, 1870-12-11
THE CHILDREN-CRUSADERS.
An Episode OF tho H1lddIc AKes-Thc
Infants at tho II 4olY $epulchre.
Prnra IL Se,r Esr<,,frr G4x.t

oaH AMONG lne sAoacs1 tAes CT tna neQEG-
sal period IL the narrative Of the crusade mn
lertakeu IN tic year 1912. hv three armies Of
French aud German children. Daguu amid !
scenes OF the widest enthusiasm, thus strange
expedition ran its coursc swiftly. ani ended
in an oblivion which almost erased it from the
record. Of history.
But, incredible as il the story, it il Included
by Hecker in his "Child Filgnmages," By I
Her1er IN bis Innocent ILL.," BY Michaud ia
his - History Of the Crusades." and by Alberto |
in his ~ chronica," >" aud IL mentioned by nu-
meroua other writer's. It has been made the |
theme of several legends and tales; anil At
last lsrery Ok the ctusade, written by the !
Eev. George Zabnskso Gray, Of Bergen Point, |
New Jetess, has been published by Hurd { J
Houehton, Of this city
In the gear 1ls7, the celebrated s2ladia had |
routed tue Ch1isuah forces at Tiberi.s, aud !
followed VI his advantage hy expelIing from
the country the hinEs Of Jerusalem. wlo had !
ruled there fer eighty eight years. s;ubs>-
queut c1usadea were undertaken to recover
the Holy Land; one By K.chard I. of England |
ard Frederick Of Germany, and another by |
The Emperor Henry VI.
But their sueceas was not great: few
towns on the seaboa1d. like Tripoli and rtole-
mai., contributing all shels acquisitions. In
1l9s. the fifth crusade WAS organ zed for ths |
relief Of the garrison Of thesc placc.; bu. the
Eene,ians who accompanied the expedition
found little difficulty in pcrs1tadng tue leaders
u Apnnuon turl1 oretHleu shu 1asa 1uc cou-
quest Of ConstaDtinople instead, where they
established dynasty Of Western Europeaa
Enperors On the throne OF the CNsars.
Vain we're the efforts Of the Church for
n1any yca1s to arouse the rulers Of Europa to
another enort f1r the recoysrv OF the Holy
Sepu1chre. 1nnocont III , the moat heartlcaa
OF men and The most ambitious Of poutit1s.
one utterly unscrurulous 81 TO tue mea.,s
which be employed for tue accom- ilishmeut
OF hiA pu1pt ser, Ead assumed the t,IA, and
WAS engaged in fomt ntinE civil wa1 in all
lands. Otto ", the Emperor OF Getmsug,
e,ick Of Nlilee, endowed With hia ectpsre By
Lull from the Vatican. John Of England
had asserted the right exercised By his PIE
decees orr OF naming the primate Of that coan-
try, aud after \ naLful opposition WAS com-
peeled to yst1d his Crown and accept it ~ =
vss.al OF Nome-a condition which the
Bt1ens Of England wcul1 not recognize.
The S:ate= held by him in France. Nolnlsn-
dy, AQui.aine, Guienne, and GAsconr, were
wIeeted from h!n, by Philip Augustus. The
p1uesiaus had refused 10 accept the DONNA.
tion OF the roonks, and 4 crusade was pro-
Claimed against them. In Spain a religious
war was waged against the IooIs, and the
proyiuce OF Tnculouse IN France, then under
| Count Nemoni. largely reoplel by the Albl-
genet =, WAS invaded Gy csuaade1s u1der simon
| de Monttost, and its :. '.hefetIcA" population
massaered ~ order Of the representatives. OF
the Church, women and children. Ca;hollcs
AID Alligeuses, being put 10 death without
ctt, and Rome declared it at peace Tnegreat
boty of teudal D4ruus over Europe owed
ehELt allegiance to the Kings, aud were little
hetter than robbers aud outlaws. T4ey tSran-
niz.d over the peaeants, aud e1torted tribute
and blacknaail from every commercial and
manufacturing town.
With 70 much Of taplne and slaughter at
home, carried On under the auspices Of the
Pore himself. It liz hardly matter for wonder
that thc,aI'peass of..he beleayuered Christians
in syria, eseu though strongly supported by
the l1oly See, were Intellectual to arouse
their relief, againsi the 1u4ks OF Aria and
Egypt. ...
and then su IL rmany, auAensLn=iasn1 literally
epidemic in its apppataAte, ANU cofs-spoua-
ugly tataf III j y effects. Its tigrt taaulfert
shetlcal SAINT transformed from Il h-athen
god. 4 buy rantd Stephen, from CioSes. a
hamItt utaE 0Eleans, It paircd to the epot, and
addressed the pllgt.sns there, ANNOUNCING tnat
Jteus CHRIST himself had visited him. and
gwen him letter to the klug Of France,
with authority to 60 aul recover tue Holy
Sepulchre. The matter spread, like \ fire II
The lra,r1es, oreE brittany, Normandy, Alus
taine, Auv. Tgne, Provence llhen province u
I A1aRop), aud Gs.cuuy. Dttitr i4ts eaughi
the enthusiasm. and went srou1 place TO place
At his l. eutenantr. preaching a csusaiu, Aut
getting many fol!oaers. Everywhere they
predicied that God would open the eea before
Them. AID THAI Christ would give them tht
. victory without bAttIe or b.'roIsht,d.
| II IL cfecit4t1e 10 the doctors Of the Cui
!, verify of Paris that they exerted all their in
nnehce tD cheek this fapAticism. The dDuall
Of scitlce Was rausaeked to hud AL exp lana
, tion for it,. Magic, the visible iltettosltion 0
! t3f 3Jtf
, | the - Old Man u tue Mountain" aud til
thief OF the secrct order Of - A-sassiue, Q
:. | Thugs Of syria, were III turn declared TO +
| the source OF the infAtuation. Tue Kin
, | forbade taa preaching OF tue children. ou
Z | tocl no othcE MEASURES to suppre1a the moSs
. | ul.nt.
. lu June, 1912, Stephen called his legiat
from Iii tue provinces 4 d Districts Of Frauei
: Tney scushled At veulome. abou. ~ OIL
+ number. The eous Of Counts aud Lords,
: we'll ~ the chiiaIen of the peaaaatzE, jolne
L the AaIner Of the Cross. Girls lef, The
0 homes ty thousands 10 accompany tnt. cE1
:. | oadt. man AID woaless Ut sus ~olst cAarAs Il
a also uu,ted themselves to the expedition +
r Tie yilest 1t ru. poses.
,e Led ty tue chif1-prophet, who rode in
il cLanor, the unfottutat1 chiIdren Sc, cut
q. Ms1selt!es, 1t waa journey Of cruel psis
,e t,en. The hApiess duyes were punde1ed I
q moreelesalg by the unpriuciplel men Al
II compelled 10 sleep III the fields suc dope
l. on betcAry for Subsistence. The summer
of 1871! wxs unusually hot. aud dlsease made .
i" inruadz among them. but they kept up tn
I'd spirits till the5 reached Marseilles.
IT, Tue Mediterranean Sea would cot divide
their path uslszculoualy, At they hid be
h. promised. They we're On the point Of retu
ke inG when. a. thes supposed, their way '
In opened before them by DIVINE intarpostti
On Two merchants Of Narcotics, named ffr
he | Ferrous aud William Porous, volunteered
", fnrnish eesen Vessels 10 convey them 10 Pal
he youpg crusaders. Atont 5000 embark
l." their surviving comrades resolving to 90
hs sfut. her. Yer: lm:oetng were the cereUar
re- Of that esaha1kation. Finally the ships sai
is away into the VI. dierranesu, and for eight
2ut yeare no intelligence whatever waa resei
Of from them.
me AImos, simultaneously with the moyen
acc in France. 4iniIar excitement Arose in 6
no many. SicA.las, a boy living in viii
{or near Cologne. began 10 preach At the shs
aey Of the Three Kirss. or W,st Men OF the E:
Its in thst city, The most intense entEu=i:
sse was aroused, t1ter dug orr the eun ptss
In throughout Burgundy. Other bo:s be:s
led place 10 r1see enllsslug- volunteers under
h. banner Of the cfoss. Like predictions v
!, nate Of path TO hs miraeu1ouei! ope
'.er thre ugh the sea aud Of = boo3!ess tsiur
lis fer tue expedition. Tee chitorea Of nosl.r
: 10 Z. we'll ~ Ct peasants took the Infection.
hnr twenty theeald rel Z. .zyou.ed 1t Cologne
,t,o set out ter the Holy SepuIchre. They n
inc ACCOMPANIED like the French crusS lere,
foT ,housarts al girls. and also by infamous I
he and worien king 20 nler upon them.
ant Tedius. and wearl.oue WAS the journey
this seren htnastd miller from C5laEse to Ger
us The! slept ir the open nir aud led On n
OLD hAetl E b. en- stripped Of theis other resou
bep By the abandoned c1es'u1es in 'heiT comp,
IN Ike Barcps OF Germany Burgundy and s
leA zetlaLd hung upon their danss and rear
lent k,dasp whom fhey might for th1ails in t
nly c1s:les. Will teaet= aiso folio zed them.
o3- vau.ing these that persisted. and nak1n
In rr.y Of the etrASglers- Many Of the help
res children persisted in the streams But
And theiE nuIates reuAired when toeE cam
+ il sight OF the alps. Tue yllais Confined /
au; ts1ls Of salsseu re.agees. ~ho made at,
les on the expt td.slon. Til. this time the 70
Ibli- enthusiasts had kept up their spirits.
lem dscugh. wL,ch consumed their strength
On. | beI.ved Rocld ofen sheir way through
.ea. AMI they heguiea the tins with sts
.u'a AID soEcr.
W But 4. they saceuded Mount Cents
20. he art= Il n.iy sank within them. The r
And cut ii. il i, ehcd feet the air Of chasnas
.insy leb.ets by the sun. chilled tae1n; and
x,fI | rAw Go hope ct food CT rest till the pass
not seen tsaversed. Group after group Aoan
Au- ed tie expedition aud returned home.
ing II wae 4 fearful journey The you
,ms- trIe ,ders rested wherever the darkness
:ats- took them. /, ing down in their vet aud
and Fed clothing upon the hesther or the y
Those Aho could obtain WOOD made nrea
lor's crowded rcund them for profession IS
SELF. the cold. Many died where tae3 l3f oo'
.1m8 eleep.
tue- II Piedmont theY found enemie., fc
With ItAlians defeated the Germaus- Thay
text subjected TO csueNles eI every eott+ ie
enhance into The towns, sad u1kuy Of
sub- kidnapped for alaves. on the 2ota OF a
nK to they we're permitted to enter Henta-
lo~l- VAC but Reven Thousand OK tnaf mn
apre- ls1t- They bad ssksd fos oa}y oas n