New-York tribune., 1896-04-05
THE CZiR'S CORONATION.
| PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY AT MOSCOW
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.
CTo be contlnued)


Correspondence of The London Standard
The structures already erected. or IN n course OF
screens l. be draped hereafter in rch stuis ior an
ornament by day and lighted win tens OF ,nousanSs
festival at night Public monuments and buildings
lowing the details OF the architecture. and likewise
destined help 10 render clear OBJECTS unrecoghZt-
OF the Kremin. In their entire circumference. are
already outlined with iron gasppes carrying count
legs lets the more simple nttngs Tor the fairy
lights generally used for iluminations In Russia
The gardens around are heavy with the smell or
frcsh-crt timber. from number OF deliberately
rying smaller paserns of geometric and fantastic
cut which look curious enough. spring ng mp, as II
were like some strange crop. from beneath two
Inside the kremln the scene Is still more str king
Two sides OF the Enclosed square, where stand the
Cathedral OF the Assumption. the Archangeiskiy
Cathedral ana other ancient churches. are masned
by handsome grandstands Of solid appearance. The
IN wsn s raed ac9 ro m Of
folding. and now stands out, after an extensive
masons' hands In the LOFTY steepe Of Ivan Velikiy
and from all the towers placed at Intervals along
the Kremin walls. workmen swing diaaily from
enormous heights in tiny cages. engaged in
fixing pecemeal wooden skeleton along the lines
,unguardcd) telegraph posts from point 10
point and. II not exactly adding much to the pie
number and thickness. to aid the inexpert mind In
forming some conception OF the extent of the eec
The official programme Of the festivities which
are to preccie and follow the ceremony IL published
to-day. About the middle OF next month the Inn
peria rcgan and gllt state carriages will be taken
from the Winter Palace to the Nicholas Railway
station whence they VIII be conveyed by special
train to Moscow. ON May Is the Car and Czarlna
Will arrive at the Petrovsky Palace. near Moscow
where Ills Maicstys birthday will be celebrated on
| that day. and whore their Mnjcstles WIN remain
until the 2ist. when they Will make their trumpha
entry into Moscow. After attending q "Te Deum'
The Tspcnsky Cathedral. the Emperor and
Empress Will visit the Archange and Blagovest-
chensk cathcdrals. where they will venerate the
| Of their imperial ancestors on the same day tho
Emperor aud Empress will proceed TO the Aexan-
drlnsky Palace near Moscow, where they will stay
until the 25th. ON May % and % the Car ana
Czarna VIII receive the CONGRATULATIONS of tho
! foreign Ambassadors In the throne room OF the
| grand Krcmlin Palace. on tho 23i. cath and 18th
| claimed by heralls To the people.
From The 231 To the 2Gth the Emperor and Empress
will perform their devotions on May "A there will
! be review OF the Ismailovsky regiments and ~
the Battalion OF Sappers to be followed by the con-
I secraton OF the Imperial flag at the Novnfa
oruielnaIa Palace. within the Kremlln on Nav o5
the regalla Will be soemnly transferred TO the
VIII proceed from the AlcxandrlnsSy Palace TO tho
Grand kremlin Palace In the evening a special
mass Will he celebrated In all the churches
ON the 2Gth the chief event, the coronation Itself
Will take place and Will be followed by n grand
fete In the Granovitaia Palace On May q, 2s and
29 their Majeses VIII receive congra tula lions at
kremlin Palace on the 9th n State dinner will be
Of high rank and the chief officials will he Invited
On the nth and 2sth the city will be illuminated
on grand scale. and the Emperor and Empress
VIII drive through the streets TO witness the dis
! play. reception will be held In the Kremiin
Palace on the 2sh. On May 70 the regalIa viii be-