Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-05
cspedial Correspondence

rERUSALEM.-Pa Palestine Is boiling
and scethlng with the quarrels of
RELIGIOUS fanatics. Every ,.,, sacred cd
the Greeks, LatinS. Armcnians and
Copts The hottest spots are divided
up into sections ana lines are drawn
here and there indicating the church
to which each part belongs, Tie va
rlous sects are divided among them
selves az to who saall control the
inconsistencies. converts ana other iustl
tutlons belonging to them. and the
quarrelIng goes on over the very spot
where Christ was born and upon that
where the crucinxion took place.
DYNAM1TING THE HOLY SEPuL-
CHER.
These Quarrcls are serious. Knives
are frequently drawn and mssny arc
killed. y short time ago Il monk was
shot by AN Austrian pilsrlm in the
church Of the Nativity q, Bethlehem,
and just before last Easter {, gigantic
candle was sent to Jerusalem auG,ess-
cd to .bc care oI ucE.aiu prieatS.
THIS candle WAS ii.ae feet his.l ard
two feet thick. and aa FAR as ms OUT
ward appearance was ooucecned seem
ed 10 be entirclS OF wax. 1T wns ainp
ped III from abroad, ana was intenued
to be lit inside the church OF tie t!uiyf
Scpucher. and 10 burn iherg while Inc
celebrations were d, tle!r hishest. Vt
that time the church WuGid nave BEEN
filled With Greeks, Armcniins, i.at!ns
and Abysaininus. When tiie candle
came to Jana The customs G:tcCrs held
1t fo- duties, and sent WORD To the
priests To come aud get II. I'hc$ failed
to appear. wnGroupGn II Was cut open
and 5000 little dynamite balls wyiG
foand inside II. Lad 1t exploded ut
the time or feitivitits 10000 or more
people would probably have lost Their
lives.
THE WAR OF TIL. GREEKS.
That candle was probably sent by u
Greek who is dlsgruntied Ut the church
and III his desire 70" rutea-o cared not
how many lie Killed. 1'hcfa Is n great
war going on among the Greeks, aud
] am tod ti!tt ZONE Of til. factions
have refused To 30 to thp church OF
arc ighted Turkey has now n new
constitution by which it iB provided
that evsry sect $liaii own and control
its own churches and church property.
The Creek chugca i.erc is ruled ny out
sidcrs, ard the Greeks who are natives
OF Palestine claim that they have the
right to the church ana c.ilrch prop
crty. There have already been numcr-
GUS riots between these Greeks ana
the foreign monks. and not long asp
tile people demanded that the patriarch.
or mead of the Greek church. resign
The native MONKS threatened to put
him out. and the MohammGdan au-
thorit4s here wired Constantinoplc ;ls
10 what they should do The sultan
has favored the outsiders He tcle-
grGphed the patriarch to hold on, but
nevertheless there We're more riots-thc
pepp,e rose ana the patriarch is here
now only on sufferance.
MONKS WHO CONTROL MILLIONS.
Tho fight among the Greeks Is TO
some extent sentiiatr al. bat 1t is also
largely one FOR the loaves and fishes.
The Greeks are the most powerful
religious body III Palestine and their
property runs high into the .;illionS.
they have monastcrics, converts and
lospices scattered over the Holy Land
from Dan 10 Bcersheba, ana to all OF
these the pilgrims who travel over the
country mako contributions. Some of
the places are so valuable that tho
priests In charge are said to pay n
lump sum of a thousand dollars or