WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE

BY ALEXANDER AARONSOHN

To the editors of the Atlantic Monthly, to thepublishers, and to the many friends who have encouraged me, I amand shall ever remain grateful

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. ZICRON-JACOB

II. PRESSED INTO THE SERVICE

III. THE GERMAN PROPAGANDA

IV. ROAD-MAKING AND DISCHARGE

V. THE HIDDEN ARMS

VI. THE SUEZ CAMPAIGN

VII. FIGHTING THE LOCUSTS

VIII. THE LEBANON

IX. A ROBBER BARON OF PALESTINE

X. A RASH ADVENTURE

XI. ESCAPE

ILLUSTRATIONS

DJEMAL PASHA   Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

THE CEMETERY OF ZICRON-JACOB

SAFFÊD   Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

THE AUTHOR ON HIS HORSE KOCHBA   Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago, in March, 1911

SOLDIERS' TENTS IN SAMARIA

NAZARETH, FROM THE NORTHEAST   Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

HOUSE OF THE AUTHOR'S FATHER, EPHRAIM FISHL AARONSOHN, IN ZICRON-JACOB

IN A NATIVE CAFÉ, SAFFÊD   Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald

A LEMONADE-SELLER OF DAMASCUS   Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald

RAILROAD STATION SCENE BETWEEN HAIFA AND DAMASCUS   Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald

CAMELS BRINGING IN NEWLY CUT TREES, DAMASCUS   Photograph by Mr. Julius Rosenwald

THE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF ZAHLEH IN THE LEBANON   Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

HAIFA   Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

HAIFA AND THE BAY OF AKKA. LOOKING EAST FROMMOUNT CARMEL   Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

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