Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
With Great Pomp and Ceremony Will
Enter the Holy City.
WILLIAM Il TO VISIT JERUSALEM
SuItan's Grand Preparations in His
Honor.
THE KHEDIVE'S GUEST ALSO
Copyright, 1885, by the In.erna Literary and
News Seryicel
BERLIN, September -, 1898.

| The national heart SwellS with the
| thought of the approaching imposing entry
! of the kaiser in the venerable old city Of
! David and Jesus. We picture to ourselves
| the mighty impression which this majectic
| spectacle will make. The indissoluble char
| acter of the friendship between the sultan
| and the German kaiser will be raised to Il
quasi-article of faith" 1 quote the forego-
| ing from leading German paper.
| AS a matter of fact the kaiser is one of
| the most prominent .'Zionists" among the
! 'anointed of the Lord" His poetic i'm
| agination has contributed many surprises
| to contemporaneous history but this trick
| is likely to surpass and excel every other
attempt at magniicence and picturesque
hess.
The lively imagination of this imperial
manager has left nothing to chance. Ger
| man discipline is to characterize every part
| OF the program, down to the hour when
| William ii will exchange his tourist dress
| for the full royal rig, and in complete war
| paint enter the holy city through the Cha
I!l-kapuSsu gate followed by a brilliant
letinue and an impressive Turkish host in
their picturesque dress. For variety ar
rangement and effect this Kaleidoscope
scene will furnish, perhaps, most mem
ordbie chapter to the history of this coun-
try.
In honor of his beloved brother" the
suitan's bankrupt eXchequer has been fur
Their depleted to the tune of 100 OOO piasters
to be expended in widening the main street
OF Jerusalem and identifying the palace of
l<adeIni-Sherif. intended for the emperor
during his stay in the holy city. AS Il mat
ter of fact, England as we'll as Egypt in
tends to swell the pomp and ceremony by
diSpatching portion of the English Egyp-
tan hosts from khartcum, and possibly
with few hundred prisoners in chains to
show the kaiser how dervish looks in
captivity.
New Church on Historic Site.
The kaisers main and solitary object of
this journey is to preside over the cere-
mony of conservation of a new Lutheran
church. built on site given by the sultan
to the late Emperor Frederick while he
was still crown prince. on the occasion of
his visit to the Holy Land. The church in
question is erected on the foundation of an
ancient edifice of the same character dat
ing from the crusaders. The imperial
couple Will arrive at Haifa on the 26th of
October. 1898, and at Jaffa two DAYS later:
the grand entree into Jerusalem is booked
for the evening of October IS. After the
conservation ceremonies of the church the
royal couple will visit the tombs of Abra-
ham. Isaac and Jacob at Hebron over
which mosque has been erected. No
Christian or Hebrew has ever been permit
ted to cross the threshold of this mosque
or to view these tombs, with the solitary
exception of the Prince of Wales when he
visited the Holy Land while still a Young
man, in the company of Dean Stanley of
Westminster. 1t may be taken for granted
that the present sultan, who owes so much
to the friendly support and championship
of his cause by the German emperor, will
extend to the latter the same courtesies
and facilities in the matter of visiting He
bron as Were conceded thirty-six years ago
to the future king of England.
After leaving Jerusalem the kaiser and
his cOnsort propose to journey overland via
Mount Cllal to EgVDt in n N
invitation from the khedive, and the re-
sources of the Turkish government will be
taxed TO the utmost to prevent any unto
ward incident happening to the imperial
pilgrims, such as, for instance. attack and
capture by marauding Bedouin tribes 1t is
difficult to conceive the CONSERVATION which
would ensue We're the German emperor and
empress to be carried off by some such
tribes as these in the interior of Arabia
and held for ransom. The allegiance of
these tribes TO the sultan is purely nom-
nal, and in their rocky Businesses which
can be reached only by weeks of camel
back travel through watcrless deserts, they
are practically secure from attack or pun
ishment.
Queens Lifelong Dream.
1t is no secret in English court circles
that ii has been the one dream of Queen
Nictoria's life to undertake a pilgrimage
to the Holy Land, and at one moment dur
ing the early years of her widowhood she
was on the point of proceeding thither with
her friend and spiritual adviser. the late
Dean Stanley. as cicerone. But the time
for any such tour has long since Uast AWAY
and her majesty is too far advanced in
years and too iufrm TO be able TO put into
execution u project which she has nurtur-
ed in her heart since the days of her early
SirlhOod. True. there are all sorts of ia
clites today for getting to Jerusalem
which were not in existence twenty and
thirty years ago. There is Il railroad equip
ped with comfortable railroad cars that
runs from Iatfa to Jerusalem and it is nos
sihlc to reach bethlehem and other places
OF interest IN the vicinity by means of
ramWay, the pilgrimage of these present
tunes presenting striking contrast to
those of former ages. when the faithful
OF every rank and class from kings to
peasants. were compelled to trudge YEARLY
over the sun-parched desert of sand and
stones that lies between the seacoast and
the Zion of Christians and Hebrews.
SuperstitiOus Fear Danger
While no one need feel surprised that
Emperor William should desire to under
take the trip to Palestine, yet there are
many who regret that his 'Zionsm" should
have led him to permit his wife to accom-
p1ny him on the journey, and among su-
perstitious people much apprehension is felt
and expressed in connection with the pro-
ject. For it is strange regularity that
hardIy any royal couple have ever visited
Jerusalem together without being shortly
afterward overtaken by misfortune. Only
eighteen months ago the visit of the Arch
duke and Archduchess Charles Louis of
Austria was followed by the sudden death
of the former, who. second brother OF
the Emperor Francis Joseph. stood next
in line of succession TO the throne and
who, until that time, had enjoyed per-
feet health. Another imperial couple whose
pilgrimage was followed by still more dis
aStrous results were the Crown Prince and
Crown Princess of Austria
The quarrel which eliminated in Ru-
dolph's shocking death at Meyerling fol-
lowed Immediately on their return to vi
ezra from Palestine. while the stay in
Jerusalem of Emperor Williams eldest sis
ter, Charlotte, who was accompanied by
her husband Prince Bernhard of SAKE
MeiniEgen, and attended by Baron and
Baroness ven kot7e, had as its material
sequence what is now known in the ciyiliZ-
ed world as the Anonymous letter or
kotZe scandal" in which Princess Char
lotte and her consort were so seriously
compromised as to render Their departure
from Berlin necessary, while Baron Won
kotze himself, after fighting inaumerable
duels. being crippled for life, and sub
jected to imprisonment. is now living in
retirement with his wife, both of them dis
g:actd ard socially ruined.
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