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The Arabs, who take defeat badly, turned against the authorities who had got them into such trouble. Rumors circulated that Djemal Pasha had been bought by the English and that the defeat at Suez had been planned by him, and persons keeping an ear close to the ground began to hear mutterings of a general massacre of Germans. In fact, things came within an ace of a bloody outbreak. I knew some Germans in Jaffa and Haifa who firmly believed that it was all over with them. THE ARABS WHO TOOK DEFEAT BADLY TURNED AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES WHO HAD GOT THEM INTO SUCH TROUBLE RUMORS CIRCULATED THAT GENERAL PASHA HAD BEEN BOUGHT BY THE ENGLISH AND THE DEFEAT AT SUEZ HAD BEEN PLANNED BY HIM AND PERSONS KEEPING IN EAR CLOSE TO THE GROUND BEGAN TO HEAR MUTTERINGS OF GENERAL MASSACRE OF GERMANS IN FACT THINGS CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF BLOODY OUTBREAK I KNEW SOME GERMANS IN JAFFA AND HAIFA WHO FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS ALL OVER WITH THEM
 of haggard soldiers, wounded and exhausted, began pouring back from the south, they guessed what had happened, and a fierce revulsion against the Germano-Turkish régime set in. A few weeks before the advance on Suez, I was in Jaffa, where the enthusiasm and excitement had been at fever-pitch. Parades and celebrations of all kinds in anticipation of the triumphal march into Egypt were taking place, and one day a camel, a dog, and a bull, decorated respectively with the flags of Russia, France, and England, were driven through the streets. The poor animals were horribly maltreated by the natives, who rained blows and flung filth upon them by way of giving concrete expression to their contempt for the Allies. Mr. Glazebrook, the American Consul at Jerusalem, happened to be with me in Jaffa that day; and never shall I forget the expression of pain and disgust on his face as he watched this melancholy little procession of scapegoats hurrying along the street. Now, however, all was changed. E BUT WHEN THE STREAM OF HAGGARD SOLDIERS WOUNDED AND EXHAUSTED BEGAN POURING BACK FROM THE SOUTH THEY GUESSED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND A FIERCE REVULSION AGAINST THE GERMAN OR TURKISH REGIME SETTING A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE ADVANCE IN SUEZ I WAS IN JAFFA WHERE THE ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT HAD BEEN AT FEVER PITCH PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS OF ALL KINDS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO EGYPT WERE TAKING PLACE AND ONE DAY A CAMEL A DOG AND A BULL DECORATED RESPECTIVELY WITH FLAGS OF RUSSIA FRANCE AND ENGLAND WERE DRIVEN THROUGH THE STREETS THE POOR ANIMALS WERE HORRIBLY MALTREATED BY THE NATIVES WHO RAINED BLOWS AND FUNG FILTH UPON THEM BY THE WAY OF GIVING COMPLETE EXPRESSION TO THEIR CONTEMPT FOR THE ALLIES MISTER GLASBROOK THE AMERICAN CONSUL AT JERUSALEM HAPPENED TO BE WITH ME IN JAFFA THAT DAY AND NEVER SHALL I FORGET THE EXPRESSION OF PAIN AND DISGUST ON HIS FACE AS HE WATCHED THIS MELANCHOLY LITTLE PROCESSION OF SCAPEGOATS HURRYING ALONG THE STREET NOW HOWEVER ALL WAS CHANGED
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