The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18
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ORIENT SCENES
SCHNITZLER AND HUXSOL
TOUR THE HOLY LANDS
HALOED SPOTS

II u memory serves US cor
rectly, we promised you another
letter after we had completed our
journey through the Holy Land
and Egypt. Since our last com
munication, interesting expert
ences and events have pyramided
so that it becomes necessary for
us to hit only the high spots, so
to speak, else our letter would be-
come too lengthy and the type
setter would refuse to perform.
Constantinople
The Adriatic steams majesh-
cally up the historic Dardanelles
at dawn we stop for a brief period
at Chomah where the British dur
ing the World War made a de-
termined but fruitless effort to
force the Straits and lost in the
neighborhood of 2S0,OO0 men; the
Australian forces were mainly en-
ployed; wrecked vessels may be
seen strewn along the banks and
here also some of the greatest
fighting machines in the British
navy went into Davey Jones lock-
er. After navigating the sea OF
Marmora and entering the Bos-
phorus we sight the minarets and
mosques of cosmopolitan Con
stantinople; in short order we
make landing; autos await us and
in due course we are whisked ov-
er ground where men of the ages
have fought and bled; Greeks, Ko-
mans. Mohammedans and Chms-
tians. This city commands an n
viable geographical position-Rus-
STA wants it to afford a winter
massage to the sea; England wants
il to secure its supply of food;
Germany desires it for the gate
way to her "place in the the sun
Turkey possesses it because Eng
land cannot take it and be at
peace with the other powers. Inc
nopulation of over 100000 IS
ultra cosmopolitan; it is stated
that in the space of some minutes
a citizen from every country on
the globe crosses a bridge over
the Straits.
We visited the Palace Of the
Sultan where he ruled in klngiy
snlendor and surrounded himself
with no fewer than three hundred
wives. The mosques are splendid,
notable among them is that Of
Saint Sophia. The city proper IS
ill-kept and unclean and much be-
hind in comparison with American
cities.
On to the Holy Land
We are again out on the open
sea and passing islands of Bibll-
cal history; on the left is one
was written the last chapter
of Revelations and some distance
on is where St. Paul was ship
wrecked; the islands appear bar
rem but now and then ore cat hes
a glimpse Of a little town ana
small settlement. On the morn
ING Of January 20, we land at
Haifa. which is the port of Jeru-
We r met by a battery
If American autos. which carry US
into the cradle of Christianity
Our caravan rests and we scan the
valley Of Canaan and view the
plain where was fought the great
and last battle between the Cru
saders and the Arabian hosts I'M
der the leadership Of Saladin; the
Crusaders being vanquisAed and
scattered in a final blow to +ee'r
desire for possession of tbs sa-
cred ground.
The Sea of Galilee.
We then proceed to the little
town of Canaan and visit the
church built upon the spot where
Christ performed the first miracle
turning water into wine. This
cburch is in charge of the Fran
ciscian Fathers and is kept in GOOD
ronair. Next we view the noun
tain upon which was preached the
sermon on the Mount. Then we
proceed to the Sea Of Galilee
Christ fed the multitude
npon two loaves and five fish.
W. lunch in the town of Tiber-
las and proceed to skirt the north
arn shore Of the Sea, passing en-
ront4 the abode of Mary Magda=
lene. We retrace our steps to the
town Of Tiberias built upon n
sacred shores Of the Sea Of Gal
lice and sleep to the music OF IT'S
rinnling waters. This sea IS 14o
feet below the level Of the sea.
The river Jordan feeds it from the
north.
government insurance offers eX-
pire on that date.
Those who attended the smoK-
=, xrvora.