“JERUSALEM IS YOURS”

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11785, 22 March 1924, Page 11

“JERUSALEM IS YOURS”

OOOK GETS THE KEYS. An extraordinary story of tire fall o t Jerusalem is told in a little book oa’Aed “The Romance of the Last CJrusade/s by Major Vivian Williams, published in New York. 1$ is related thajfc the second in command of one of the London regiments sent for his ba&tellon oook, Private March, and ordered him to go to a village called lifta and gat some fresh eggs. Private March, an* shaved, unbuttoned, trudged off on thjfc errand. He lost Ins way, when suddenly he saw a carriage drawn by ai pair of horses, followed hy a crowd, and preceded by two men carrying long poles, from which fluttered white cloths Private Murch strolled towards them. When they saw him they uttered loud cries, clasped hands, cure crowded round turn. One of them, in a white garment, shouted: “Allaht, Akhbar 1” and tried to kiss him. Private Murch deeply resented this familiarity. One of the men in the l* English:-—> “Yon are a British soldier, /are yet notP’t . _ _ . “I should say so,” said Private Murch. “Where is General Allah NehlP' asked the gentleman. “ ’Anged it I knoy, Mister,” said Private March. “I want to surrender the city,” said the stranger. “ ’Ere are se key*. It is yours. R