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[ILLUSTRATION: HAIFA] CHAPTER IX A ROBBER BARON OF PALESTINE Beirut is a city of about two hundred thousand inhabitants, half of whom are Christians and the rest Mohammedans and Jews. The pinch of hunger was already felt there. E BY ALEXANDER AARONSON CHAPTER NINE A ROBBER BARON OF PALESTINE BAYROOT IS A CITY OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS HALF OF WHOM ARE CHRISTIANS AND THE REST ARE MOHAMMEDANS AND JEWS THE PINCH OF HUNGER WAS ALREADY FELT THERE
 seen me. During my imprisonment she had suffered tortures, not knowing what would happen to me, and now that she saw me alive she cried from happiness. She told me how kindly she had been treated by President Bliss, of the Syrian Protestant College, and of all the good things the college had done. What a blessing the college was for the people of Beirut! Many unfortunate people were saved from prison and hardships through the intervention of President Bliss. He never tired of rendering service, wonderful personal service. But alas, even his influence and power began to wane. The American prestige in the country was broken, and the Turkish Government no longer respected the American flag. An order issued from Constantinople demanded that the official language of the college be Turkish instead of English, and Turkish officers even dared to enter the college premises to search for citizens belonging to the belligerent nations, without troubling to ask permission from the American Consul.  CHAPTER NINE OF WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ANNE BOULAY WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTIN
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