Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — The Influx to Jerusalem. [ARTICLE]

The Influx to Jerusalem.

During the past few years nearly 150,000 Hebrews have entered Jerusalem, and the arrival of another host is sakl to be imminent. Already the railways are opening the country between the coast and Jerusalem and Damascus and a Hebrew immigration on a large scale may cause Syria to become once more of vast importance in the East.