The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-10-24
WILLIAM II. IN PALESTINE.


ruled by the sunspeakable Turk"
What does his visit mean? No
doubt it means something m ore than
a desire to crafty curiosity or to
satisfy religious sentimentalism, but
how much more? 1t is only natural
that the nations of Europe should
feel an interest, resembling anxiety,
TO know what political purpose oc-
casioned this remarkable visit-the
first of its kind made by any great
European sovereign since the crusad-
ers.
1t was announced when he left
Berlin that William II. intended to
land at Halfa, the ancient Hephna or
t'haven" of the Jews, about fifty one
miles from the Sea of Galilee. This
place is at the foot OF Mount Carmel
and hard by Acre, called by Napolean
''the key of Syria" 1t is about to
be connected by railroad with Damas-
Gus, city of 25O,OOO inhabitants.
The significance of the Emperor's
choice of landing place lies partly
in the fact that there is a prosperous
German colony there now and partly
in the rumor that the Sultan may
make the Emperor present of this
port, with its great possibilities.
The Fortnightly Review for Octo-
Der intimates that not only Haifa,
but some small port on the Persian
sea, may he bestowed on the German
Emperor by his grateful friend at
Constantinople. That such sugges-
tion should be made by such peri
odical is of itself significant. 1t shows
how suspicious and apprehenslve the
England of today is. The same maya
zine recalls the fact that German
statisticians have figured out lately
that Palestine and Syria could sup
port, under proper conditions, from
100000 to 100000 of Ger
manys surplus population. "To any
one," it adds, acquainted with the
fine climate and extraordinary fertil- |
ity of the country such an estimate
cannot appear excessive"
1t is not altogether likely that the
German Emperor is the advance
agent of a colonization scheme, but
it is impossible. Germany has shown
of late years a growing ambition for
commercial enterprise and an as
founding ability to develop it. The
young Emperor's strongest desire is
to make the Germans the greatest
commercial people on the globe.
Despite the fact that the Angloman1ac
ignoramus has named him 'war lord"
he aims primarily to be ''trade
lord,'' enriching his empire and stop
ping with colonial wealth the gaping
mouths of the hungry socialist mob.
During his stay in Constantinople
the Emperor visited, among other
places, German school, and in the
speech he made there he used the
phrase, s'victorious force of German
ISM" Vague as is the phrase, it
shows clearly that the Emperor's
mind was dwelling on business of the
sort that kings engage in. A new
in the commerce between
the far East and Europe may be ap-
preaching, and the object of the En-
peror's visit may be put German
ism" in the way of asserting its vic
torious force" In the coming era.
Venice fell because the Turks closed
her commercial routes to the East.
The Fortnightly Review recalls this
fact and adds: ''Our little country
IS at present the center of the worlds
commerce, but will not remain so if
the great trade routes fall into other
hands," Perhaps that was what the
German Emperor was thinking about
when he decided to go to Jerusalem
by way Of Constantinople and Haifa.