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Diary of Alice W. Jones
Jones, Alice W. (Alice Whittier), 1873-1960 (author)
1930
reformatted digital
HC.MC-975-01-037
Alice Jones diary --https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-975-01-037
HC11-26081
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Legion(under British control) »*have hands tieds Refugees. DOU ANE. into RamAllah.
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July 15. Children having a wonderful time gathering ping aeeates for fires.
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“guly 16. Moré refugees arrive. Over: three hundred; and fifty camp out. of doors. 4
. About five°> hundred on’ our a in hyd iied nese. ond out- more all over, the Wil~
.Jage. ‘Sad storys
*duly 17. An’ in@efinite! truceriss called. "The camel has his head in the tent",
an Arebig saying ucaning» that the cause: is lost.if his head ms in, the whole.
body wili follow.Partition is inevitable
July 25. One hundred ofthe: refugees on out, grounds, are taxen, to: Jena des’ here we
there is wether but’ great heat. RamAllah water, is getting, Shor tee, ALL summer we ted
: had one hundred and fifty refugees on our Girl ‘s! echool, grounds. eee ey. |
duly 27. Jews? looting: the villages Left: by» a =
August 5. Count eee ne arrives. A gzood tie ema O Pt and, just. We. hope he can
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Sept. 28 School opened. Girls School ree no hone z aa. edout two. pundred
Gay pupils. Some of. the refugees have money and they are. eager th
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ing the educated ‘dread more than that their chi laren shall sink back
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bs Oct L8vHeavy. Pichtins an the Negeb. Secs called. Ever y time a ‘truce was “gall |
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meal aday. One-hundred and: fifty children given milk. aod snack&,The refugees |
who ‘had been quartered . in the Meeting- house. were moved. out, into tents as the
weather became warmer, And a school for’ three hundred girls was opened an the
meéeting-house. A boy “gs scn00k was opened-in the Greek . convent.
“During the next»few weeks | one er two other schools were opened and | we had
about one thousand refuge e children in senools.. ‘The tea ers were ae EShu~. usd
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the money came.Every morning atirecess time. «the children were given a snack ee
which they missed very»much when!they were out.of school, —
“During the winter the people inetents had suffered much from. cold, rain and :
Snow. dany childrensand»,ol@ people.died ; this. is. now. the fourth winter apo |
things ‘havé’ not changed | greatly. »In one night forty;babies died from. e2 posure.
_ bome have started=in business 5:some have. left the. country » most are tae
couraged. . Nothing worse for morale than- with leisure. with Bee HANs to do but”
to talk. All» hope: of: getting» back.to. their homes is BORGs es ~
Whateverysuecess the Jews may be having in developing the country, in Bezan- ©
izing buginéss, in dullding vialeges,,should give us no joy. They are putting © J
in millions of money ,some of it loaned by our United States. What about. the
809000 Arab refugees who have lost h omes, business and lands? One has great
sympathy with the displaced Jews of Europe but to displace others ue Elve |
them homes 7. the solution. | iis ib are oe eae
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