New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20
GERMAN COLONIES IN SYRIA
THEIR ORIGIN AND PRACTICAL FAIL
URE- RESULTS OF 4 RELIGIOUS
lMptLSE.
lMI'tl SE.

IMPULSE.
Uaifa corrcsIond,ncc 81 The London Standard
10 enter a German colony after VISIT to the
native quarter is like passing from q poison
Gus hovol into the Iira'ing air Of the sea. There
/ arc folr Of these GASES in Syria ana Palestine
Judged by our standards, they are, indeed, fail
urcs. They no longer attract men and women
iron, the Fathcrland The stock OF vitality and
mover ur expansion are, accordingly a dimin-
/ ishine quantity: and inter marriage produces a
race that combines the vices, rather than the
virtues OF European and Arab.
/ climate and conditions IN syria are not favor
bio TO those qualities Of activity ana ViriIity
unon which Western civilization depends The
ariIit,, of the land during the greater part Of
+ Tho voar is reflected in the lives OF IN" people,
and laestudo born of the sirocco, takes thf
place Of the energy CHARACTERISTIC OF tn Tcuton
in his proper environment. Morrow me
causes that brought th"s" settlements INTO
! hoing have ceased 20 operate IN HaIla. Jana
Sarona and Jerusalem. As in the American
colonies religious zeal gave the originating I'M
nulec Whom the Pictists OF Wuricmburg
/ alarmed AT the SPREAD Of iniid, lily IN Germany
turned their faces toward the East ana de-
t.rnined to establish "A community that should
he an example 10 the nations, th"y were actu-
ated by motives not unlike those OF The IHBnn
Fathers. -. .,,;.u
who waited in S'alc 81 preparation we ia, 'a
and terrible day of The second coming % Jesus
rhrtst which from the signs OF the times, r
near DE Hoffman, founder OF tht Colony
Va ! dreamer and Herr Hardegg ms strong
right hand. was a mystic. VINO srONe I" ~"
/ nrartiraI form and local habi.ation 10 ms the
cries III. inevitable struggle pctMeeh tie lo'sH
and the actual brok" out ID - ulu'r tnt
! c1so Of a RELIGIOUS s'hism. TINS con u'SoI
did uot destroy the faith Of ne people out I"
undoubtedly FASTENED the deyeiopn II, Ifofn IRON,
religious settlements inio soclal ana lhdostIL.
! communities That. shortly, IL the history IN
the colonies n which the German Emperor has
jus, en.. evidence OF his persona 'n''''s''
TIE HAIFA COLONY
r.,,s rs the Oldest and large, 'olony
! ,,1,'.h IL Wa not the FRS settlement. In 1851
] twoto members oi ,he Temple S"cie'4 ,"' Sc
| they named themselves. as ~ n ~"
! l1,iid a spiritual Temple IN al iai'S'
ak, ~ J.riIsalenl--,i made their abode n'" 0o''r
unl.b on the border Of n" pam 81 hSu,"''o,
We, @. Nazareth. Fever calrl'd III. ~, ' ~,
+ was resolved mat any future "u'i ~
/ settlement should be- on the cast l'i'' me
| colonies OK Hafa am" Jana ,, . ,N,>
The ,olony of liaia was i"nnngi ~ -
, md The. presidrE'y 81 Her hatu'SS'
a.. v.et,,u snbaiu al the town. ana u 'H"o'
nm al u-tv or sixty stone houses stan" ~ ~
thcit ,N,n gardens on e%3h S,n', IN, .,"t Of
etr..t mat rn- 'ior. The beach I" ~" '"' -,
u,,r. ,,a.,u.l The residents huihh'' ""Du,
three hundred. md ht.ong 10 nc az ,''D
industrial class They ale Slip~, n"n, .,..,-
b H., Who's, clean. h"at dress ana Ii'huS ~,
| b., a,o pleasant relief from the sIn"lVi any
dirt ana noise # The natives As cum "',, 80
th. soil they hay" had small sue'ts y" M 1rl
th, difIirrlltrs tfcy have ehc"uh''', ,'
,,iaiu an a, ni,h III, colony Is quilt barely repdYs
: ial,Dr ana the Carmeiite fath'rS '"''u'
,tr.inarhfnent ON ia" l'Itie lei"'e9 wa" 40
rnuld th,.r mountain retreat Wi'n Nh'S ~"
ol.N- .'.r-.
pisrnrsr OF FOREIGNERS
N,- rs tho r.tk,.n Government mo'e in
dulr,,f Tmk ana Arab cannot understand
IT,, motives that induce foreigners 70 ~ "''p"s
t..n. 4 quarter Of d century "Np'i"h,' hE
t.,,cb, th,m nothing, ana they are as hr"N
.ou, need az - p thaI the coonistS H"N' ~
,ia.ns On the MDsienl religion ana on 'h' "Ss
.,n. of Tho Suliar An intelligent anu t'aN-
.und Turkish pfli.or. invited 10 explain the
,.tis.s that keep 50 promising i"hu III - ~.
q stat, remarked. w" know thdl SNIid anu
Palestine might be a garden. but II il N''' "
garden. how long would II ne '~'"N'" >' '--"4
in our JOSscssiOitt 90
From members of 'h' Temple Soc"I!' Il, any
ratio IN. sultan need fear NO icN"iutl"h' IL
liz. tho representatives Of other ndii"nditl's
and ,,,,,,,,,uri,ios they DO not attempt 20 pros
D,,tizo Vhoe. Who pioi"ss The doctrines 81 INC
encietv are, content To worship after thcf OWL
r,ain fashion in a ChaI'l devoid ol 'NIiIhdl VI
Internal attract.N'neSs. 1hcy nay" no IC'Vt-
,izcd uastor. and any member IN" 1"'iS MN.
Golf ,lraIf. NAV dcn>cr the "Nhoridti"h thi"l
follows "a long eXt"mpordry prayer hSIur
and a chapter from Che Bible me s,IVI''' J..
ca.t differs Htu- .;"n that in q Methodist
moe ing house.
Tbou.h m. breach between mo followers 81
Dr hoffman, and Horr iiardege ma beoh
eioscd onc-third Of the col"nIstS al hdiid nav
scparatcd from the religious community, ana
arc Iuthcrans or nothing The fact IL thd'
The religious mol eneut has Ions ceased To domi-
nate the colony ana the men are not 50 muh
'r,lnplare as uasDus. mcc haui's, cafpehl'rs'
tailofs suapmakc"s tASulths. shoeAdhcls dne
NIntn.'s.
GERMAN INNKEEpEEs.
Wh,rN.r there - a convent, monastery. a
bridge, or a Jier 10 BE- built there the German
coonist viii be- found. He is the hotelkceper
Of Palestine, and without him the traveller
would often 80 sunperless to an uneasy couch.