Sean475
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A SECRET FOR THREE YEARS
But although the Balfour Declaration was made in 1917, the
British Government dared not publish it until 1920! If they had
done, what sort of fighting spirit, would the British troops in
Palestine have shown, if they had known they were simply fighting for
Jews? (One thing is certain; the author of this pamphlet was, in 1916,
engaged in breaking the “ ring ” of the Somali camel‐owners in British
Somaliland, who were holding out for high prices against the needs of
the British Government for camels to overcome transport difficulties in
the desert between Egypt and Palestine. He succeeded in purchasing
3,500 good camels at a reasonable figure ; if he had known what he was
purchasing them for, he would not have bought a single camel!)
As normal with Leese's work there's lots of good information in this short pamphlet and probably quite an appropriate time to put it up,
you don't seem to hear people mention the enormous amount of wealth located in this region!
THE DEAD SEA WEALTH.
Major Brock, the British Government expert, of the Canadian
Geological Survey, has estimated the amount of salts in solution in the
Dead Sea as follows :‑
Potash 2,000 million tons.
Common Salt 11,900 million tons
Magnesium ...22,000 million tons
Calcium Chloride 6,000 million tons
Bromine 980 million tons
From the waters of the Dead Sea alone, there is enough Potash to
supply the world with a million tons a year for over 2,000 years!
Full pamphlet below
https://ia801006.us.archive.org/31/items/DevilryInTheHolyLand1938/1938%20-%20Devilry%20In%20The%20Holy%20Land%20-%20A%20Leese.pdf
But although the Balfour Declaration was made in 1917, the
British Government dared not publish it until 1920! If they had
done, what sort of fighting spirit, would the British troops in
Palestine have shown, if they had known they were simply fighting for
Jews? (One thing is certain; the author of this pamphlet was, in 1916,
engaged in breaking the “ ring ” of the Somali camel‐owners in British
Somaliland, who were holding out for high prices against the needs of
the British Government for camels to overcome transport difficulties in
the desert between Egypt and Palestine. He succeeded in purchasing
3,500 good camels at a reasonable figure ; if he had known what he was
purchasing them for, he would not have bought a single camel!)
As normal with Leese's work there's lots of good information in this short pamphlet and probably quite an appropriate time to put it up,
you don't seem to hear people mention the enormous amount of wealth located in this region!
THE DEAD SEA WEALTH.
Major Brock, the British Government expert, of the Canadian
Geological Survey, has estimated the amount of salts in solution in the
Dead Sea as follows :‑
Potash 2,000 million tons.
Common Salt 11,900 million tons
Magnesium ...22,000 million tons
Calcium Chloride 6,000 million tons
Bromine 980 million tons
From the waters of the Dead Sea alone, there is enough Potash to
supply the world with a million tons a year for over 2,000 years!
Full pamphlet below
https://ia801006.us.archive.org/31/items/DevilryInTheHolyLand1938/1938%20-%20Devilry%20In%20The%20Holy%20Land%20-%20A%20Leese.pdf
