Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-03-18

time of the Crusades, Jerusalem is now forever
delivered from Moslem domination.
In a sense Jerusalem is the religious. capital OF
the world 1t is holy city for Jew Christian and
NIoslem. All three there observe the spring IeSIi
val in different ways with different ritual, but all
with elaborate religious ceremonial No other
place is so equally holy to so many classes OF re-
ligous belief
To the Jews the celebration of the Passover this
year will be of significance as profound as the OBJ
servance of Easter to the Christians With the
restoration of Zion in sight new meaning will be
given to the closing benediction of the ceremony
which prays for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple
and the restoration of the ancient rites and sacrl-
fees.
The great powers of theNworld may differ widely
on many questions that arise in the reshapng of
the world after the World war, but on one SUBJ
ject they seem practically agreed. They are
apparently committed to the transformation Of
Palestine from an Ottoman province to an autono-
nous Jewish state under allied protection. Just
what form that state shall take appears to be still
a question more or less open.
Even the Jews themselves are not at all of one
mind on this question. The political views and
UNCONVENTIONAL prejudices of various factions of
the Hebrew race are so widely at variance in fact,
that it has even been suggested that it might be
well to establish monarchial form of government
at Jerusalem under the scepter of some European
dynasty.
This proposition appears to be entirely imprac-
ticable-and for many reasons Jews have been
necessarily Influenced by that particular Gentle
nation which has sheltered them For example,
the Jews of America would have no patience with
a king, even with King of Jerusalem. Again,
King of Jerusalem, in order to be in complete SYM
pathy with his people, would have to be Of the
blood and religion. And there is no such prince in
Europe; every one is Christian or Mosem.
All of which brings us to the strange and inter-
esting fact that there is already King of Jerusa
lem-several of Them in fact. This is to say that
at least one reigning sovereign of Europe Alfonzo
XIII of Spain, claims the title of King of Jerusa-
lem, through Inheritance from remote ages, Two
other regning monarchs, George V Of Great Brit
ain and Victor Emmanuel Ill of Italy, no longer
include it in the official list Of their titles. The
dethroned emperor, Charles OF Austria Hungary
still prides himself upon it's possession Nobody
seems to know whether the former Kaiser of Ger
many still cngs to this title, which he boldly as
sumed at the time of his theatrical entry into
Jerusalem in 1898.
In the case of ,Alfonzo and Charles the claim to
the title of King of Jerusalem dates from the
Crusades writes Frederick Cunliffe- owen in Nun
sey's Magazine Godfrey de Bouon, Duke of
Lorraine, leader of the first of those wonderful
military pilgrimages to the Holy Land, was pro-
claimed King of Jerusalem by his victorious army
after the capture of the ancient Hebrew capital
1t will be recalled that he refused to be crowned
with diadem of gold declaring that where the
Founder of Christianity had crown of
thorns it was not meet that one of His followers
should don circlet of precious metals and Jewels
or even wear the aurels of a victor Consequently
If the medieval tradition is correct-he was sol
EMMY crowned King of Jerusalem with crown OF
thorns
On Godfrey's DEATH in 100, he was succeeded
on the throne by his brother Baldwin; and from
that time forth all the Dukes of Lorraine were
also tiuar Kings of Jerusalem, until their dynasty
became merged in the house of Hapsburg, through
the marriage of Francis of Lorraine to the EN-
press Maria Theresa daughter of Charles VI last
of the German emperors of the direct male line
of Hapsburg. This gave the Austrian rulers q
right to style themselves with the high-sounding
but empty title.
They also had another claim to it. Indeed. they
had used it for centuries before Maria Theresa's
marriage to Francis of Lorraine. Away back in
1929 Frederick II of the house of Hohenstaufen,
King of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor,e caused
himself to be crowned at Jerusalem as king Of the
Holy City. He claimed this dignity, not only be-
cause he had reconquered the city from the Sara
Gems who had held it since 1857, but also as the
husband of John of Brienne's daughter and heir
ess Yoande John of Brienne, who was one OF