The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-13

Turkey is working in humanitarian
and inspirational ways.
Europe's Designs on Palestine.
In contrast with the altruistic Ia.
boris OF America for Turkey and es
pecially for the Holy Land, is the con.
duct Of the great European powers,
who arc playing u skillful game for
the ultimate control Of this land. and
even making use Of religious preju-
G;ces to that end. Russia fosters and
OF her interest in this direction. it
llay be said that she maintains in Je
rusalem a hospicc where 10000 pill
e~sims may be entertained at one time
She stands behind the Greek church,
and. equally importa the Greek
church stands behind her A wide
spread ecclesiastical support is Of
more value out here than warsh!p
France is no longer allied to the
church, but just the same she is the
protectress Of all Roman Catholic in
terests Nobody is so blind as to sup
pose this interest represents religious
zeal.
Both these nations, as we'll as Great
Britain also. seem to be hopelessly
outdistanced by Germany The kaiser
impartially supports Protestant and
Catholic, AMI also goes out of his way
to throw elaborate, If artificial. buo-
Qucts to Islam, all in the interest of
Germany's schemes here The Ger
man name has been written large all
over Syria. Up in the famous ruins
Of Baalbeck. which Emperor William
visited in 1898. may be seen an incon
gruous marble and inlaid mother-of
pearl tablet. recording his sentiments
OF appreciation of the ruin and of Alb.
dull l4amid-both ruins significantly
coupled On the tomb Of Saladin the
Great. who drove the Crusaders from
Palestine, is still preserved faded
wreath Of flowers. laid there by the
Christian emperor OF whose eulogy
Of Islam the Mohammedans have made
so much. A gold wreath, with a pen.
| dant which is apparently postum.
nous decoration, was presented to the
| tomb by William. But as the decora.
ton contains the figure Of a cross, its
| presence is counted sacrilege by the
more fanatical Moslems, and it is nee.
essary to keep two guards always on
duty in the tomb to prevent the for.
chile removal Of the wreath
The most conspicuous objects in the
landscape of the Holy Land, except
Mount Hermon. are the two towers. OF
steeples. erected on the Mount OF
| Olives by the Germans and Russians
These are the first objects that meet
the travellers eye. from whatever d.
rection he comes. They may be seen
from far over the Jordan: by them the
Holy City's site may be located from
Mount Nebo. Local residents point tC
certain features about these towers
which indicate that in time of wal
they could be readily used for othe,
than religious purposes. Naturally
the object Of the present activities OF
the powers which have ambitions Of
their own for Syria is to be ready TO,
all eventualities.
An American communist'c Expert
ment.
| The only communistic experiment Of
which have knowledge that has not
come to an early and inglorious end
is what Is known as the American col
ony here in Jerusalem. 1t has existed
for more than score of years, and
outwardly appears to be more pros
porous than at any other time in its
history. 1t numbers more than a hun
dred persons, none of whom, strange
to say, is a socialist. They claim te
be merely big family, with no parttc