(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Gratitude for a $100,000 loan to cultivators and graziers, was sent to Lord Plumer, High Commissioner of Palestine by Bedouin leaders.
“You have saved us from famine, and have been to us like a merciful father,” said the Mayor of Beersheba. “If not for your timely help to this district, its inhabitants would have perished.” He added, “We hope you will provide the amount necessary to repair our water supply and build a modern cistern to collect the waters for their just distribution.”
Another Bedouin sheik declared: “When you visited us last year you saw the signs of hunger written on our faces. We prayed you might return to see us enjoying a bountiful year. By your good deeds famine has been replaced by plenty. You have provided fodder for our cattle, you have transferred to more prosperous districts those who could not find their living here, using for the purpose fast-flying railways. And on top of these favors you have loaned us £20,000.”
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