The Washington herald., 1911-12-19
EVENTS IN FOREIGN LANDS

announced that IL mas Deen COnslueISu
unwise for the expedition to land In
Palestine. That undertaking was head
ed by Capt. Parker brother of the Earl
lof Morley, and it left England about
three months ago for the purpose OF
searching for treasure supposed to be
buried beneath the temples of David
and Solomon.
The party embarked on board a yacht
at Monte Carlo and proceeded to jana,
but 1t did not land, having been per-
suaded that 1t would be unwise to pro-
coed with the planned investigation. in
view of the excitement which further
Excavation might cause among the pop
ulacc.
1t was only last spring that Capt.
Parker and his companions returned to
England, after a seasons work in the
Holy City as a result of the excitement
caused by a report that the excavators
had removed treasure from the Mosque
of Omar. although that charge had been
denied emphatically.
The work was to consist of digging
operations among the underground pas
lsagCs in Mount Ophel, the supposed site
Of ancient Zion, but now a truck garden
which supplies Jerusalem with cabbages.
The undertaking was to be directed from
the headquarters at the village of Sloan
and was to be supervised by Turkish
government inspectors, who had been Sc
lected especially by the sublime porte
at COnstantinople.
During previous excavations by Capt.
Parker and his friends some valuable
discoveries had been made. Attention
was first directed to the reopening OF
an ancient shaft discovered sixty years
ago by Sir Charles Warren. The greater
part of one season was devoted to re-
moving the rubbish from this shaft, and
a quantity of pottery, but none older
than the Herodian period, was found.
Last season the eXcavators penetrated
farther under the Hill OF Opnel, cutting
galleries and tunnels where required.
a number of natural caves were dis
covered with human bodies lying on nat
ural shelves of rock. These were held to
be remains OF Jebuzites, who had been
buried before Jerusalem was taken by
King David, and were estimated at a
date 5000 years b. c.
! In Caverns at another level. the exca-
vatOrs found Jebuzite pottery of the
same period. which gave evidence of a
very high state Of civilization, quite equal
to that of the Israelites of 1000 years
later. The diggers also found rock-cut
chambers, evidently intended for the re-
ception OF corpses, which had clearly
been used later by IsraelItes as dwelling
places. A part of the old city wall was
also found, situated on the east side o.
Ophel, but nothing that could be taken
as irrefutable evidence that the Temple
Of Solomon ever existed in Palestine.
The burg" (castle) of Hohenzollern-
the seat of the ancestors Of the German
Kaiser or rather of the Kings of Prussia,
at the time when in payment for a loan
lnf h. I'LL q IL,
Holy Roman Empire Of the German ma
tiOn," one of the Counts of Zollern was
awarded the custody Of Anspach and
Beireuth and Bavaria and a later Hohen-
zolcrn "AIbrecht the Bear" made Mar
grave of Brandenberg-has been severely
shaken by an earthquake recently. which
coming from the TyroIese Alps passed
through the Bavarian foothills.
The present burg Is. in the main, a
modern building in Gothic style. remodel
ed by King Frederick William " OF
Prussia in 1850. Only the chapel of the
original castle survives. This chapel once
before had been spared lin 1f22), when the
castle was destroyed by Countess Eber-
hard OF WurttemberG upon its surrender
by Frederick of HOhenzollern after a
| siege of two years. During the winter
before the surrender a white lady" had
been seen to approach and enter the
castle, the soldiers making way for her
in terror; and many naturally believed
that. as usual. this was the Hohen-
zollerns white lady which since re-
| peatedly has appeared to the Prussian
HOhenzolerns in their Berlin and Pots
dam palaces foretelling disaster. But
there were skeptiCs who held that it was
fair damsel Of the neighborhood who
adopted this disguise to get access to
her lover Frederick.
Among living princes the one with the
most prison experience is Duke Gunther
of SChleswig-H olstein. the brother OF the
German Empress. Since his marriage
Duke Gunther has proved a most staid
and respectable member of society, but
as a bachelor he was the hero of many
esCa pades. Fo- several Of these his inn
perial brother-in-law inflicted terms of
Imprisonment, the sentence in one case
extending to two months. The Kaiser,
however, has never proved so Ungallant
as the late King Humbert of Italy, who
shut up the Duchess of Aosta in prison
for riding a bicycle in a divided skirt.
The swinging bed of Queen Mary
of England during her trip to India for
the durbar is but very unromantic
device against seasickness. compared
with that prepared for the princess
ed the channel to Belgium in 1912. Sir
Theodore Mayern, the great doctor,
brought all his skill to bear on the mat
ter, and ordered first of all that CHINA
mon. coriander, anise, ambergris, musk,
and sugar should be made into a sort of
candy to be sucked throughout the jour-
ney A plaster of balsam of Peru, gum
mastich and laudanum was to be APP
: piled to the royal stomach before start
ing. and another aromatic plaster was to
! be carried for application on landing.
: In addition. during the voyage the prin-
cess was to inhale the vapors from a
| compound of toast, citron, rose leaves,
lavender and cloves.
Henry Sidgwick found poetry the best
preventive of sickness. Sir George Ire
} velyan once crossed the Channel with him
in bad weather. and during the whole
: | passage Sidgwick stood on deck recIt-
ing English poetry with plenty OF en-
phasIs and gesticulation. When they
reached France he told his companion
that he had nearly exhausted his stock
) of English poetry. and If the voyage had
been longer would have had to begin
, on other languages. Sir George carefully
, tested the speed of recitation with his
watch and estimated that SIdgwick re-
cited 1000 lines between Dover and Calais
z The Infanta Eulalia of Spain, the wife
OF Prince Antoine Of Orleans, is publish
: ing a book which is to be a record OF
r her personal opinions noted down day by
I day