Evening star., 1896-09-19
England's Preparations for the Recep-
tion Almost Complete.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN FOR HIS SAFETY
Prince Of Wales Arranging for His
Entertainment.
p o L I T G. A l. EFFE CT S

tlOnS FOR the reception OF the cZar and
cZarila, who are expected to reach Leith
harbor at $50 pm. Tuesday, are almost
completed. With the exception of the ar
rival and the departure of their Russian
majesties, there will be no state cere-
monies.
The recently discovered dynamite con-
spiracy has undoubtedly served to cause
the authorities to double the precautions
taken TO insure the safety of the imperial
travellers. and the greatest anxiety is
pressed lest any accident should occur.
The Russian embassy here is vibrating
with excitement, several members OF the
Russian secret police have been in Eng
land for a week past, and they will be re-
infcrced by a squad of the most famous
Of the czar's nihilist detectives The latter
will accompany the czar to Balmoral, and,
later, to Paris.
The Russian imperial yacht Standard, on
entering Leith harbor, will pass through
lines of warsbips belonging to the chan
mel squadrons, which will fire imperial
salutes. The czar and cZarina will be
ceived at the jetty by the Prince of Wales
the Duke of Connaught, a number of field
officers and the guard of honor. composed
of bluejackets. The czar's escort will con-
sist of a detachment of the I'd Dra-
goons Royal Scots Greys), of which the
czar is the colonel-in-chief and 800 police
men and regiment Of Hghlanders will
line the street leading from the jetty to
the railroad station, which is only 4U yards
distant. The car and czarina will ride
to the station in state carriage, sent
from buckingham Palace news for their
use, and the train which will convey the
imperial party to Balmoral is the queens
special 1t Will run from Leith to Bal
later, the railroad station of Balmoral
without any stop.
Servants In Highland Costume
I,l
czarina will drive in state carriages through
lanes of servants in highland costume,
holding flaming torches in their hands. Re
hearsals of this portion of the ceremonies
have already accustomed the horses of the
route without showing any symptoms of
alarm. The entire route will be guarded by
soldiers and police, ard will be barricadeG
throughout.
The visit of the car and czarina to the
queen will last a fortnight at the expira-
ton Of which time the imperial travellers
will leave via Perth. and will go direct to
Portsmouth, where they viii embark on the
imperial yacht Standard for France.
For the Cars Entertainment.
For the entertainment of the czar the
Prince of Wales has projected a number of
shooting, fishing and driving excursions. in
which the Duke Of Connaught will also take
part.
The forests of the vicinity of Balmoral
are teeming with deer; there are beautiful
long drives through famous Scottish glens
where there will be picnics and dinner
parties; the fishing in the different streams
Is abundant, and SO the czar can hardly
fail to be pleased with his visit TO the
highlands. The time of the daily drives,
shoots, etc, will be kept as secret as pos
sible, and the vast demesne around the
castle will be kept strictly closed to all
persons except the encourage of the cZar
and czarina and the royal party. The
Prince and Princess of Wales will stay
with the queen at Balmoral castle. but
the other members of the royal family
and their suites will put up at Abergeldie.
The small army of servants accompany
ing the imperial and royal parties will be
accommodated at Birk Hall.
The baggage carried with the imperial
party, however, is far from being heavy
or as numerous as that which was drag
cZarina only has thirty trunks with her,
and her baby, the Grand Duchess Olga, is
satisfied with twelve trunks. The czar and
his suite manage to put up with forty
eight trunks.
A private chapel for the use of the czar
and czarna has been arranged in one Of
the rooms Of Balmoral Castle. The sacred
vestments, crucifixes and ikons for the
chapel have been sent from the Greek
church in London.
The Guest Apartments.
The apartments which will be occupied
by the car and czarna at Balmoral Castle
face the River Dee. They are simply fur
nished, as, for that matter, are all the
rooms at Balmoral. The corridors are
hung with horrible imitation marble wall
paper and are lighted by oil lamps and
trophies of the chase. shot by distinguished
visitors. Heads and antlers of deer, etc,
are fixed at every available spot and hunt
-1,@
the rooms are equally bad. and some of
the pictures are inferior Autographs CT the
great exhibition in which the late prince
consort was SO deeply interested, and there
are number Of faded family photographs.
The chairs and lounges are upholstered
in Berlin wool, the designs depicting dogs
worrying deer, as a rule.
1t Is generally well known that the queen
has the greatest affection for the czarina,
and thai she has always liked the cZar.
Her majesty calls him "Nicky,' the name
he Is usually called by his kinsfolk, the
Prince of Wales is known as "Bertie." the
Princess of Wales as "Alix," ana the
Duchess of York as "Toria.''
Political Work Expected.
The general public is expecting some po-
litical work to be accomplished at Balmoral
to the advantage of Great Britain during
the visit of the czar to the highlands and
from source which is entitled to respect
the Associated Press Is informed that pour
parlers have already been exchanged be-
tween the Marquis Of Salisbury and the
cZar, by which an agreement will be rati-
fed at Balmoral in regard to Armenia
Great Britain is to take dignified position
| in the interest of humanity, and will stand
aside while the czar polices Turkey.
The events of the past few days and the
attitude of the high conservative press con-
| firm this. At any rate, the cZar is destined
| to hear a lot about Armenia while in Scot
| land, and 1t is freely stated in London that
| the queen proposes to do considerable plain
speaking on this subject, and petitions to
the czar. beseeching him to stop the flow of
Christian blood, are being signed in north
Britain. and. will be presented to his majes-
| ty during his stay. One of the petitions has
| been indorsed by Mr.. Gladstone, who ex-
| presses the hope that the heart and mind
| of the cZar might be awakened to the
| fearful mischiefs'' which the policy of the
| late Russian minister for foreign affairs,
Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky, has done SO