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peaceful and prosperous villages, schools filled with children, immense plantations of mulberry trees and olives, the slopes of the mountains terraced with beautiful vineyards, a handsome and sturdy population, police on every road to help the stranger, and young girls and women with happy laugh and chatter working in the fields. With a population of about six hundred thousand this province exported annually two million dollars' worth of raw silk, silkworm raising being a specialty of the Lebanon. PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS VILLAGES SCHOOLS FILLED WITH CHILDREN IMMENSE PLANTATIONS OF MULBERRY TREES AND OLIVES THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS TERRACED WITH BEAUTIFUL VINEYARDS A HANDSOME AND STURDY POPULATION POLICE ON EVERY ROAD TO HELP THE STRANGER AND YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN WITH HAPPY LAUGH AND CHATTER WORKING IN THE FIELDS WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND THIS PROVINCE EXPORTED ANNUALLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF RAW SILK SILKWORM RAISING BEING A SPECIALTY OF THE LEBANON
n powers the Sublime Porte was forced to grant an autonomy for the province of the Lebanon. The French, English, German, Russian, Austrian, and, a year later, the Italian, Governments were signing the guaranty of this autonomy. Since then the Lebanon has had peace. The Governor of the province must always be a Christian, but the General Council of the Lebanon includes representatives of all the different races and religions of the population. A wonderful development began with the liberation from Turkish oppression. Macadamized roads were built all over the province, agriculture was improved, and there was complete safety for life and property. There is a proverb now in Palestine and Syria which says, "In the Lebanon a virgin may travel alone at midnight and be safe, and a purse of gold dropped in the road at midday will never be stolen." And the proverb told the literal truth. When one crossed the boundary from Turkish Palestine into the Lebanon province, what a change met his eyes!-- ER THE PRESSURE OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS THE SUBLIME PORTE WAS FORCED TO GRANT AN AUTONOMY FOR THE PROVINCE OF THE LEBANON THE FRENCH ENGLISH GERMAN RUSSIAN AUSTRIAN AND A YEAR LATER THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS WERE SIGNING THE GUARANTEE OF THIS AUTONOMY SINCE THEN THE LEBANON HAS HAD PEACE THE GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE MUST ALWAYS BE A CHRISTIAN BUT THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE LEBANON INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT RACES AND RELIGIONS OF THE POPULATION A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT BEGAN WITH DELIBERATION FROM TURKISH OPPRESSION MACADAMIZED ROADS WERE BUILT ALL OVER THE PROVINCE AGRICULTURE WAS IMPROVED AND THERE WAS COMPLETE SAFETY FOR LIFE AND PROPERTY THERE IS A PROVERB NOW IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA WHICH SAYS IN THE LEBANON A VIRGIN MAY TRAVEL ALONE AT MIDNIGHT AND BE SAFE AND A PURSE OF GOLD DROPPED IN THE ROAD AT MIDDAY WILL NEVER BE STOLEN AND A PROVERB TOLD THE LITERAL TRUTH WHEN ONE CROSSED THE BOUNDARY FROM TURKISH PALESTINE INTO THE LEBANON PROVINCE WHAT A CHANGE MET HIS EYES
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