Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-21
A MODERN CRUSADE.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS JOURNEY tt
THE HOLY LAND.

With Seven Foot Gunrdsmen He Will
Travel Through Palestine In n
IN UnifOrm-The kaiser's Cor
seous Tent-Present Itinerary.
No more picturesque event has occur
red within recent years than the EN-
peror Williams pilgrimage to the Holy
Land. He is going in all the pomp and
splendor that marked the royal crusaders
of early England. His following will
be a numerous one, and though martial
in bearing and equipment the mission
will be II of peace.
: AS illustrating the impressive proper
lions on which the tour will be On
Quoted it may be mentioned that Messrs.
Cook, in whose care the emperor has
placed himself and suit, have requisi-
toned no fewer than /, 500 horses and
mules. The emperor's bodyguard will
be composed of soldiers selected from
his own army, and not one of the picked
men is less than Z feet in height. Fifty
servants will wait upon the emperor's
personal needs, and a like number Of
grooms will care for the horses and
mules placed at the disposal Of the
kaiser and suit.
The tents in which the principal
members of this magnificent pilgrimage
will sleep as they journey from city to
city are Of the most gorgeous kind.
Particularly fine is the tent allotted to
the kaiser. It is divided into rooms for
the royal pilgrim to sleep and dress in,
and a good part of it has been convert.
ed into all deliberately decorated dining
saloon. The entrance to the tent is
draped with heavy curtains, and the
imperial monogram appears on each
side.
The itinerary originally prepared has
been changed in one or two details. His
majesty will for the first time set foot
Oh the Holy Land at Gaia, where he
will arrive Oh board the Hohenzollern
on Oct. 20. A carriage and four horses
will be in waiting, and in this vehicle,
surrounded by his brilliantly attired
giant guards, the emperor will drive
along the plain Of Sharon to Casarea,
where on the night of Oct. 26 the camp
will be pitched.
On the following morning the jour-
ney will be resumed, Yafa being reach
ed on Oct. 81. Here the emperor will
visit several places of interest, includ-
ing the house of Simon the Tanner.
On the morning of Oct. 2S the EN-
peror will mount a splendidly eapar-
isoned horse, and the procession will
move toward Jerusalem. That night his
majesty will spend under canvas at La
trum. The road to Jerusalem follows
the side of the valley of Ajalon (Joshua
K, 12) and ascends the mountains Of
Judaa and passes the site Of Emmaus
luke xiv, 1877. Presently above the
walls of the city-the city where every
stone is historic, the scene of the
worlds greatest and grandest tragedy
peeps the glistening dome Of Omar's
mosque.
At the Yafa gate the emperor's entry
into Jerusalem will be signalized by a
spectacle that will live long in the MEM
DRY of those privileged to witness it.
This function will take place on Oct.
80. The kaiser will consecrate the
Church of st. John at Jerusalem, and
will probably visit the Garden tomb,
which has been declared by General
Gordon and other authorities to be the
actual sepulcher in which our Lord was
laid.
On horseback the emperor will jour
ney to Jericho, passing on the way the
Mount of Olives and the Inn Of the
Good Samaritans. He will see the
Apostles spring, the great Jordan and
the Dead sea, the tomb Of Lazarus and
the house of Mary and Martha. The
kaiser reaches Jerusalem again or Nov.
2, and is expected to see the Jews
wailing place, where the unique spec
tacle Of Jews weeping over the ruins Of
the ancient city will probably meet his
eye. His majesty returns to Yafa and
sails thence on Nov. 5 for Caifa. A car
riage and four will be in waiting, and
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The emperor will in all likelihood
ride to the top Of the Mount of Beati-
tudes Matthew W, where the last great
battle of the crusaders was fought and
where their fate was sealed on July 5,
1857. This part of the tour will occupy
two days. Then returning to Gaia the
imperial yacht with its attendant cruis.
ers will sail for Beirut. Here on Nov.
II his majesty will take train for Da-
mascus, the oldest city in the world.
The Pearl of the East is in the
highest degree beautiful as n ap-
proaches it. Orange trees cluster round
the houses, which stand out white and
clear against the perennial blue Of the
skies. Many Of the streets are narrow,
the best being the "street called
Straight, " mentioned in the Acts Of the
Apostles. In Damascus are situated the
house of Judas and the house of Anani.
as, and the bazaars are more Respondent
than even those Of Cairo or Contanti-
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