El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-19
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THE GERMANS GOBBLING JERUSALEM

down around the slopes of Mount Car
mel, over the plains of Sharon to Jaffa
and thence up the hills of Judea to Je-
rusalem. There were about a thousand
in the party and it required 1850 mules
and horses to carry them and their
baggage. The emperor himself had a
staff of 120, who ate at his own tables
and there were in addition 140 naval
and military officers, outside The en-
press had her ladies in waiting with
her and there were IT'S high Turks and
officials supplied by the sultan as a
special escort. The emperor's tour was
so arranged that he had four camps,
and he slept in different camp every
night and had a new one for each meal.
Although the journey was made in
october, the weather was hot and tn
chief trouble was to supply the expe-
dition with water. Some died of thirst
and between Haifa and Jaffa 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 remained seven
days at Jerusalem and during that
time conSummated his purchases of
land.
After the Loayes and Fishes.
Much of this German movement is
II lHcluQ6S CnurcneS, nOSpl-
tails and schools. many of which are
now run with German funds. At the
same time a great deal is commercial
and planned to give Germany the CON-
merce and trade of the country. The
immigration is backed by big syndi-
ates, including financiers, military off
GERS, manufacturers, princes and even
the kaiser himself Every town has
its German merchant. and the coIonies
.
kish empire ever breaks up it VIII not
be difficult for Germany to claim the
Holy Land as its own.
One of the chief factors of the move
ment just now is a German tourist
agency which is contesting with
Thomas Cook & Son for the travel
which comes here every year from all
parts of the world. This tourist agency
has established its own hotels at Jaffa.
Jerusalem and Haifa, and has its OVID
guides, dragomen, horses and carriages.
Its men thoroughly understand the
country, and they have established sucn
relations with the Bedouin tribes that
they can take parties anywhere. They
are repairing the roads and are max
ing such arrangements that one can now
go through many hitherto inaccessible
parts of the country by carriage. In
deed. the Germans have started a new
first attempt was made when the kali
ser went from Jaffa to Jerusa.em. The
sultan had the highway repaired, and
when the Germans travelled over it it
was watered for the first time in its
history, being sprinkled from skin bags
carried on the shoulders of women and
girls, and filled at the springs, wells
and cisterns nearby.
The Russians of the Holy Land.
An even greater invasion of the Holy
Land than that of the Germans is that
of the Russians. This occurs every
year and it goes on all the time. 1t is,
however, a spiritual invasion and there
is nothing commercial about it. The
Russians come here by the $4,000 and
CO. 900 a year. They are brought IN by
the Shipload at Easter time and during
the whole spring companies of pilgrims |
can be seen going about on foot from |
Shrine to shrine over Palestine.
Many of the pilgrims land at Haifa. |
the most northern part of the country. |
From there they make their way on |
stopping at Nazareth and then going |
at every holy spot and often kiss the |
ground where they think Jesus or the /
saints have trod. From the sea of Cali =!
lee they make their way back to /
Nazareth, and thence go across the |
plain of Esdraelon and through Samaria |
to Jerusalem. I have seen thousands |
Of them at Bethlehem and have met |
them tramping the weary road to the |
Dead sea and the Jordan.
These Russians belong to the Greek /
church, which owns the most of the |
monasteries and converts of this coun-
try, and which has all told property |
amounting to millions, including some /
Of the best real estate in Jerusalem.
rhe most of this property, however, be-
ongs to Greek Catholics, who are not |
Russians. and the Russian church seems
% be an institution of its own kind.
It has great hospice outside the walls