The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-20

there on his way to the Holy Land
and while hobnobbing with the Sultan
got him to sell him this tract for s24,-
600 The land. however. was not large
enough and it adjolned the Ameri-
can cemetery. The Germans bought
this. the Americans here claim, in an
underhand way. at cost of $4,000
additional. They had the bodies
place recently I found the grave
yard covered with building materials.
i..ere We're lime barrels In some
of the holes, and the sites OF many
of the tombs were covered with
bricks. In digging up the cemetery
house was eXcavated which some
say was used by the Virgin Nary at
/ the time OF the crucifxion. The tomb
of David Is also supposed to be near
there and the spot Is considered espec-
lilly holy. The Kaiser has given the
land to the Roman Catholics of his
country and the church is to be under
the order of the Benedictines.
The German Church inside the city
is owned by the Lutherans. There is
Ia German colony outside Jerusalem on
the way to Bethlehem, the church OF
which is said to stand on the site of
the house OF Simeon. who recognized
! the infant Jesus as the Messiah. A
little further on is a leper' hospital,
also run by the Germans.
Kaiser Wilhelm ut Jerusalem.
| The Emperor of Germany when he
made his trip through the Holy Land
created as great an excitement as
| Theodore Roosevelt when he cavorted
| through Europe. I have had a talk
with the man who had charge OF the
| imperial excursion. He was connected
| with Cook & Son and acted as It's
dragoman. He tells me that Kaiser
| Wilhelm and the Empress started in
! at Beirut and crossed the mountains
of Lebanon to Baalbec and Damascus.
| They then returned to Beirut and took
| ship down the coast. past Tyre and
! Sidon, to the Bay of Acre. Here horses
were waiting for them and they rode
down around the slopes OF Mount Car.
mel, over the plains Of Sharon to Jafa
and thence up the hills of Judea TO
Jerusalem. There We're about a thous.
| and in the party, and 1t required 1850
! mules and horses to carry them and
+, their baggage. The Emperor himself
i had staff of 40, who ate at his own
tables, and there We're in addition
40 naval and military officers outside.
The Empress had her ladies-in-waitlna
with her and there We're It's high
Turks and officials supplied by the
peror's tour was so arranged that he
had four camps, and he slept in a
different camp every night and had a
new one for each meal.
Although the journey was made III
| October. the weather was hot and the
| chief trouble was to supply the ex-
! petition with water. Some died OF
4 thirst and between Haifa and jana
4 six horses dropped dead of sunstroke
1t was so hot that the trip to the Dead
/ Sea and the Jordan was not attempted
but the Emperor went to Bethlehem
and other places near here. He re.
manned seven days at Jerusalem anc
4 during that time consummated his
purchases Of land.
After the Lonves and Fishes.
Much Of this German movement Is
spiritual. 1t includes churches, hos.
pitfalls and schools, many of which are
now run with German funds. At the
/ same time a great deal is CONNER.
clal and planned to give Germany the
commerce and trade of the country
The immigration is backed by big syn.
dictates, including financiers military
officers, manufacturers. princes ant
even the Kaiser himself. Every towr
has it's German merchant, and the
colonies are so scattered that In case
the Turkish empire ever breaks up Il
will not be difficult for Germany tt
claim the Holy Land as It's own.
One of the chief factors Of the move
ment Just now is German tourist
agency which is contesting Will
Thomas Cook 6 Son for the traye
which comes here every year from al
parts of the world. This touris
agency has established It's own hotels
at Jaffa, Jerusalem and Haifa, an.
has its own guides, dragomen. horse
and carriages, It's men thoroughly
understand the country. and they hav,
established such relations with the
Bedouin tribes that they can take par
ties anywhere. They are repairing tn
roads and are making such arrange
ments that one can now go through
many hitherto inaccessible parts o
the country by carriage. Indeed TIL
Germans have started new roSd