YEAR OF STRIFE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1937, Page 5

YEAR OF STRIFE.

PALESTINE LETTER. "FUTURE STILL UNCERTAIN." i FEEUHG OF TJHEASIHXSS. I A letter which reached Auckland to-day from Jerusalem says that the year in Palestine has been one of strife and conflict, with the future still uncertain. The writer informs his Auckland friends that a Royal Commission is making a study of the situation, and much will depend on the commission's final report, but it is felt that there will be disappointment for one. if not both faction* interested in "the too much [iromised land." Sis months of strike • ind active rebellion has left a feeling of jrreat uneasiness. The writer states that Christmas w* approaching, and as had been the custom through the centuries processions would be formed, candles would be lit, Masses would be chanted, shepherds and their flocks would roam over the hills near Bethlehem, and camel trains would make their way over the ancient roads. The writer added that Christmas time was also welcomed in Palestine for the reason thai the rains then generally started after many months of dry weather, and then the land would turn areen, crops be planted, and wild flowers in many hues would cover the hillsides and the wadis, and fields would be planted and harvested.