The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04

stoncs The Holy City has no law
against growing. and every family hers
! keeps its own rooster. There are so
| many that the city resounds with thei,
music, and about dayhreak they start
! up concert which murders sleep.
am living In the heart OF Jerusalem
! might as we'll be In a barnyard. Ths
cock concer; begins with sunrise and
/, keeps on until evening, when the don
| keys and camels begin. The former
| utter brays stronger than that which
/, apoE eunto BALKAN, and the latter whine
and grumble all night. In addition
| to these noises, there are others which
| trouble the tourists
The people rise with the chiceenn
and the stone streets re-echo their
stops. The birds cling and the peddlera
| shout. At the came time the bells be-
gin ringing to show 1t Is day. and the
trumpets Of the Mohammedan soldiers
in David's Tower add to the din. -
Call On the Governor.
During my stay in Jerusalem have
called upon the governor and mayor.
This city belongs TO the Mohammedana
and it takes two great Moslems to
rule 1t. The governor is the executive
and the mayor works under him III
eep the warning Christians in order
The governor Is aoout fllty Yeas Of
age. He Is fine looking man with q
white face and brown eyes and hair
He dresses in European clothes. and
wears a fez cap. Hespeaks French and
is not adverse to talking about the sit
uation in Palestine. He says that tho
new TurS<sh government has material
ly changed the conditions and that tho
people will be far better of than they
were In the past. He expects that II
will take some time to educate them
so that they may govern themselves.
/ asked his cxcellency whether
travel was safe and whether individuals
and parties could go about the Holy
Land without danger. He replied that
any one might go anywhere, but not
withstanding that motto that he has
taken the precaution to- send soldier
with me on my expedition into tho
wilderness OF Judea and beyond the
Jordan.
Tho mayor Is likewise confident as
to the peaceful conditions. butffI OBJ
servo that every native traveller who
goes toward the Jordan carries gun,
and I hear of frequent robberies and
stories Of men who fall among thieves.
4 have been privately advised to have
weapons when go off the main routes.
and am to pay for my guard to tbs
Jordan.
HOW the TURKS dOldi tnctOlty.l " $50
After my talk with the mayor and
governor went through the municipal
Offices and visited the Judges who arc
holding courts of one kind and another.
The plaintiffs and defendants were Mo-
flammedans, Christians and Jews and
were of a1half dozen races. The Mo-
hammedars pass Judgment on all They
have much the same place that the
Romans had when Christ lived. and
they absolutely control everything n
and about the Holy City. They hold
the keys to the Church Of the Sepulcher
and open It as the Christians request
Otherwise, It Is said, the Greeks Ar
menians orECopts might hide the keys
and keep the other sects out At all
great festivals at the tomb of our
Savior there are Mohamm edan soldiera
on guard. They are stationed at tho
birthplace OF Christ and. indeed, al
every spot that Is sacred to Christians
4 Copyright. 1910, BY Frank q. Carpen.
s. ter)