Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05

background Of foliage az monuments
of the past Many VI these ruins are
from the distant ages % the saraccnie.
crusadlng. Roman. Jewish ana Egyp-
tan periods and some of them extend
oven perhaps TO the old Canannitlah
days. before the arrival u Joshua.
Wan were carried on long before the
Christian era BEGAN They however.
were not or such great magnitude ns
those That followed the advent 81 Christ
and have with very little intcrmiaalon
kept NJ ever since. Even ns late az
1913. u Il claimed. the possession u the
Holy Land caused a war between four
OF the most powerful countries OF Eu-
rope. Its ownership wa1 often disputed
BY the Egyptian and Hnhylouinn kings.
and fcw years passed that some ruling
power did not have mon IN the field Tor
the purpose % getting control " this
land, Tho country remained subject 20
Roman ana byzantine cmpCrora moro
than COO years after tho coming ~
christ The Jews had frequent and
bloody lights among themselves and
with tho people who had conquered the
land. Jerusalem was the main point OF
attack, and Il was destroyed and r..
butt ofiener than any other city IN the
world. Titus destroyed the city In 20
4. ID. II was rebuilt by tho Romnna
and remained Ia a acmipcncoful state
Tor a few centuries. when ID was again
destroyed In Ga By the persinnH under
Chusruca II. lie Invaded Palestine and
with the aid Of $4,000 Jews captured and
destroyed the Holy city. II was re-.
gained again by iicfncllua. who was In
turn defeated by the Mohammcdan
Arabs In GI1. They held control for n
long time. but the wars never ceased.
They continued between the Egyptians.
Greeks and other nations until 1915.
when the land was again conquered by
seliuk Turks. They remained In pos.
session FOR 20 years. or until iol6. when
they were defeated by tho Egyptian sui.
tans, who took poSscruion of the terri
tory.
In 1909 tho crusaders captured Jeru-
salem. and n was held By the Chriatinns
until 1851. when II was taken by sultan
Saladin. Two years later another oru-
Snde was undertaken by Philip OF
France. Richard of England aud Em-
poror Frederic nhrbhroasn OF Germany.
They failed 20 take the Holy city. but
ruatorcd Christian rule along the coast.
Frederic II In 1898 recovered Jerusalem
ana established Christian dominion over
a large territory OF Palestine. II re-
mained under this rule until 1891, when
the Egyptian Hultnns again rot control
ana retained II until 1917. IN that year
the Turks were again victorious. and
they have held Il ever since with the
exception OF the two years 1883 TO isii.
whom u was occupied by Muhomot Az,
paahn of Egypt
The discovery OF tho Holy Repuicher
made Jeruanlcm great religious ccn-
ter ana also caused untold trouble be-
tween the Christians and other TO-
ligious bodies, Not only that. but Il
developed a strained relationship be-
tween some Of the more powerful coun-
tries OF Europe. n was oHtonahiy tho
cause OF the war between Russia and
Turkey on ono Side ana England and
France on the other. which began In
1903 ana ~ known aH the Crimenn war !
Tho Latin ana Greek churches con-
tended for tho custody NJ tho Holy |
srpulcher, and the disputes between |
France and Russia regarding the rights /
Of the two churches led 20 the ear pro. /
claiming a pToteciorate over am Greek |
Christians In Turkey. The aultans 70. |