Evening star., 1896-09-22
CAR ON SCOTCH SOIL
Welcome to Great Britain of Russia's
Ruler.
RECEIVED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES
Precautions Taken Against Possible
Dynamite Conspirators.
SCENE INTHEFI OF FORTH
Copyright, 1896, by the Associated Press.)

Russian yachts bearing the cZar ana car
ina and attendants were sighted at the en-
trance of the Firth of Forth at 1870 o'clock
this morning. and the news was Immediate
ly telegraphed to the Prince of Wales, who
was in charge of the arrangements for the
reception of the czar and czarina, and who
was to accompany the Russian visitors to
Balmoral.
The Prince Of Wales. the Duke of Con-
naught. NJ. de Staal. the Russian ambas-
sador to the court of St. James; Lord Rose
berry and a number Of high military OFF,
cials arrived at the jetty from Dalmeny at
II o'clock, and were received by an escort
of the Enniskllen Dragons. Rain
falling heavily, and the sky and general
surroundings were most forbidding, but In
spite of this. enormous crowds Of people
lined the way to the docks and greeted the
arrival of the royal party with the greatest
enthusiasm. The Prince of Wales wore the
uniform of the kieff Dragons, and the
Duke Of Connaught was in the uniform of
the Scots Guards.
After inspecting the reception room, the
royal party Joined the Duchess of Buc-
cleuch and the Countess of Lytton and en-
barked on board the steamer Tantallon
Castle. The steamer then proceeded down
the firth in order to meet the czar and
czarina. The channel fleet which lined the
Firth of Forth, saluted as the Prince of
Wales and the royal party traversed the
lines.
The Russian imperial yachts their
| rival We're saluted by the feet and immedi-
ately dropped anchor. The Tantalon
Castle soon afterward ran alongside the
Tandard, the latter having their Russian
majeStieS on board.
Welcoming the Gar.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Con-
| naught and NJ. de Staal went on board and
u-a1p cd h.. md rin fn ait
| The greetings exchanged by the imperial
travellers and the prince were most affec-
tionate. The party afterward lunched to-
gether on board the Tandard.
Though the weather far from being
all that could be wished for the recep-
| ton, there was no mistaking the fact that
| the people of Leith and its vicinity had
| turned out in great numbers, determin.tf
| to give the imperial travellers a hearty and
genuine welcome to the shores of Scot
| lard. The whole harbor was full of mer-
| chant vessels from all parts of the world,
and they We're all decked from stem 70
| stern with bunting and placed in the neat
est possible trim. SO that, after passing
through the lines of powerful warships.
the progress of the Tandard up the Firth
of Forth was parade like in the extreme.
The precautions taken afiolt for the pro-
lection of their Elajesties were unprece-
dented, IL is believed, in naval annals. Pick
of the smaller class, from the warships
Majestic. Magnificent. Repulse ard Resou-
| tion, each detachment commanded by
| lieutenant. formed a complete net around
! the Russian imperial yacht in order
| ter sihly, TO prevent the shore boats from
| crowiiing about the yacht, bur in reality 70
| prevent any possibility of attempt to
| commit dynamite or other outrage.
! The shore boats We're in such vast num-
| hers on the water that there is TO doubt
! that the precautions taken by the British
naval authorities were warranted.
| Precautions ON shore.
| The precautions adopted ashore We're
| equally thorough, although few people give
| more than a passing thought now to the
| alleged dynamite conspiracy supposed to
| have been discovered by Scotland Yard.
| on The Tantallon Castle, ashore, on the
| train which to take their majestes to
| Balmoral. at different places along the
| route. at Ballater and about Balmoral it.
! self, were picked members of the Russian
! secret police and the n?cst trusted of the
| cars nfnilist detectives Other Russian
| detectives We're on beard the imperial
| yacht, ara they were reinforced on landing
! by Il picked squad Of the very best Scot
| la,id Yard detectives. who will remain at
| tached 10 the czar and czarina's party u,i-
| til they leave Great Britain.
! After luncheon their imperial majesties
! bearded the Tantalon Castle. accompaniAs 1!
| by the British prices, and that steamship
| proceeded slowly up the Firth of Forth,
| closely guarded ty the swarm of picket
| boats. through the lines of the British feet.
| ell the wdrshps flying the Russian ems Gn.
| As the imperial yacht passed each warship
| fired a royal salute. and sailors manned the
| sides the yards, as the case might be,
! with marines on parade and the bands
| playing the Russian national anthem.
/ While the Tantallon Castle was approach
| ing the jetty she passed between guard
,Nf
| the warships in the Firth of Forth. After
, the Tantallon Castle had passed through
| the lines Of cutters, the oars were, at an
| other signal. dropped simultaneously, and
| then the nnen-of-war cutters formed up in
| column astern OF the steamship and follow
| e0 her to the jetty.
On Scotch Soil.
The czar and czarina landed at the jetty
at exactly 1:4o pm. AS they stepped
| ashore the troops presented arms, and the
| nassed bands played the Russian anthem.
| The cZar and cZarina We're escorted
ashore by the Prince of Wales and tine
| Duke of Connaught. and We're met by a
large number of field officers in full uni
form. The guard of honor was composed
of picked bluejackets from the fleets. while
| the cars escort consisted of a detach-
| mcnt of Royal Scots Greys cd Dragoons)
| of which the car is colonel-in-chief A
detachment OF $40 pOi1cemen and a regl-
| ment of Highlanders lined the street lead
ing from the jetty to the railroad station,
900 yards distant
| The reception room of the station was
| made brilliant with flags and flowers, the
Russian ensign being entwined with that
| of Great Britain. The jetty to the spot
where the state carriages from Bucking-
| ham palace news were in waiting to con-
| vey the imperial and royal party to the
station was lined with bluejackets and
marines On either side.
| The train in waiting was what is known
as the queens special, a train specially
built for the use of her majesty, and con.
tanning every convenience it is possible
to place in railroad cars.