Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-19
TIE KAIsEa's JOURNEY.

n's Imperial Majesty William H., or
Germany. Is going 20 jerusalem to dedi-
cate a Lu,horan church IN that venera-
BILE city. and his journey thither will DO
march Of glittering splendor and princely
luxury. There will be nothing TO bother
william as he is on the most friendly
terms with all the magnates through
whose lands he travels. lie will find no
Saladin to test his mettle as did Barba-
rossa OF Germany and Richard Occur de
Lion in the good old days Of chivalry
The Teutonic monarch unlike the Crusa-
ders. will make g delightful stop in Con-
stantnople. and will there exchange
few bon mots with his Oriental contem-
porary. Abdul Hamid and possibly, also,
he may meet the numerous consorts Of
this much henpecked and pullet-pecked
potentate.
And even In the Holy Land William will
find everything as carefully arranged as
though he were Roman stage hero, for
the Caliph of Islam is going to extend to
him the warmest hospitality. Once the
Moslems made things hot for gentlemen
Of the Kaisers faith, but this time the
degree of warmth will be different and of
a pleasanter sort.
This modern crusade is deliciously ro-
mantle and likewise harmless, though the
diplomatic world doesn't quite know
what's the good Of it all. STILL no one is
exactly surprised. for the tricks Of the
Imperial Teuton have long since ceased
to surprise people. One good, whole
souled, fin de steele feature of the pro-
gramme shows itself in the arrangements
the Kaiser is making for this extended
Journey. All kinds of generals and counts
and ministers and lyons" will attend the
monarch, and in addition TO these there
will be high-born officials and suites Of
Wallets, hosters, coachmen. and positions
petition. Indeed, the Chicago Chronicle,
in dwelling on this prospective pageant,
predicts that it will equal Colonel VIII
liam f. Cody's Wild West parade or the
landing Of the American commission at
Honolulu "A month or so ago.
And in addition TO all the dignitaries set
forth above. eighteen members of the
Berlin police force, heavily armed, will
protect the person of the Emperor, and
in addition to their weapons each Of them
will have portable cameras. They will
not shoot with bows and arrows at the
unspeakable Turk, as did their progenl-
tors. but they will take snapshots at
pretty much everything that comes their
way. This arrangement" says dis
patch. promises TO produce an enormous
collection Of photographs to serve rs me-
MORALS of the journey" II the eighteen
"coppers' DO their duty, and the sun does
the rest, we cannot see how it could be
otherwise.
Our Chicago contemporary expects TO
see from the grist of this Photographic
mill pictures representing His Imperial
Majesty on a Bucking Camel" "Hs I'm
perial Majesty Ducked in the Jordan"
Ills Imperial Majesty Chased by Be
douin." His Imperial Majesty Approving
OF the Mount Of Olives" and similar
scenes calculated to make life delicious
for the Kaser's admirers.
We shall await developments with in
terest, not only the development of the
Photographic negatives by the artistic
constabulary, but also the beneficial after
math which must surely follow such a
trip by such a man.