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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Mlllennial Star, Vol. 87: Thursday, April 16, 1925
Fifty years rolled by, another score of years passed by, and the great World War broke out in 191-1. England had her vital interests in the East - the Suez Canal, Gibraltar, the Orient, the upper coast of Africa points of great strategic value. General Maude was dispatched to the East, but failed in his hazardous campaign to reach his objective. General Sir Edmund Allenby, later, was chosen for the accomplishment of this great task, and finally succeeded after waging a most heroic battle against all kinds of obstacles - need of water, tremendous difficulties in transportation facilities, etc. However, on December 10, 1917, General Allenby surrounded the city of Jerusalem, and on the following day entered that city, without resistance, and took peaceable possession of it. Not one stone was turned, not one inch of ground was disturbed, not a gunshot was fired, not even a salute to the conquerors; but the gates were thrown open as though it were a great religious pageant, and General Sir Edmund Allenby with his staff took possession of the Sacred City, and at once issued a proclamation establishing martial law. He published in the several languages spoken in that polyglot community a. Proclamation, assuring to all, racial, religious, and political freedom, and declaring as sacred and inviolate all shrines and temples and sacred places; because that city was the home and the birthplace of the world's three great religions - Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism.
N o sooner had the occupation of Jerusalem been accomplished and the English government placed in absolute and undisputed control, than General Allenby advised his home government of this achievement. Premier Lord Balfour promptly proclaimed the policy of the English government with respect to the Jews and Palestine. He proclaimed the friendliness of the British people with respect to the Zionist movement, and thereby were the gates of Jerusalem thrown wide open to the Jews of all the world.
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