| Show IN THE HOLY LAND As the day approaches for the pilgrimage of the german emperor to the holy land great interest in the trip is manifested both bath in political and church circles the question is whether the motives of the kaiser are entirely I 1 religious or only partly so whether the journey is merely a pilgrimage or I 1 also a crusade the extensive 1 i actions made by the sultan in honor of the emperor are not calculated to clear this matter up especially since it is known that abdulhamid has decided to present to emperor william a piece of ground in palestine by tradition pointed out as the spot where the lords supper was instituted the reason reason as given to the world why the young emperor at this time goes to the holy land is that he wants to be present at the dedi dedication edtion of the evangelical lutheran church of the savior in jerusalem on the of october the site of this magnificent building was presented to the emperors father on his visit to jerusalem to in 1868 1869 by abdul aziz it was then occupied bythe ruins of an old crusade church and the germans immediately proceeded to restore the building to its former magnificent proportions j por flor years tourists have visited the spot as an one of the sights of the city massive marble portals stucco work immense naves and gorgeous cathedral windows axe are some of the features of the structure it Is ed almost in the heart of the ancient city there is really nothing strange in the desire of the kaiser to be present at the dedication of this church he ims spent large sums of money on it and has made no secret of his intention to unfurl the banner of protestantism on sacred soil with as impressive ceremonies as possible in england and russia the coming coining evon event t to Is regarded ded as one of great political liti cill importance the vrem ya asserts that the visit to palestine Palestin to Is planned in pursuance of a broad geri german an program relative alike to asia minor and the far east and believes th that atthe the pope is in sympathy with this program the russian paper mentioned believes that russia and prance france must oppose a combination between the sultan pope and emperor the eremya says the political significance of the i afi wh Is beyond all doubt the inhabitants or of palestine and turkey as a whole alre are not in the habit of seeing traveling liag emperors they are to be impressed in the most striking manner greatness and power of ger amy the emperor evidently desires to familiarize himself with asia minor the 14 theater Leater th ft eater of the german colonization el in the way future although has her colonies in africa i turkey 9 and especially asia minor have particular attractions for her government ern ment all recent efforts have tended toward the directing of emigration into that quarter the great powers are concerned in these developments on account of the evidence afforded that germany seeks to solve the eastern question in her own interests the london spectator expresses similar views the emperor is ia a firm believer in german expansion and he thinks that asia minor should some day be claimed by germany Gen many there is more substance in this dream than might be supposed gup posed there is already a great deal of german commercial activity in those parts and germany has become the patron almost the thae protector of tine the sultan she can obtain concessions which tare are refused to every other power her oell officers drill the turkish troops ps and her manufacturers supply the war mate material materi riad aa turkey can not shake off her formerly disinterested friend probably the emperor dreams even of oon con e german colonization in Palest palestine lne has been going on in a quiet way for the last forty years Previous to that time as a result of the interest awakened in the study of the prophetic books of the bible through the theological theolo gloal writings of bengel Bem gel a religious movement was I 1 commenced which finally materialized in in the so called tempel association formed for the purpose of gathering the people of god in palestine and to rebuild the temple in 1860 the plans were farr far enough elou gh advanced addan e ed to make m ke a start and four young m men en were sent bent to the holy land in order to study the situation there in 1866 several families went there followed two years laiter by ci others who founded the german colony in an haifa in 1869 a second colony was founded in jaffa in 1871 a third colony samna iona was founded a few miles north of jaffa and about the same time sevi eral era families settled in jerusalem and a few in nazareth and ramie ten years ago the number of colonists were estimated at souls their principal occupation is agriculture but buit they have also engaged in industrial and commercial enterprises and have founded hospitals and schools in jaffa jaff a they have a bank with a capital of francs the german emperor has watched the growth of these colonies with much interest and it ift is dve due to the high moral of the colonists that germany has gained favor in constantinople the suspicion is not unfounded that the kalser kaiser goes to palestine in order to ascertain what can be done to strengthen german prestige in turkey german interests as may lye be seen from the above are considerably more in evidence there than in eastern asta asia or in the philippines they are 11 ort antt anit enough enio to justify germany in dis buting the oui sur perlor rights of russia england prance france and austria in connection with the german efforts to colonize colonl ze palestine and the probable results of emperor williams journey to the holy land an account of the attempts of the jews to redeem the country that belongs to them may prove of interest we therefore append the following from a correspondence of the globe democrat dated jaffa august 20 I 1 the movement for the establishment of colonies in palestine is about sixteen years old the progress made in the first eleven eleve h years of this period was not encouraging the colonies did not thrive aj busee ute the interference of the arabs and a thousand and one oae biffi colties made the lot of the first colonists so that few followed them about five years ago through the efforts of prof waldemar haffkine the fam famous us scientist the numerous Lo lovers veris ap of zion ion societies formed a union with headquarters at paris ind and a representative at jaffa this was the beginning of orderly and effective work the recent history of zionism is familiar to us and we will soon hear of the deliberations of the basle conference but very little is known of the encouraging 91 ng progress already made by the agricultural colonies already existing in palestine their prosperity pro Is chiefly due to the munificence of baxon baron edmond de has virtually subsidized these col onit to 0 o the extent of this has doubtless had some bad effect in impairing independence pen dence and encouraging in a few sloth and improvidence but without such aid at the start none of the colonies could have lived the israel colony hope hode ot of israel lies a mile or so beyond jaffa in the plains of sharon with a lovely view across flower laden fields that stretch away to the purple haze that surrounds the mountains of judea it w was as established thirty years ago by charles netter who lies buried in its grounds and is an agricultural achoo I 1 with pupils and acres of highly cultivated orange trees and vines the pupils axe are trained t to 0 become gardeners 5 and their skilled services are eagerly f 3 sought not only in other colonies colon lies but so far away az as france israel is now self supporting and the wish of its founder is gratified the inscription on his tomb reads he did good to hu hla brethren how many are his merciful works israel his hands established born died 1 the g gardeners ar d en ers ar are e happy the th e e climate lim a t e is de and the scenery is supe superb rb along the road that leads to i israel is another colony coi lony le zion aton the first to zion by name here there are about fifty dwelling houses built substantially of stone a synagogue a school sc hohol a library and a hos pital there are in this settlement which is not more than six alx lx miles from jaffa jaff a 2000 acres of land that sup poTt fully vines the streets are wea deml z paved and three wells supply good 3 water the wine of rishon is I 1 am told commanding some sale in london the ane 7 1 silk industry here is growing there are perhaps 1500 or 2000 mulberry trees on the rishon acres g other colonies in the neighborhood i are Reo hoboth with 2600 2500 acres of land 1 I and who soak pv pure hebrew W daod aad el janin with acre s1 sa given to vines ekron with 1000 asses r land end people katrek and artif thle this last is a missionary station for oon tj averted jows jews tikvah door of bf hopi hope boasts a of people s and over vines much a fruit is raised dairy farming to te profeta proff te bly followed and experiments awe are made in tea pea pi ting the largest colony tn in 14 H Pale palatine Pa letine etine is jacob memoir lal of jacob founded by doumanian Rou manian jews jew under the guidance nce and of 4 dr moses gasiger Ga arad and mr Pl nelea alad alteen teea ya 1 years alm the mot most healthful of these aplon colonies ris rosh rash pinah the head bomey atone it lies in the hills beyond Tib biberias erias her 41 1 mom snow capped in the background here awe are fifty houses each surrounded by a flower garden waiter from tb jordan is plentiful and the exoe salve heat of biberias Tib erias Is relieved by the eitt aft tude this colony practically belong fl tx td baron ro rothchild th jad it has a good and Ws its oil silk and wine industries are flourishing what these surroundings have done daft for the inhabitants is best seen SU so ijo t types aft 10 ba lo bhae BI ae side aidie from the bent bawor 1 product ot of ghetto life they hove have be acome straight a and nd sturdy they have to fight as they have learned to labor l abo and they no longer stand in fear of the arabs for the hebrews gun is well aimed the sabbath is most moat kept the rams horn trumpet trump ammons to worship in the synagogue or to a gallop to the rescue of their possessions they are a fine body of men nod and the return to the land has had a wonderful won influence upon their physical physic a suad moral development |
