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These cruisers had already done wonderful rescue work for the Russian Jews in Palestine, who, when war was declared, were to have been sent to the Mesopotamian town of Urfa  there to suffer massacre and outrage like the Armenians. THESE CRUISERS HAD ALREADY DONE WONDERFUL RESCUE WORK FOR THE RUSSIAN JEWS IN PALESTINE WHO WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED WERE TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN TOWN OF URFA THERE TO SUFFER MASSACRE AND OUTRAGE LIKE THE ARMENIANS
d that I should try to leave the country, while I, on the contrary, could not bear to think of deserting my people at the crisis of their fortunes. It was a beautiful night, such a night, I think, as only Palestine can show, a white, serene, moon-bathed night. The roar of the Mediterranean came out of the stillness as if to remind us that help and salvation could come only from the sea, the sea upon which scores of the warships of the Allies were sailing back and forth. We had argued into the small hours before I yielded to his persuasion. [ILLUSTRATION: THE BAZAAR OF JAFFA ON A MARKET DAY] CHAPTER X A RASH ADVENTURE It was all very well to decide to leave the country; to get safely away was a different matter. There were two ways out. One of these--the land route by Constantinople--could not be considered. The other way was to board one of the American cruisers which, by order of Ambassador Morgenthau, were empowered to assist citizens of neutral countries to leave the Ottoman Empire.  CHAPTER TEN OF WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE THIS IS A LIVER BOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBERVOX TOT ORG RECORDING BY ANNE BOULEAY WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE BY ALEXANDER AARONSON CHAPTER TEN A RASH ADVENTURE IT WAS ALL VERY WELL TO DECIDE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY TO GET SAFELY AWAY WAS A DIFFERENT MATTER THERE WERE TWO WAYS OUT ONE OF THESE THE LAND ROUTE BY CONSTANTINOPLE COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED THE OTHER WAY WAS TO BOARD ONE OF THE AMERICAN CRUISERS WHICH BY ORDER OF AMBASSADOR MORGAN THOW WAS EMPOWERED TO ASSIST CITIZENS OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES TO LEAVE THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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