arrived at between Sir
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Sheba Were included in the New Pal- Faisal AI Saud, the Wahibi leader.
'Fhis treaty, in any case, is only a
"1/4 ' estine he was sittiiii. A1111 on the
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state, which could not stand for 21 tion. It deals principally with mu-
hours without, the support of British tual arrangements for the prevention
iirms, money and prestige, was cre- of local raids. In case of a general
ated. A new dynasty was also set upheaval in Arabia it would go the
up. And however suitable and desir- way of all such treaties. In view of
able certain dynasties may be in Eu- the intense religious hostility of the
, rime, in the Arab countries they are Wahibi against the Shereefians, a
apt to be a nuisance and even a dan- hostility not felt against the Jews
One day delivery on your require-
ger. Na census of the population is and other non-Moslems, it would he
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available, but it is believed to be safer to have the frontier held by a
ments
of gravel, sand, Portland Ce-
cotta, stone, brick, marble and masonry joints.
about 200,0110. of which 10,000 are government in Jerusalem.
In fact, from every point of view,
c irca , sians. The population of I al-
ment,
Masons'
and Plasterers' sup-
Manufactured and Installed by
e- tine is now about 800,000. This an initial blunder woo made in de-
little state of Transjordania, with its priving Palestine of its legitimate
plies.
A rob dynasty. has become a center I territories, territories that belong to
of intrigue, and, in particular, has ir- it on economical, political and his-
' ranted the French. authorities in tumid grounds.
Also best grades hard coal, Solvay
Syria. During the recent and pres-
It is not too late now to repair this
ent troubles in Syria, the French error. But in a few years it may be-
Coke,
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mandatory power has complained of come too late to do so by peaceful
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I intrigues emanating from Transjor- agreement. As Palestine tills up and
Coal.
the Zionist program is carried out,
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side. Transjordania will become more and
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I I blunder is equally apparent. So
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In 1923 Great Britain announced
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a state is wasteful and uneco- that it would recognize the existence
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of
an independent government in
It
must
administration.
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0. have its own machinery of govern- Transjordania under the rule of the
/. I ment, its own sanitary services—such
as they are—its customs and excise
Officials, its agents abroad, its armv,
, its police, its postal and telegraphic
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• services and all the rest of the ma-
/ chinery of government. Thilomeans
ft; • one more line of customs barriers in
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Ilthe may of trade, one more set of
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and a different culture and civiliza-
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lion on the borders of Palest/1*. The
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creation of the separate state of
tion
Balkanization
/ Transjordania was the Balkanization
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of the river.
Now, with regard to agriculture.
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to the neglect of the British authori-
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ties in Palestine to provide sufficient
land for Jewish settlers. Today we
have the spectacle of land at en-
hanced prices in Palestine and hard
to get and the real estate speculators
thriving, while on the other side of
the Jordan are the rich wheat lands
of the Houran, sparsely settled and
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practically uncultivated. Some of
the best of this land is only used as a
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-• tribes. This was one of the great
• wheat producing districts of past
ages. If thrown open to close settle-
ment by Jewish farmers great quanti-
ties of cereals could be produced. To-
day wheat and flour are coming from
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Australia into Palestine, although
there are flour mills in Haifa. A de-
Jewish Community of Detroit.
mand has actually been put forward
for a tax on foreign corn and flour 1
for the benefit of these mills. Even
when an attempt is made to farm
regularly. the Arab cultivator, with
his wooden plough and primitive
methods, with no knowledge. of irri•
Some of the Finest Apartment Buildings in Detroit have
'ration or of fertilisers, is not making
proper use of the wheat-growing area
had their Electrical Work installed by us.
of Transjordania. Even if the ad-
ministration of Transjordania is to
remain separate from that of Pales-
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tine, and the Arab Emiris to main-
tain his petty court at Amman, at
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least the llamb of the Hinman might
be opened to Jewish colonists. This
would kill land speculation in Pales-
ine and remove the pressure on the
Palestinian government, exercised to
nduce them to grant lands to Jewish
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colonists.
Again, the country Is suitable for
cotton-growing.
Great efforts are being made by
the textile industry in Britain and the
British government to find new
sources of supply for cotton. Here
is one ready for development, and
persons and capital prepared to en-
gage in cotton cultivation. But what
chance is there of a cotton-growing
industry being created under such ad-
ministration as the Arab government
of Transpordania?
In the near future, also. the tour-
ist traffic in Palestine should expand
and become of some importance. But
Transjordania at present holds out
few attractions for the tourist. The
only town of any importance, Am-
man, the capital, has not even • den
list. The Emir's consort must go to
Jerusalem when her royal teeth need
attention.
Altogether there are only three
towns in Transjordania — Amman,
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