The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-03-06
Holy SepuIcher For Which Cru
saders Fought Has Been In
Turks Hands For Centuries.
MosIem Soldiers Now Guard
Its Gates = Palestine Fears
British Invasion-Hils Around
Nazareth Fortified.

salem, for the possession Of
which the crusades of the mid
de ages were undertaken. win
ct last become the property Of the
Christians Of the world in a the al
Hes win In the European war. Today
the keys of this the most v~enerated
sanctuary In C~hristendom are held by
the Turks, and Moslem s~entinels stand
outside Of its doors night and day.
while the pavement in front Of its
main entrance is occupied at all hours
by beggars and street peddlers, who
assail visitors and ~passersby.
Military preparations have been made
IN anticipation Of a British invasion Of
Palestine. The hills around Nazareth
are said to be fortified, and roads suit
able for the transport of heavy guns
are being constructed from Acre to
Mount Carmel.
America a. . Protector.
The London Chronicle editorially
suggests that America may eventually
be called upon to exercise a sort Of
suzerainty over Palestine.
III victory crowns the banner of the
allies" 1t says. "the doom of the Otto
man empire will be sealed. What Is
20 become Of Palestine? 1t is one Of
the great crimes of history that the
cradle Of Christianity should for cen
turtles have formed a part Of the do
minion Of . mont Christian people. When
the Turk goes who and what is to take
his place? Is there any chance Of a
Zionist ideal Undertaking. into an ac-
tuality? At the present time the Jews
form only q very small minority Of the
Inhabitants, but II, with the sympa-
thetic help Of great powers. the Jew
ish state were created a new Palestine
would doubtless be a lodestar to Jews
the world over, and the ancient glories
Of Judea might be revived.
Even were the new Zion to become
an accomplished fact and the Jews
once more had a national hearth and
home provision would still have to be
made for Christian guardianship of
the holy sepulcher and other sacred
places 10 which every year scores of
thousands Of Christians, chiefly from
Russia, make a pilgrimage. We as
sumo that a new Palestine. whether 1t
be predominately Hebrew or non-He-
brew, will at the outset be a state with
limited self government rights under
the protecting wing Of some great
power. Who Is that power to be?
France has traditional claims to the
~protectorate Of Christian races In Asia
Minor and has historic links with Syr-
Ia. England is the protector of Egypt,
and Palestine for ages has acknowled-
ed the suzerainty of the Pharaohs.
America has for many years dis
played a wonderful enthusiasm for
missionary and educational work in
Asia Minor. That Palestine should be
placed under the guardianship Of one
or the other Of these powers seems
fairly obvious. The problem Of its fu-
ture will not be an easy one to solve"
Contained Within Walls Of Church.
The sepulcher is contained within the
walls Of a church, In which not only
the Catholics, but also the Greeks. the
Armenians and the Copts. have affairs
Of worship. 1t Is a grotto or cavern,
consisting Of two rooms hewn u Of
living rock. The outer chamber. which
Is sixteen feet long by ten feet wide. is
called the Chapel of the Angels. The
room Is the sepulcher itself and
contains the stone on which the body
# Jesus reposed.
1t wa in the outer chamber. the Wis
tor is told. that the angels announced !
he resurrection to the holy women.
the middle of the floor, covered with
White marble. richly carved. is a por-
lon Of the stone on which. as described
a the Scriptures. the angel sat on
morning. Suspended from the
0of are fifteen lamps. representing as