The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08
portions Of tho city unguardod. Max,

portions Of the city TN guarded. Naked
Moha,nmedan families armed with
swords, are calling for a general massacre
Of Christians. The city ID Ii, n state OF
utter anarchy. by the aJaffa gate and
ro,,nd the New Tomb has left various
are preaching massacre"
t"(2) 81 ROBERT ILW11LLYN's FAR
ny TO BID CONVEYED IN, a WAR
SHIP.
Malta orders have been received
here from the Admiralty that tho
gtnhoat Veox Ia to proceed At once
to Alexandria, there TO await the cons
Ing Of Sir Robert Llwellyn md the other
members OF tho English Commission by
the Indian mall steamer from Brindisi
1 Tho velox will then leave ut once for
jana with tho six gontlotnen. At Jaffa
an escort Of mounted Turkish troops will
accompany tho party on tho days Ride
to Jerusalem"
"(s) Borln.--The German Emperor
fns convened tho principal clergy Of tho
empire to meet him In conference at
Potsdnrr. The conference will sit with
closed DOORS"
| "(4) Nome.-A decree, or short letter.
has Just been issued from tho Vatican to
All the Patrinrchs. Prlmates. Archbiah-
ops, Bishops and other local ordinnrics
having peace and communion with the
Holy scc.' The decree deals with the al
legged discoveries In Jerusalem. III 1t
Catholics are forbidden to read l1cwspn-
| per accounts OF the proceedings In Pal
estino, nor may they discuss them With
| their friends The decree has had tho
| effect OF drawing great attention to the
| affairs In the East and has excited much
| adverse comment among tho sccularist
party and IN the Voce della Populo."
Quite suddenly. ms II n curtain were
withdrawn tho world began to rc>lizo
the fact that something almost beyond
Imagination was taking place IN the far
of Syrian town.
These detached and sinister messages.
which flashed along The cables. with their
stories OF princes and potentntes alarmed
and active, made the general silence, tho
lack OF detail more oppressive. The ,in-
known, or dimly guessed Mt, Their laid
hold on mems minds like some mighty
convulsion Of nature, imminent. and pre-
sagcd by fearful signs. Thus the Daily
Wire:
'The story OF the recent gathering OF
great churchmen at Lambeth has not yet
been ,nads public, but there can be little
doubt In the minds OF those who watch
events that It must eventually take n
place among the great historical occur
renccs OF the worlds history. While the
men and women OF England were going to
and fro about their business. the cccle-
togethe In doubt. establishment and fear,
confronted with Il problem 80 tremendous
that we find comment upon It presents
almost insuperable difficulties.
"We do not therefore, propose to take
the widest view OF probable contingent
cIes and events. for that would be I'm
possible within the limits OF n single mr.
ticlc. 1t must be enough that with a
sense. OF the profoundest responsibility,
4, no yvh NH
arise In the heart OF every man who Is
confronted by vast and sudden over
throw OF ono OF the binding forces 81 life,
we briefly re cnpitulate the events OF tho
last few days and attempt n forecast OF
what we fear must lie before us here In
England.
-Four days ago VIC published in these
columns the first account OF n discovery
made by Mr.. Cyril Hands. NJ. A., and
confirmed by DR.. Herman schmoulder.i
I In tho red earth debris by the 'Tombs
OF the Kings. beyond the Damascus gnte
OF Jerusalem. The news arrived at this
office through n private channel IN the
form OF n long and detailed account writ
ten by Mr. Hands. the archaeoloBist ana
agent Of the Palestine Exploring Society.
Before publishing the statement the edl-
tor was enabled to discuss the advisa-
bility OF doing so with the Prime Min
lister a long series OF kilograms passed
between the office OF this paper. the For
eIgn Office and the gentlemen at Jerusa-
lem during the day preceding our pup
lication OF the document Hour by hour
new details and mass OF contriDutorS
evidence came to hand.
All these papers, together with pho
stoEraphs, drawings and measurements,
were placed by us In the hands OF the
Archbishop Of Canterbury. a conference
OF tho greatest living English scholars
was summoned. The result of that
meeting has been that committee rep
resenting tho finest intellect and the
most unsullled integrity Is now on It's
Sir Robert Llwellyn and his fellow mem
hnrs. together with the distinguished
foreign savants. NJ. Clermont- Grnneau
and Dr. Iorocopides, the Ephor-General
OF Antiquities In the Athens Museum,
the Christian world must walt with ter
rible anxiety, but with certainty that
the highest human intelligence is con-
centrated on It's elaboration.
''What that verdict Will be, seems, 1t
must be boldly said and faced. almost
foregone conclusion. We feel that we
should he lacking In our duty to our
readers were we to withhold from them
certain facts Not unnaturallp His
Grace the Archbishop and many OF his
advisers have wished the press to pre-
serve a complete silence as to the result
Of the conference, a silence which should
cnntinut until the report OF the Inter-
national Committee OF Investigation Is
published. We have endeayored to pre-
serve reticenca for two days. but at
this juncture 1t becomes our duty to
inform the people of England what we
know.
And we do not take this step without
careful consideration,
eve have Informed the Prime Minister
of our Intention, and may state that, do
site the opposition OF the Church Party,
Lord - Is In sympathy with IT..
Briefly. then, Sir Robert 1.lwellyn, the
acknowledged leader OF archaeological
research, has given It as his opinion; that
Mr., Hands discovery must be genuine.
Sir Robert alone has had the courage to
speak out bravoly, though he did SO wlel
manifest emotion, and reluctance. The
ether members OF the conference have
refused to express mn opinion, though