The times., 1898-10-09
A MAJESTIC TOUR.
How the Kaiser VIII Go Through
the Holy Land.
From the London Mail.)

Nrom the London Mail.)
No more picturesque event has occurred
within recent years than Emperor VIII
liams pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He
(, is going in all the pomp and splendor that
marked the royal crusaders of early Eng
| land. His following will be a numerous
i one, and though martial in bearing md
/ equipment, the mission will BE one OF
peace
AS illustrating the impressive proper
! tions on which the tour will be conducted,
| il may be mentioned that Messrs Cook,
\ in whose care the emperor has placed
| himself and suite, have requisitioned no
! fewer than l,500 horses and mules.
The emperor's body guard Will be COM
posed of soldiers selected from his own
army, and not one of the picked men is
| less than seven feet in height.
| Fifty servants will wait upon the en-
peror's personal needs, and a like number
of grooms will care for the horses and
| mules placed ar the disposal of the Kaiser
and suite.
The tents in which the pricipal members
! of this magnificent pilgrimage will sleep
as they journey from city to city are of
| the most gorgeous kind.
Particularly fine is the tent allotted to
: the Kaiser. 1t is divided into rooms for
the royal pilgrim to sleep and dress in,
and a good part of 1t has been converted
into an elaborately decorated dining sa-
loon.
The entrance to the tent is draped with
heavy curtains, and the imperial mono
gram appears ON each side.
The itinerary originally prepared has
! been changed in one or two details.
His majesty will for the first time set
foot on the Holy Land at Caifa, where he
J will arrive on board the Hohenzollern on
| October Is.
will 1,a in
waiting, and in this vehicle, surrounded
| by his brilliantly-attired giant guards,
! the emperor will drive along the Plain
| of Sharon TO Caesarea. where, on the
night of October 26, the camp will be
pitched.
On the following morning the journey
win be resumed, Jaffa being reached on
! October 81
Here the emperor will visit several
| places of interest, including the house of
/ Simon the Tanner.
On the morning of October 2s the en-
| peror will mount a spIendidly caparisoned
| horse and the procession will move to-
ward Jerusalem. That night his majes-
! ty will spend under canvas at Latrum.
! The road TO Jerusalem follows the side
! or the Valley of Ajalon Ooshua X, 12),
/ and ascends the mountains of Judea, and
| passes the site of Emmaus duke xiv,
| I3).
Presently above the walls of the city
| the city where every stone is historic; the
| scene of the worlds greatest and grand
! est tTagedy-peeps the glistening dome of
| 0mar's mosque
| At the Jaffa Gate the emperor's entry
( into Jerusalem will be signalized by a
| spectacle that will live long in the mem
ory of those privileged 10 witness it. This
function will take place on October %.
The kaiser viii consecrate the Church
| of ST. John at Jerusalem, and will prob
ably visit the Garden Tomb, which has
been declared by Gen. Gordon and other
! authorities 10 be the actual sepulchre in
which our Lord was laid.
On horseback the emperor will journey
to Jericho, passing on the way the Mount
of Olives, Bethany, and the Inn of the
Good Samaritan. He will see the Apos-
ties Spring, the great Jordan and the
Dead Sea the Tomb of Lazarus and the
| house of Mary and Martha
The kaiser reaches Jerusalem again on
/ November 2, and is expected to see the
Jews wailing place, where the unique
spectacle of Jews weeping over the ruins
of the ancient city will probably meet his
eye.
His majesty returns to Jaffa and sails
| thence on November for Caifa. A car
riage and four viii be in waiting, and
| thus he will visit Nazareth and Tiberias.
The emperor Will in all likelihood ride
! TO the top of the Mount of Beatitudes
| (Matthew W, where the last great battle
i of the Crusaders was fought and where
| their fate was sealed on July 5, 1857.
| This part of the tour win occupy two
/ days.
Then, returning TO Caifa. the imperial
yacht with its attendant cruisers will sail
! for Beyrout. Here. on November II. his
! ma jesty viii take a train for Damascus,
! the oldest city in the world.
| THE Pearl of the East is in the high
est degree beautiful as one approaches it.
Orange trees cluster round the houses,
which stand out white and clear against
| the perennial blue of the skies. Many of
! the streets are narrow, the best being the
Street called Straight" mentioned in
| the Acts of the Apostles. In Damascus
are situated the House of Judas and the
| House of Ananias; and the bazaars are
more resDlendent than even those of
| Cairo or Constantinople