The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23


What is the real Elm of Emp ror VII
! liam in going to Palestine? No che
who has studied his character, poseur
though he be, will say that it is done
merely for effect Gail the ka' ser waat
you will, he is not fool. What, ten,
is the inner purpose of this pilgrimage?
Perhar6 there is double purpose in
the fertile brain OF the young emperor.
In the first place, the kaiser UNI
: doubtedly hopes to realize a German
dream, which has lasted for aim st
a century. Frederick William III. was
4 the first to express the hope of alb
/ fishing the Lutheran caliphate of j cru
salem. VIII am II. dream Ell Of tn same
/ idea, urged on by Won BunsenS sci ere
! to feCerajte all Of the HOhenZ -lernS.
1ntrigCes at Rome and London, sound
ing OF various communities TO this end,
! followed with no result further t. all
: the creation of Lutheran-ApglIcan
bishopric at Jerusalem in 1S4o, destined
to last but a few years.
! Freezer. ok VIII a n estab ishe1 a b an
denburg parish at Jerusalem IN lSa-,
/ surrounding it later by aSricultu. al col
! OnieS and charitable and religious In
situations. William L., in 1869, wrested
! from the sultan the gift of Muir stan. Il
qual ttr Of Christian Jerusalem of Whicl
/ the crown prince, afterWard Frederick
III, took official possession at tie
time of the opening of the SueZ canal.
: Here is located the Church of the
. Saviour. low about to be cOnsecrated.
Prrss,ia's chief center of influence in
! Jerusalem is the German hosp tai,
which cares for 500 persons annually
MusSulmans, Jews or Christians, ire
/ spective of creed The Girls Orphan
asylum, erected in 1863, was followed
/ by the founding CT an enormous aims
! house. An asylum for sick children
! and refuge fer lepers have also been
/ erected. In 1884 an attempt to drive
out the Catholics from Mount Garner
was made, the Prussian Templars DIR v
ing out the monks and sacking the
monastery. But the interVenti n of the
French consul prevented their reten-
ton Of the sanctuary.
In the modern part of Jerusalem is
/ the Syrian orphanage, founded by
| Prussia. It's first pastor was Herr
Schneider, who took possession CT
number of the children bereft of their
parents by the bloody prosecutions or
Mount Lebanon Q860), making them lis
first pupils. It's 1890 students now come
from all parts of Palestine, Samaria,
Galilee, Mount Lebanon and the Lake
OF Genesareth. The teaching beg rs
with Arabic and ends with German. T Re
children become blacksmiths, carpen-
ters, pOtters, tilemakers, shOemakers,
tailOrs, cabinet makers and turner's.
The establishment mas a printing press
of it's own, and publishes the Messenger
Of Zion.
DOES HE AIM AT THE PAPACY?
The statement of these facts is nee
essary to an understanding of the
kaiser's project. No one can doubt
that he has been largely inf1u-
enced by this traditional bent toward
the Holy Land as the basis perhaps
of the "Popedom of Professionalism"
The invitation to Lutherans of all sects
to take part in the pilgrimage is open
to no other construction; and when it
is recolIected that William IL is firm
believer in the divinity of his appoint
ment as kaiser. is it not most natural
for him to pose as the pope of Luther
anism, the real head Of the church,
with both temporal and spiritual
power?
1t is conceivable that the kaiser not
ing the loss Of the pope's temporal
power and the growth of Protestant
ism, has sweet dreams of becoming the
spiritual chief of Lutheranism, finding
the warrant for his selection in the
fact that Luther, the great reformer,
spread his doctrine in Germany-nay,
was German.
PROOF OF THE DREAM
The kaiser, in fact, points to this his
toric event by selecting as the day
upon which this great church in Jeru-
salem is to be consecrated that day
celebrated as the birthday of Protest
antism, Oct. 81. 1t was on Oct. 81, 1917,
that Martin Luther after laundering
against Tetzel and the sale Of indul-
gences, wrote his ninety-five PROPOSE
ticns, or theses, denouncing indulgen-
Ces, and nailed them to the door of the
Castle church. Here he announced the
basis of Professionalism, God alone
can pardon through repentance and
contritiOn." What better day than this
could the future pope Of Protestant
ism, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Of Prussia (as
he hopes to be Called choose for the
dedication of the Church Of the Sa-
viour in the city sanctified to Christen-
dom by the life and death Of Jesus Of
Nazareth?
JEALOUSY OF GAR.
But there is still another purpose
which animates the kaiser. He looks
over the European field and sees an
other sovereign who is at one and the
same time kaiser (czar) of the realm
and personal center of the church. The
car Of Russia, like the Byzantine en-
peror Of old, is head Of the church in
his dominion. The Holy Oriental Or
thodOx Catholic Apostolic church" is
the official title of the Greek church,
called Greek because most of it's CreedS
Iiturgies, theological and ascetic lit
eratures are in that language and the
worship is mainly conducted in that
tongue.
The church in Russia is under the
permanent direction of the holy synod
Of st. Petersburg, with the car as its
official head. In other words, Nicholas
is both emperor and pope of Russia.
What more natural than for Kaiser
Wilhelm II. to be ambitious for a SINH
lar combination of temporal and gpiri-
tual power. 1t is we'll known that the
car has an eye upon Constantinople
when Turkey is at last driven out OF
Europe, that he may re-estabIish the
the dominion founded originally by
! Constantine.
CZAR'S EYE ON PALESTINE.
But the car has not been unmindful\
Of Palestine, either. In late article
| Gin the Independently Prof. Samuel Ives
CUrtiss, D. D., shows that France and
Russia are dividing Palestine between
| them. The most commanding sites
in Lebanon and other parts Of Syria
and Palestine he says, "are crowded
| by MdrOnite or French Catholic insti-
tutjons. What means the Rus
sian occupation of the country, from
one end to the other, by ho5pices, open
to pilgrims and travellers during a brief
season of the year for a nominal sum?
What is the meaning of Greek schools,
where instruction is given in Russian,
and the subsdization Of the Greek
| church, if not in the line of political
| ,:vo Of sci in Sxy~io md ILL.,