Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 324, 27 November 1918 — Page 7
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM
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JtJHN HUSTON FINLEY, AMERICAN RED CROSS COMMISSIONER TO PALESTINE Colonel John II. I'iuley. nsithor of the accompanying article, is Commissioner of IMucatlnn of the Stnie of New York ami h e it l s the American Ited Cross Commission to Palestine. He Is one of tiie foremost educators o? the United States ree of Doctor of JOHN H. FINLEY and bears t lie dc Laws, conferred upon him by Park College, Knox College, of which he is n grinliiate, former president nnd present trustee; University of Wisconsin: Princeton, whore he was formerly professor of politics; Tulnne University, Williams. Dartmouth, llolmrt, Columbia, P.rivn. Colgate nnd New York University. He was the president of the College of the City of New York from 1003 to 1013 nnd president of the University of the State of New York from 10U to the time of his departure for Jerusalem. He has ninny educational affiliations and Is the author of several hooks. j By JOHN H. FINLEY, American Red Cross Commissioner to I Palestine. . I reached Jerusalem In the late afternoon of a summer's Saturday, on foot, over the barren hills, for I could not bring myself to approach and enter the Holy City In a car that had not been as yet hallowed (as thousands of Fords and other cars have been, by their Red Cross markings and ministrations), but by tiie following Tuesday this, our first car. had been consecrated to such service, and I rode out to Bethany, accompanying one of our doctors In hl3 visits to refugees from the Jordan Valley, the first specific work of the American Red Cross in Palestine. , We found on our arrlvnl, however, that these particular refugees had been sent a little way' out from Bethany, and while the Doc.or was getting his directions I found time to enter a little
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Held a few steps beyond the wall at the roadside and see this winnowing scene us douhtless might have been witnessed two thousand years ago in that very hold "nigh unto P.ethany." (1) Up on the clilT nnd hack in the fields, toward Jerusalem, some distance from tile Jericho lload, where the Army lorries nnd ambulances were flying hack and forth, attended by the gray clouds of dust, the refugees hnd been sent. And so It was that I climbed up through the narrow streets to that now forsaken part of the village to which the Master came at the end of some of his harassed days In Jerusalem, (2) near the place, perhaps, where Martha met him after the death of her brother, Lazarus, for He "hail not yet come Into the village." Not far away were the broken walls of the one time house of Lazarus, nnd a few steps from the house the tomb Itself. (3) deep In the earth, where, according to tradition. Lazarus was laid nnd whence he enme forth as we, lighted by candles, from the deep grotto. After stopping for a moment at the ruins of the reputed house of Simon the leper to look out over Bethany to t.he Dead sea, a narrow stretch of which could he seen, I pnssed through a field with olive trees, under whose Shadows boys were herding goats, and soon caught sight of a large modern building, from which I could hear the mingled voices of men, women and children. As 1 approached I saw out on the hare hill in the sun a group seated in a circle, one of their number playing upon an Improvised instrument of one string the poet who sang of the deeds of his incomparable chieftain. The medley of noise and misery from the house near by seemed not to. disturb his quiet rhapsodies. Here In the abandoned monastery, from which the Turks had driven out the former occupants, were gathered a hundred or more refugees from Salt and the country about, great, stalwart men In picturesque garb, usually marked with color, women of stately bearing, who bad faces of fine profile, but marred, according to our standards of beauty, by the blue tntto on the cheek or chin, and children who would all have been beautiful if they had not, most of them, had half or wholly blinded eyes. (4) All of these had to leave their ancestral dwelling places and rich fields off towards the Mountains of Moab, which could be Indistinctly seen upon the horizon had to leave them at almost a moment's notice with only what they could catcb up and carry ou their
1 Such a eceno as doubtless might hava been witnessed 2.000 years age In that very field, nigh unto Bethany. 2 Here the Master came at the end of seme of his harassed days In Jerusalem. 3 Deep In the earth where, according to tradition, Lazarus was laid. 4 The children would all have been beautiful If most of them had, not had half or wholly blinded eyes. 5 A temporary encampment In the squalid and Ill-smelling rooms and balconies of what had once been a Turkish prison. 6 .Here the exiles sit or wander listlessly about as did the ancient children of Israel by the stream of Babylon. T These men of dignified mien, of fine, strong faces and gaunt frames, belonged to the out-of-doors.
hacks. They were miserable In their idleness and sickness and, ns I Imagine, nostalgia, housed promiscuously as in a great, cheerless tenement house, which had been left by the enemy without a fragment of furniture or wliii ornament. The Kngllsh military authorities have given food ond have improvised shelter for these refugees and s. kept them from absolute starvation and exposure. It Is the opportunity of America, through the Ped Cross, to supplement these barest necessities by helping to minister to the sick and the especially needy of those who were living peacefully In war's truck and who tied to the Kngllsh for protection. It was with such motive that the Ked Cross Doctor, representing America, was there, going from room to room In that great enrvansernl. examining men, women and children "sick of divers diseases" and telling the niuktar (the head of the little community) what to do in each case, sometimes putting the capsule or powder into the rough hands of the muktar for bis administering. Returning by the way of the white road around the Mount of Olives, we found our way to another such temporary encampment In the squalid and 111 smelling rooms and balconies of what had been n Turkish prison. (5) Here conditions were pitiful, and Indications of typhus were said by the Doctor to be present The tnuktar complained of the water and showed a Turkish horse bridle that had been drawn out from the well with the half serious Intimation that the horse had gone In with It. Everything possible Is being done to give sanitary and comfortable refuge to these wanderers, but inevitably It Is difficult to make the provision at this great distance, especially when the enemy has carried away everything serviceable and often polluted what has been left. Too much praise cannot be given to the English medical officers and doctors, who have vigorously taken hold of these problems. But so se rious is the condition In which they found things that it seems a Herculean
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task to cleanse the land which the British forces have again recovered for civilization. But the most appealing of these groups of refugees was that encamped out on the other side of Jerusalem, a part of them on the hills in tents and the rest down In the valley, where tradition has It the wood was found for Christ's cross from two trees that grew there. Altars stand over these traditional sites in the midst of the great Monastery of Uie Holy Cross, with a large Interior court and many balconies and stairs. Here the exiles sit or wan der listlessly about, as did the ancient children of Israel by the streams of Babylon. Among them was their priest; with whom the leading men of the community, the Atnerlcan Ked Cross Dofli tor und I were Invited to take coffee. (6) There were only two tiny cups, but the coffee was prepared and served with as much ceremony as if it were offered In the golden cups of Solomon. These men of dignified manner, of fine, strong face and gaunt frames belonged to the out-of-doors. (7) They doubtless lived In huddled houses when at home among the hills overlooking the Jordan Valley, but, while they would have been at home in palaces, they seemed to be as lions In cages, longing for the free if not altogether secure nlr of Ihelr hills, and so It was that they seemed to be nearest home in the tents with the ever-blowing-winds swirling about their loose garments. It was the children, however, who made the strongest appeal, and it was touching to see the kind concern which these great, rough men bad for them. The American Red Cross has compelling work here in doing what it can for these little war exiles, for their health, their happiness, their comfort, their education, for these children, as well as ours, are to have a part In the reconstruction of the broken 'world. And is there anything more Important, aside from "winning the war" ami healing the sick, than preparing these little ones of Uie earth for their mighty tasks?