ing ▁Ne ve h ▁T zed eq ▁and ▁. ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁the ▁school ▁had ▁been ▁closed ▁by ▁the ▁Brit ons . ▁All ▁the ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁con greg ation , ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁and ▁of ▁parish ion ers ▁of ▁German ▁and ▁other ▁enemy ▁national ity ▁was ▁taken ▁into ▁public ▁cust od ians hip . ▁With ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁regular ▁British ▁administration ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁Edward ▁Keith - Ro ach ▁became ▁the ▁Public ▁C ust od ian ▁of ▁En emy ▁Property ▁in ▁Palest ine , ▁who ▁r ented ▁out ▁the ▁property ▁and ▁collected ▁the ▁r ents , ▁until ▁the ▁property ▁was ▁finally ▁returned ▁to ▁its ▁actual ▁propriet ors ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁April ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁John ▁M ott ▁and ▁J . ▁H . ▁Old ham , ▁two ▁o ec umen ists , ▁founded ▁the ▁Emer gency ▁Committee ▁of ▁Cooper ating ▁Miss ions , ▁M ott ▁becoming ▁the ▁president ▁and ▁Old ham ▁the ▁secretary . ▁M ott ▁and ▁Old ham ▁succeeded ▁to ▁get ▁Art . ▁ 4 3 8 ▁into ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Vers a illes , ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁property ▁of ▁German ▁miss ions ▁would ▁be ▁except ed ▁from ▁being ▁ex prop ri ated ▁for ▁German ▁re par ations ▁for ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁and ▁the ▁Evangel ical ▁Jerusalem ▁Foundation ▁had ▁mean while ▁appointed ▁the ▁Swedish ▁Luther an ▁Arch bishop ▁Nathan ▁S öder bl om ▁their ▁speaker ▁at