15 DECEMBER 1917, Page 1

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

JERUSALEDI was surrendered last Sunday to the British Army We have described elsewhers the stages of General Allenby's brief and brilliant campaign. Ile made his formal entry on Tuesday. He and a few of his Staff, with the Commanders of the French and Italian detachments and the American, French, and Italian Military Attaches, entered Jerusalem on foot. The historic event, which has affected Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans alike, was celebrated in the simplest manner.