But since the Armistice the British have made a present of Palestine to the Jews, and the French have demanded Syria for themselves.

The British are pro-Feisul, but the French don't want him anywhere except dead or in jail.

They know they've given him and the Arabs a raw deal; and they seem to think the simplest way out is to blacken Feisul's character and ditch him.

If the French once catch him in Damascus he's done for and the Arab cause is lost." "Why lost ?" demanded Jeremy.

"There are plenty more Arabs." "But only one Feisul.