MARCH OF THE MODERN CRUSADERS

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13984, 21 November 1917, Page 6

MARCH OF THE MODERN CRUSADERS

The High Commissioner reports:- ;: ■>,;. ■■":•':'■ ; : '■>?/-";■ ,;:>'' ' . : ;■'■'-. :j: ; '.''' A Palestine official'report says: ■.■•■ The Yeomanry captured "' Abu .Shusheli oh and • carried .the position -galloping.;; : They, took 360 prisoners and one guri, and 431 dead Turks were counted. The Australians, in taking-El Mine, captured numbers of prisoners,, one gun, three aeroplanes,' and considerable quantities of ammunition and stores. The Turks are reported to be endeavouring to entrench to the north of Jaffa. . (Australian und New Zealand Cablo Association.) LONDON, November 19. ; ' The Zionist organisations have addressed telegrams'of thanks, to the British Government for the letter from:Mr Balfour, addressed to Lord Rothschild, favouring the establishment of a national home for Jews iu Palestine, while preserving the political status Jews enjoy in other countries. •. ■ HOME FOR THE JEWS IN PALESTINE. GREAT. BRITAIN'S PROMISE TO THE -ZIONISTS. ! lluitrallat and Hew Z.wUnd.Cable Auoolalloo,) Received November 20, at 5.5 p.m. •■ LONDON, November 1.9. In the House of dominions Mr Balfour, replying to a question said that Britain's desire to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine after the. war had not been communicated to the Allies but Great Britain, believed the Allies would approve the movement. , '