Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-02


The holsilng % The German ilng on
Mount 2ion 90 friendly proximity q
the Turkish crescent may properly b.
noted as one Of the historical events
Of the year.
The occasion was virtually The ce71ior
OF TufklEh Territory 90 Germany and
must b. interpreted no % uoHnoai.1n of
the existence " intimate relations Dee
tw,n the sultan and iho kaiser and 600
order 60 make the Performance truly
spectacular. the piece 0f ground
presented TO thc German emperor WIS
Immediately left 90 charge uf che Ger
man Catholic. ana notice ~ this
Fvnt 10 the pop, in Rome. standing on
Noun; Zion. 900 % spot by tradition
made sacred as ths temporary abode OF
the Virgin Mary, the head Of German
protmihnilsm clasps. uH % were. the
ruler ~ Mohammcdiua by one hand and
che Vcarcr % tho papll tiara by tho
other pr1icsihuiIsm. Caihnuc7m and
Mob immodani'm apparently united. for
one brief moment. az least, on sacred
ground 10 Jud,a' Was there more
strange spectacle presented to the
world in modern umesf
Gtism0rd than probable that the Ger
man emperor has conceived q a. hiH
special mission 20 bring western civill-
Eailon 60 tho Mohammsdan world and
that h. needs the support. OF good will.
OF Catholics IN this undertaking. For
years preparations have been going on.
The hand % providence must be ac-
knowlodgcd In the strange movement
that started over forty years ago. and
that resulted IN the establishment Of
prosperous German colonies at ilalfi.
Jana and Jerusalem. Through ihoss
Germans and Germany have become
known TO the natives. many " whom
have learnt 10 tcHpeci the nag. and 90
VIVA: can De done BY ,hcm iu The way
% extending Tcutouic Influence 60 she
furihtrmost ends OF Ahauc Turkey.
should they receive government ald ln
their undertaking, o. simply beyond cai-
ealation. There d room enough IN sy,
ria and throughout Asia Minor fur sum,
millions o. German settlers and vast %.
portuntiss Tor founding prosperous
homeA II d generally expected that IN,
ruined cities Of Judea AMI Israel will
aElln rise out o. the ashes Ike IN.
fabulous Phoenix. that again the merry
voice Of the harvester viii be- heard on
the plains and ln the valley ~ Jordan.
nud then that civilization VIII extcnd
70 the north and the east until tha
highland NJ Armeula IL redeemed and
on the banks u th- Trris and Eu.
pirate cI,Ioa rifs rivailug in p5pula.
tlln. wealth and splenlor ihs ancient
NlnIvsh and Babylon. Are tho Ger.
mans 90 be- tn standard bearers OF thli
advancing march 0f western c.yiliHi,
uong uId hIs panorama pass the ST.
sion on the kaiser aa hr stood Un Noun
Zlon7 Was 10 with this end ln view
shat scattered Germany was unite,
and France humihted9 Was Il fol
such d purpose that men llks Kllfel
Wuhelm. Prince bismarck and Genera
M5like i.vele Who can read lui prop
crly connect the various links " hisio
ty3
10 ~ certain that thi Turkish om,
pire needs and SCENE % br rIpe ful
modern civilization. Esp elaI.y Ii ,hl
Che ease with the Arab. no; 90 men
i.on the Armoulann who ars daily sun
plIcailng Heaven for doilyc1ngc. Mo
hlmmedanlsm has fu'll.l lta mission
aa a ciylllziug force and cau do 600 more
For centuries q has held sway In on
or che most beautiful ami favored por
tIona % the globe but with d.artr,u
result, Poverty ignorance, fupartu
i.0n are it companions m M0hnm
medans thgmHrlNt1 arr exp riInE
Messiah 90 deliver them; oiherWis, ih
exploits o. the MndM in sudan and ih
iiahi movement no Persia would hly
been Impossible The Spirit of Go,
ls moving upon ih- disturbed waters
The time, then, seems 0pporu1o f1
earnest efforts 10 spread Ush, au.
truth in the Turkish empire lu yaa
VI rggers h.sury,lh. question .mH D. 81
tlugnt whether Great Britain hlH lF
tho chance evidently h.u uy rrla1u u
her errat wealth lri power Can d
be that Providence b. about 90 give Q.
another the mission o.. a ushi-beare
10 the people of western AHll9