7/33 But Hussein's arm is not long enough to reach us from the South, and Feisul's is not nearly strong enough to interfere from the North. So there is no government, and each man is keeping the peace with his own sword." "You mean; each man on his own account ?" "Yes. Five--fifteen--thirty throats are cut daily; and if you go down to the Jordan and listen, you will hear the shots being fired from ambush any day." "And you invite me to make the trip with you ?" "Oh, that is nothing. In the first place, you are American. |