The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
PEOPLE OF LEITH ALL OUT.
MEETING OF THE ROYAL REi.A-
TiNEs WITNESSED BY A LARGE
AUDIENCE.
PRECAUTIONS OF ALI KINDS TAKEN
No Chance Given to Amy Outsider to
Come Near the Person of the
Gear.

Firth OF Forth at 1890 this morning,
and the news was Immediately tele-
graphed to the prince of Wales, who
was in charge of the arrangements for
the reception of the car and czarina,
and who will accompany the Russian
visitors to Balmoral
The prince of Wales. the duke Of
Connaught, M. De Staal, the Russian
ambassador to the court of st. James,
Lord Rosebery and a number of high
military officers arrived at the jetty
from Dalmeny at II o'clock, and were
received by an escort of the Ennis
killen Dragons. Rain was falling
heavily, and the sky and general sur
roundings were most forbidding, but
in spite of this, enormous crowds Of
people lined the wall of 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
Buccleuch and the countess of Lytton
and embarked on board the steamer
Tantallon Castle The steamer then
proceeded down the Firth in order to
meet the car and czarina. The chan
mel fleet, which lined the Firth Of
Forth, saluted as the prince of Wales
and the royal party trayerSed the lines
The Russian imperial yachts on their
arrival were saluted by the fleet, and
Immediately dropped anchor The
Tantallon Castle soon afterwards ran
alongside the Standard, the latter hav
ing their Russian majesties on board.
The prince Of Wales, the duke of Con-
naught and M. De Staal went on
board and welcomed the car and car
ina to Leith. The greeting exchanged
between the imperial travellers and the
British princes was most affectionate.
The party afterwards 1unched together
on board the Standard
Though the weather was far from
being all that could be wished for the
reception, there was no mistaking the
fact that the people of Leith and it's
vicinity had turned out in great num-
bers, determined to give the imperial
travellers a hearty and genuine well
come to the shores Of Scotland. The
whole harbor was full of merchant yes
sells from all points Of the world and
they We're all decl1ed from stem to
stern with bunting and placed in the
neateSt possible trim on both sides of
the water. so that after passing
through the lines Of powerful warships,
the progress of the Standard up the
Firth of Forth was paradex-like in the
extreme
PRECAUTIONS ADOPTED.
The precautions taken afioat for the
protection of their majesties were UNI
precedented. it is believed, in naval an
mails.
Picket boats, steam launches and
torpedo boats Of the small class, from
the warships Majestic, Magnificent, Re-
pulse and Resolution, each detachment
commanded by a lieutenant, formed a
complete net around the Russian i'm
perial yacht, ia order, ostensibly TO
prevent the shore boats from crowd
Ing about the Standard, but In reality
to prevent any possibility Of an at
tempt to commit dynamite or other
outrage. The shore boats were in
such vast numbers on the water that
there Is no doubt that the precautions
taken by the British naval authorities
We're warranted.
The precautions adopted ashore were
equally thorough. though 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 Cas-
tie, on shore. on the train which was
to take their majesties to Balmorai
route, at Ballater, and around Bal
moral Itself were picked members or
the Russian secret police and the most
trusted members OF the cars nihllists
detectives. Other Russian detectives
were on board the Standard, and they
were reinforced, on landing, by a
squad of the very best Scotland YARD
detectives, who will remain attached
to the car and czarina's party until
they leave Great Britain.
After luncheon their imperial males
ties boarded the Tantailon Castle, ac-
companied by the British princes, and
that steamship proceeded slowly up the
Firth of Forth. closely guarded by a
swarm OF picket boats, through the
lines of the British feet, all the war
ships flying the Russian ensign. AS
the Standard passed each warship fired
royal salute. and the sailors manned
the sides or the yards, as the case
might be, with marines on parade and
the bands playing the Russian national
anthem.
While the Tantallon Castle was an
preaching the jetty she passed between
guard lines formed by two cutters
from each OF the warships In the Firth
of Forth. After the Tantaiion Castle
had passed through the lines of cut
tiers, the oars were, at another signal.
dropped simultaneously, and then the
AdS%S4S ilttQ uD III COL
unnn astern OF the steamship and fol-
lowed her to the jetty. The car and
cZaIina landed at the jetty at exactly
LAC y. IN. AS they stepped ashore the
troops presented arms and the 1nassed
bands played the Russian anthem. The
car and czarina were escorted ashore
by the prince OF Wales and the duke
of ConnasIght. and were met by a large
number OF field officers in full uniform.
The guard OF honor was composed Of
picked blue Jackets from the f1eet.
while the cars escort consisted of a
detachment Of the Royal Scots Crews
(second dragoonS) of which. the czar
Is colonei-in-cllief A detachment of
400 policemen and a regiment of High
landers lined the street leading from
the ietty to the railroad station. 400
yards distant. The reception room of
the station was made brilliant wifi,
flags and flowers, the Russian ensign
being. entHined with that of Great
britain.
The jetty te the spot where the car
riages from Buckingham palace were
waiting to convey the royal and i'm
peFial party to the station was car
eted and lined with blue Jackets. The
train in waiting was what is known
as the QHeeH's special a train especial
" built for her majesty and containing
every convenience it is possible to
place in raisTsaad cars
*. GXAR WAS COLD.
The car wore the uniform of the
Scots Grays. He and the ezarina were