The Holy Land and Syria . not always been the case. Jewish im-migration used to be prohibited, and such Jews as boughtreal estate had to purchase and hold it under othernames. Until the last decade of the nineteenth century theTurkish Government had a rule that no Jew might comeinto Palestine and stay there longer than three restrictions were given up largely through the ac-tivities of Mr. Oilman, a former American consul toJerusalem. When he came to the Holy City it wasthe policy of the representatives of the other foreigngovernments there to aid the Turkish authorities in ex-pellin
The Holy Land and Syria . not always been the case. Jewish im-migration used to be prohibited, and such Jews as boughtreal estate had to purchase and hold it under othernames. Until the last decade of the nineteenth century theTurkish Government had a rule that no Jew might comeinto Palestine and stay there longer than three restrictions were given up largely through the ac-tivities of Mr. Oilman, a former American consul toJerusalem. When he came to the Holy City it wasthe policy of the representatives of the other foreigngovernments there to aid the Turkish authorities in ex-pelling immigrant Jews. Shortly after his arrival hewas advised by the Sultans officials that some AmericanJews were overstaying their time in the Holy Land andwas requested to direct them to leave. He replied thatsuch action was entirely contrary to the spirit of ourgovernment which is founded on religious toleration andfreedom, and after some negotiations the American Jewswere allowed to remain. Soon after this the British 68. Christian sects may quarrel over their holy places, Jews may clamourfor their national home in Palestine, while the Arabs proclaim that theland is theirs. Neither politics nor religion disturbs this maid of mod-ern Jerusalem
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