New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-12
KAISER WILLIAMS TOUR.
THE PROPOSED TRIP OF THE GERMAN
EMPEROR TO PALESTINE
AND EGYPT.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Cnronlcie
We are all interested in the forthcoming visit
OF the Kaiser 10 Palestine and Egypt. He will
be a picturesque fgure-a "knightly inquire
somebody once called him-travelling In pictu-
rescue lands Beyond that. certain people see IN
his tour possibilities which may affect the high
politics OF Europe. II is safe. then 10 say tnat
his doings will keep the late autumn from being
dull.
arrangements for the EmperOrs journey. and
yesterday they were good enough 10 tel me
something OF these. OF course, they are not fnaI
at the moment. being liable always TO altera-
ton but no doubt they represent pretty much
what will happen. 1t Is expected that the En-
peror and Empress Will be accompanied by .
retinue. all told OF about hundred people.
Messrs Cook are providing everything neces-
sary for the existence shelter and transport OK
the party while in Palestine, with one exception.
The exception refers to tents, which the En-
peror is having sent for the use OF himself ana
the Empress during the encampment at Jeru-
salem. The stay there will be the central event
OF the royal sojOurn in the Holy Land.
For the rest. camp equipment carriages.
mules in fine, everything needed, VIII he sup
piled by Messrs Cook. The arrangement is tnat
the imperial tourists shall land at Haifa on DC
tober &c they will be taken to that port by the
Emperors yacht, with convoy, naturally, or
German men-of-war. Haifa. as a glance at the
map will demonstrate. Is In that indentation or
the coast Of Palestine which we call the Bay OF
Acre. 1t lies at the foot Of Mount Carmel, ana
a straight line inland would take you TO the
Lake OF Gennesareth.
From Haifa the Kaiser and his cousort will
drive to Jaffa. this taking two days. The route
through Samaria is crowded with names IA
miliar 10 US in the Scriptures. There Will be Q
pause for a night at Jaffa, and from there the
way Will be TO Jerusalem The Kaiser makes
his entry into Jerusalem on the afternoon or
October % and will visit the Church or the
Holy Sepuchre The details OF these events
will much resemble what has happened when
other royalties have visited Jerusalem only
the ceremony may be greater. The Prince OK
Wales and the Duke of York have been to Jeru-
salem. The Emperor OF Austria went there
though in a non-kingly capacty-and the visit
of the Emperor Frederick Will be recalled by the
Kaiser william goes to Jerusalem for the con-
secration OF the new Church Of Our Saviour.
which is built on site that the sultan onered
to the Emperor Frederick II should be added
that at Jerusalem the Kaiser Will have the op-
portunity of seeing the Sultans troops. ON his
entry he will be escorted by regiment or cav
airy and a good force OF infantry will also be
In evidence. The conservation or the Church
OF Our Saviour takes place on the morning OF
October 81. That afternoon the Emperor goes
down to Jericho and the next day he will spend
on the banks OF the Jordan and the Dead Sea-
November is to find him again In the camp AZ
Jericho while on the I'd OF the month he Will
have got back to Jerusalem. Apparently 1t has
a supreme attraction for him. for he means to
spend two more days under its shadow.
Next TO Jaffa-this on November 5-where the
Emperor may embark for Haifa. The alterna-
tive is the journey 10 Hafa by the land route.
That is the major portion or his Itinerary FOR
Palestine but not the whole OF IT. He goes from
Uaifa TO Nazareth, Mount Tabor and Tiberias.
which is on the Lake OF Gennesareth He returns
to Haifa on November y, and proceeds by his
Yacht to Beyroot This means trip-for which
a railway is available. and which may be used
to Damascus and on 70 Baalbek. At Beyroot,
on November 10. the Emperor takes hts ship
for Egypt
As yet it is not quite settled how the party
shall go To Cal o--they may land at Port Said
and proceed overland to Cairo. they may
simply call at Port Said and then make for Cairo
by way OF Alexandria. In any case Cairo Is to
be reached about November Is The Emperor
and Empress are TO reside 10 the Abdin Palace.
as the guests OF the Khedive. On the 22d they
leave Cairo by Cook Nile steamer on voyage
10 Assouan and back The First Cataract will
hardly take the Kaiser to the tented field" OF
Sir Herbert Kitchener and the Khalifa. BY the
beginning Of December. however, the Anglo
Egyptians may be back from the heights OF the
Nile with story TO tell. which the Kaiser would
care to hear in person. His Imperial Majesty
hopes to return to Cairo from Assouan by D.
cember :, and a few days later he will bid fare
we'll 10 Egypt In these particulars no REFER
ence is made TO the imperial call at CONSTANT
nople because that is a thing apart And apart
from It. as has now been explained. the Kaiser
will have plenty TO do.