Jewish poet, Leon Halevy, brother of the composer,
addressed to the French expeditionary corps on its
departure for the scene of the disorders : —

" Pour punir des meutres infSjnes,
Vous courez am bords syriens.
Vengez les enfants et les femmes,
Sauvez des frferee, des Chretiens !
Croisade du Dien qui console,
Tu r^unis tous les croyants :
Le jnif a doim6 son obole
Comme il donnera ses enfants."

And still there were fanatical hearts in Europe which
this action of the Jews could not soften. One journal
pubKcly insinuated that they were actuated by a desire
to expiate the ritual murder of Father Thomas in 1840.
The Jews reaped, however, an imexpected reward.
During the distiurbances at Damascus the Church
of the Capuchins was destroyed, and with it the
notorious " Blood Accusation " tablet, imputing the
alleged murder of Father Thomas to the Jews, which
Sir Moses Montefiore had made so many unsuccessful
efforts to have removed.
CHAPTER XIV.
LADY MONTEFIOKE.
Death of Lady Montefiore — Her early years — Education —
Marriage — Participation in her husband's humanitarian work
— Accompanies Sir Moses on his foreign missions — Diaries
of the journeys to Palestine — Extracts from her journals — Home
life — Anecdote illustrative of her benevolence — Communal
labours — The Funeral at Eamsgate — Memorial foundations —
The tomb on the East Cliff.
