The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-25
WILLIAM \. IS TO VISIT JERUSALEM
With Great Pomp and Ceremony the German Emperor VIII
Enter the Holy City-Strong Character of Friend
ship Between the Sultan and Kaiser.

from Jaffa TO jerusalem, and II Is pos
sible to reach Bethlehem and otner
places of interest in the vicinity oy
means Of tramway. the pilgrimage OK
these present times presenting a strlk-
ing 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 sea coast and the
| Zion OF Christians and Hebrews
While no one need feel surprised that
| Emperor William should desire to un-
1 dertake the trip to Palestine, yet there
are many who regret that mis- zion
ism" should have led him to permit MS
wife TO him on the jour
! ney, and among superstitious people
much apprehension is felt and ex-
pressed in connection with the project.
For It is > strange popularity that
hardly any royal couple have ever Wis
tied JgrusaJem together without being
shortly afterward overtaken by mis-
fortune. only Is months ago the visit
Of the Archduke and ArchduchesS
Charles Louis OF Austria was followed
by the sudden death OF the former.
who. as second brother OF the Emperor
Francis Joseph, stood next in line OF
succession to the throne, and who. until
that time, had enjoyed perfect health
Another imperial couple whose Pilgrim
age was followed by still more disas-
] tTOIE results were IuE GIbNn pfliIE dhA
crown princess Of Austria. The quarrel
which eliminated in Rudolph's shock
ing death at Meyerling followed imme-
diately on their return TO Vienna from
Palestine. while the stay in Jerusalem
OF Emperor Williams eldest sister.
Charlotte. who was accompanied by
her husband, Prince Bernhard of Sake
Neiningen, and attended by Baron and
Baroness Won Kotze. had as its mate
rial sequence what is known in the civ
ilized world as the Anonymous letter.
or Kotze scandal in which Princess
Charlotte and her consort were so seri-
ously compromised as to render their
Edeparture from Berlin necessary. while
LBaron Won KotZe himself, after hghtins
kinnumerable duels. being crippled foe
Fife. and subject to imprisonment, IS
now living in retirement with his wife.
both of them disgraced and socially
ruined.
These are only a few Of the large
number OF analogous cases that coulf
be ci.ed in this connection. But they
are sufficient to show that supersti-
tious people have some grounds for
ap~prehending misfortune in the event
OF the kaiser aking his wife with him
to Jerusalem. For. curtously enough.
those who make the pilgrimage alone
and who leave their wives or their
husbands at home appear TO escape
the fate that overtakes those royal
personages who neglect this caution,
and with the exception OF Empress Eu-
genie. who lost her throne a few
months only after her return from ths
holy land. the emperor OF Austria. thu
late Emperor Frederick OF Germany,
the Prince OF Wales. King Leopold Oh
Belgium. the empress of Austria. tha
crown princess of Sweden, King Oscar,
the crown prince OF Italy and Prince
Henry of Prussia have silsbeen able tn
visit Jalestine without being evertak-
en- by subsequent misfortune.
1t may be questioned whether IL is
purely a spirit Of religious devotion
that leads royal personages TO jour
ney 10 the holy land. and there ara
reasons for believing that the zion
ism of the crowned heads and of their
families is prompted by other senti-
ments thar those OF mere pity. For.
speaking OF them as a class. the
princes and princesses Of the blood
Il cannot be described as really religious
: in the ordinary sense of the world
le They seldom govern their private con-
n duct by the rules OF any church. and
s. almost never regard ecclesiasties as
,r nearer to the divinity than themselves
They conduct themselves and speak in
a manner to convey the belief that
sr they feel themselves above the mere
" details of religion, and IL may De
n doubted whether they have any real
Or preferences. save such as are dictat-
ed by questions of mundane policy. for
TO one form OF worship more than for an
= other. Queen Victoria. for instance,
an when she is in Scotland. takes the
n, communion from the hands or Presby-
n terrain ministers and according TO the
On Presbyterian rites. although south Of
the Tweed she receives the sacrament
to according to the canon laws of ths
of Church OF England. OF which she is not
only a member, but also the supreme
III head. The present czar. when at Bal
nd moral. attended Presbyterian services
while the king and queen OF Italy, as
Ie- well as the Catholic princes of Ba
,ss varia and Saxony. in defiance OF tn
wv laws Of their church. were conspicuou:
D. at the Lutheran services held at Ham
he burg not long ago under the auspices
OF the kaiser. The latter, again. al
.ey though he considers himself TO be th'
for "summus E~piscopus' OF the Lutherai
no rite. does not disdain TO kiss the cruel
ort fix that is rendered 10 him when h
he visits any Catholic institution, churcl
at or monastery in his dominions, and nj
les grandmother, the late old Empires
ere Augusta. was quite as fond or attend
ire ing Roman Catholic services and func
lions as are the daughters and grand
ser daughters OF Queen Victoria
rev From this 1t will be seen that. where
in as obedience TO one church or anothe
the is on the increase among both classe
the and the masses in every part OF tn
10 world. il is distinctly declining amor
ard the "anointed OF the Lord" II
merely another illustration OF that II
ack gratitude for which princes nave bee
uin celebrated since the days OF the Psalm
the ist. and under the circumstances the
ere cannot be surprised il people are di
10 posed to ascribe 10 something else tina
as simple piety the ziOnism which lea
and them to make pilgrImages TO Jerus'
OF lem. c. +. D.
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