The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-21
KNIGHTS OF MALTA.


The small number OF knights who sur
vived the murderous siege of Rhodes.
with about 4.c00 soldiers aud Catholic in
hahitants OF the island, embarked on
beard of the ships belonging TO the Order
ON January /, 1928. They were allowed
to carry with them their archives ana
relics, such things being altogether value
less il the eyes OF the Turkish conquer
ors. The Grand Master was the last 10
embark: aud then seeing all his faithful
followers In safety, he gave the word and
the ships stood away from Rhodes. which
he had SO nobly defended, and where the
Knights HospitallerS hadreigned nearly
two centuries. A dreadful tempest scat
tered the melancholy feet, but the ships.
one by one, found refuge in the differ
ent parts of the neighboring island Of
Gambia 1.-THE ancient Crete) which then
belonged to the Republic Of Venice.
From mixed motives OF Jealousy and sell
fishness. the Venetians had looked on
with perfect indifference while the Turks
wele taking Rhodes, which island might
be considered the bnlwark OF Christianity.
OF its fair possessions in Gambia and the
colonies of Venice in other parts of the
Ileyant, ant which, policy as well as in
he nor, they ought TO have succoured and
assisted Irritated at these recollections.
Elsie Adam made haste TO quit Gambia.
prophesyIng what would be It's fate from
the spreading power OF the Turks an
want of Union among the Christians
This prediction was verified ia the course
OF the following century, when Gambia
WAS taken as Rhodes had been before IT,
Towards the end of April, the vessels of
the Order which had again BET n dispersed
by the storms met, with one or two ex-
eel tons in the purt of Messna and in
the friendly islands Of Sicily where
the knights mad vast possessions.
The Grand Master prepared his
Nl~fe~4
sovereigns, whom he implored TO APP
point another island in the Mediter-
ranean for the future residence OF the
Hosnitallers, or, what was de irer TO his
heart. to aid him in the reecnquest OF
Rhodes. The plague breaking our at
Messina L'lsle. Adain Went with his sadly
reduced fleet to the Bay OF Naples. and
after spending some time there, in the
neigh borhood of the ancient CITY of Bear.
he sailed 70 Cfvita Yacchia, on the Roman
coast, whence he repaired by land to
Rome. The Pope appointed the city OF
Viterbo as the temporary residence of the
knights and allowed them TO leave their
ships in the port of Civita Vacchia.
The energy of the old Grand Master
wns badly seconded by the Pontif and by
princes, who were either iukewarm or
so absorbe by their own projects OF ag-
embellishments IN Europe as not to have
4 thought 70 spare FOR an island under
the shores of Asia. The great enterprise
OF retaktng Rhodes was therefore given
up, and alter seven years of uncertainty.
disappointmentaud intrigue the Hospital
iers we're faiR TO accent from the Emperor
Charles " OF Spain the island of Malta,
win its dependent isiandsf Goza and the
towns OF Tripoli on the Barbary coast
4. In September, 1880, the effects. titles
and servants af the orGer, together with
a good store OF arms, ammupisions and
PROVISIONS we're shipped for Malta, and