The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-08
KAISER WILHELM
IN THE HOLY LAND
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail
No more picturesque event has occurred
within recent years than the Emperor Will
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
one, and though martial in bearing and
equipment, the mission will be one of
peace.
AS illustrating the impressive proportions
on which the tour will be conducted it may
be mentioned that Messrs. Cook, in whose
care the emperor has placed himself and
suite, have requisitioned no fewer then L.
500 horses and mules.
The emperors 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 Ike number
of grooms will care for the horses and
mules placed at the disposal of the kaiser
and suite.
The tents in which the principal MEM
bers of this magnificent pilgrimage will
sleep 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 me
royal pilgrim to sleep and dress in, and a
good part of it has been converted into an
deliberately decorated dining saloon.
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 Gaia, where he
will arrive on board the Hohenzollern on
October 25.
carriage and four horses will be in
waiting. and in this vehicle. surrounded
by his briliantly-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
will be resumed, Jaffa being reached on
October a.
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 splendidly caparisoned
horse and the procession will move TO-
warn Jerusalem. That night his majesty
will spend under canvas at Latrum.
The road to Jerusalem follows the side
of the Valley of Ajalon Joshua X. 12), and
ascends the Mountains of Judea, and
passes the site of Emmaus duke xiv 49,.
Presently above the walls of the city
the city where every stone is historic; the
scene of the worlds greatest and grandest
tragedy-peeps the glistening dome Of
Omars Mosque
At the Jaffa gate the emperor's entry
into Jerusalem will be signalized by a
spectacle that will live long in the memory
of those privileged to witness it. This
function will take place on october 20.
The kaiser will consecrate the church of
ST. John at Jerusalem, and will probably
visit the Garden Tomb, which has been de-
clared by General Gordon and other au-
thorities to 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 OIL the
Good Samaritan. He will ses the Apostles
Spring, the great Jordan and the Dead sea,
the Tomb of Lazarus and the house OF
Mary and Martina
The kaiser reaches Jerusalem again on
November @ and is expected to see the
Jews Wailing Place, where the unique
spectacle of Jews weeping over the RUNS
of the ancient city will probably meet his
eye.
His majesty returns to Jaffa and sails
thence on November for Caifa car
rage and four will be in waiting, ana thuS
he will visit Nazareth and Tiberias.
The emperor will in all Likelihood rae
to the top of the Mount of Beatltudes
Matthew W, where the last great battle
of the Crusaders was fought, and where
their fate was sealed on July 5, 1lSl. This
part of the tour will occupy two days.
Then returning to Caifa the Imperial
Yacht with it's attendant cruisers Will san
for Beyrout. Here, on November IL, his
majesty will take train for Damascus, the
oldest city in the world.
1.-THE Pearl of the East is in the high
est degree beautiful as one approaches IL.
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 re-
splendent than even those of Cairo or Con-
stantinople.