The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
IN THE ROLE OF CRUSADER.
Royal BurIesque by War Lord Will
liam in the Holy Land.
From the Philadelphia Record.

liam in the Holy Land.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Jerusalem, Oct 31.-This old city has been
quite giddy the last day or two, and 81,
William. war lord of Potsdam,' has been
enjoying himself hugely. He is arrayed as
Crusader. with a gorgeous helmet and
long white silk robe, which floats in the
breeze. He rides white horse and gal
lops along as If he were King of Jerusa-
lem. Everybody now is sick of the visit
On Sunday the restless imperial tourist
had the whole town up carly and clattered
away TO Bethlehem. In his train were the
German giant officers he has imported. and
the fat sensual-looking Pashas the Sultan
has insisted on sending.
II was a motley party TO invade the birth
place of Christ. To make the incongruity
more striking we have here in Jerusalem,
directing the Turkish part of the func-
tons, the YAH of Damascus, the brutal
murderer who started the Armenian mas
sacres. 1t is under his auspices that the
Emperor is visiting Bethlehem, the Mount
of Olives and the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre
was on the Mount of Olives Sunday
afternoon and saw the imperial circus ar
rive. 1t was just the same as at the entry
into Jerusalem the day before-wretched,
perspiring troops standing for hours in the
sun; the people hustled this way and that;
then the arrival of the Christian monarch
who is patronizing the Christian religion
There is something atrocious in attempt
ing to "do" the Garden of Gethsemane
like tripper.
l spent more than three hours of acute
misery to-day in the Church of the Re-
deemer which has just been dedicated. AS
usual, whenever the Emperor is doing any
thing, we all had to be up soon after
dawn. Then l had to stand in hot, stuff
fly. church and endure two long sermons.
The place was crowded with uniformed
warriors of all nations, many of whom
were tanning themselves like women. The
Emperor and Empress sat in two special
chairs on view and apparently as pleased
and proud as Punch.
When the Emperor's turn came, he
rose, arrayed in a white uniform and
curass, and, stalking up to the altar, fac
ed the congregation and spoke at great
length. The purport of his speech was
that if we are good we will be happy
Scarcely had the service ended before
away went William to hoist the German
standard over a piece of land near Da
vids tomb-the latest example of Germa
nys colonial enterprise. The wonder is,
David did not come out of that tomb when
he heard the sailor band on the imperial
Yacht Hohenzollern stepping into patriotic
music.
When / saw the Kaiser step ashore al
Khaifa last week, with his party, there
was a spick-and-s span splendor and a gor-
geous glitter about them. But little Pal
estine dust goes a long way, and when l
saw the heroes come into Jaffa night be-
fore last they looked as shabby and dirty
as if coming back from a desert campaign.
Cook & Sons alone have 800 muleteer,
1900 horses and mules. 81 carriages and
124 walters and cooks to transport be-
sides the imperial party and The officers
and ladies' in waiting. Then there is an
enormous escort of prancing Turkish cav
airy as well The show can be traced from
twenty to thirty miles away by the huge
cloud of dust.
They have been mending roads in honor
of this visit, and have actually knocked
down some of the Old ruins to use the
stones With touch of fiendish barba-
rism, they have rolled these roads with
what was until recently a beautiful mar
Bile pillar from some old temple.
Jerusalem, that ancient city, was pre-
pared for Williams entry in such barba-
ric and hideous style as to make some
of the sacred buildings look like cream
shops. But william didn't mind as long
as he is the center of the show and does
the saluting business all the time.
He has enjoyed the trip immensely, but
his wife was bored to death; the officers
were all cursing, the ladies in waiting We're
almost crying the language of the news
paper correspondents was reprehensible,
and no doubt the Messrs. Cook wish they
had never heard of a Kaiser and every
body is glad the trip is virtually ended.