THE U1 'UBE OF SYRIA.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1
Sin,—Many of your readers must have been greatly pleased with the wise and timely article you had recently on a future French occupation of Syria and Palestine. It would be deplorable if the aspirations of our Allies in this direction were not encouraged by us in every way possible. I was speaking recently to an eminent and widely informed Copt, who told me how warmly a French occupation of Palestine would be welcomed in Egypt. He fervently hoped that nothing would be done by Great Britain to hinder this project from being realized. It was a pleasure to be able to point out to him that the advantages of such an occupation had already been dwelt on by so influential a paper as the Spectator. Certainly we could have no neighbours in that region so desirable in every way as the French, and it is to be hoped that we shall see them established there in due
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