Lord Allenby, deliverer of Jerusalem from the Turks in the war, was much impressed by the economic development that has taken place in Palestine since his last visit in 1925. But above and beyond material growth, Lord Allenby was impressed by the many contented faces he saw during his visit. So Lord Allenby declared in a recent address here. He had not met, he said, “with bad-tempered faces on the streets or at the numerous receptions or at the dedications I have attended.”
The eminent soldier also took occasion to speak rather unflatteringly in Jerusalem of the career of a soldier. The result of his study of war, he told a Jerusalem audience, had convinced him that it was largely wasted, that the rewards even to the victor were more often outweighed by the losses and sorrows. The political gains, too, he added, were often imaginary, and at their best, evanescent.
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