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Through the influence of my brother at the Agricultural Experiment Station, I got permission from the _mouchtar_ to leave Zicron Jacob, and about the middle of January, 1915, I set out for Jerusalem. THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF MY BROTHER AT THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION I GOT PERMISSION FROM THE MOUCHTAR TO LEAVE ZICRON JACOB AND ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY NINETEEN FIFTEEN I SET OUT FOR JERUSALEM
hat took place among our people while I was working at Saffêd. This, of course, really amounted to wholesale pillage. The hand of the Turkish looters had fallen particularly heavy on carts and draught animals. As the Arabs know little or nothing of carting, hauling, or the management of horses and mules, the Turks, simply enough, had "requisitioned" many of the owners--middle-aged or elderly men--and forced them to go south to help along with the tremendous preparations that were being made for the attack on Suez. Among these were a number of men from our village. In the course of time their families began to get the most harrowing messages from them. They were absolutely destitute, no wages being paid them by the Turks; their clothes were dropping off them in rags; many were sick. After much excited planning, it was decided to send another man and myself down south on a sort of relief expedition, with a substantial sum of money that had been raised with great difficulty by our people. CALLED REQUISITIONING THAT TOOK PLACE AMONG OUR PEOPLE WHILE I WAS WORKING ITS A FAITH THIS OF COURSE REALLY AMOUNTED TO THE WHOLESALE PILLAGE THE HAND OF THE TURKISH LOOTERS HAD FALLEN PARTICULARLY HEAVY ON CARTS AND BROUGHT ANIMALS AS THE ARABS KNEW LITTLE OR NOTHING OF CARTING HAULING OR THE MANAGEMENT OF HORSES AND MULES THE TURKS SIMPLY ENOUGH HAD REQUISITIONED MANY OF THE OWNERS MIDDLE AGED OR ELDERLY MEN AND FORCED THEM TO GO SOUTH TO HELP ALONG THE TREMENDOUS PREPARATIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE FOR THE ATTACK ON SUEZ AMONG THESE WERE A NUMBER OF MEN FROM OUR VILLAGE IN THE COURSE OF TIME THEIR FAMILIES BEGAN TO GET THE MOST HARROWING MESSAGES FROM THEM THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DESTITUTE NO WAGES BEING PAID THEM BY THE TURKS THEIR CLOTHES WERE DROPPING OFF THEM IN RAGS MANY WERE SICK AFTER MUCH EXCITED PLANNING IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND ANOTHER MAN AND MYSELF DOWN SOUTH ON A SORT OF RELIEF EXPEDITION WITH A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY THAT HAD BEEN RAISED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY BY OUR PEOPLE
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