The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24
THE CAR and C2AR|NA
THE YACHTS BEARING THEIR
MAJESTIES ARRIVE AT LhllH,
SCOTLAND.
HEY NET THE QUEEN At BA[MORAL
rhc Utmost Caution Taken to Guard
Against Nihiists-Warm Greetings
Exchanged Between the Royal
personages-CZar's Dcmcan-
or Is Cold.

ed 1896. by the Associated l'rcSs'l he
Russian yachts Standard ana roar o'hi
,yoro sighted at the entrance OF the flfth
of Forth at 1890 this morning ana the
news was Immediately tclegraphrd 10 inc
Prince of Wales, who is i'll charge oil inc
arrangements for the reception OF inc
czor and cZarna. and who VIII accom-
many tbe Russian visitors TO BalmofaI'
rho Prince of Wales the Duke OF Con
naught. NJ. de Stacl, the RUSSIAN alllpaS-
sodor TO Court of st. James LORD hose
lorv and n number of high military OH
GERS arrived at the jctty from DaiiliehS
at II o'clock and were received pE ah
escort of the Enniskillcn dragons. ram
was falling heavily, and the SKY ana
general surroundings were most lorpiu-
ding. but in spite of this enormous crowns
of neoplc lined the way to the docks ana
greeted the arrival Of the royal party
with great enthusiasm. The IrIhce OF
Wales wore the uniform of the Scots
dra goons. After inspecting the draGo"hS'
the royal party joined the Duchess III
Rucclcuch and the Countess of Lyton
and embarked on board the steamer Tan
TALON Castle. The steamer then pro-
coded down the Firth Of Forth in or
der TO meet the ear and cZarlna.
The channel fleet, which lined the
Firth of Forth, sautcd as the frihce Oh
Wales and the royal party traHerSed the
lines. ,oi,
The Russian imperial yachts, on their
Int. Il Inv 4
mediatcly dropped anchor. The Iantal-
Ion Castle soon afterwards ran along
side the Standard, the latter having
their majesties on board.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke OF Con,
naught and NJ. de Stacl went ON boara
and welcomed the ear ana cHarlhil W
Teith. The greetings exchanged ne
tween the imperial travellers ana the
British princes were most aliectioialr.
The party afterwards lunched toge'hcr
on board the Standard.
Though the weather was far from ne
ing all that could he wished for the re-
rrntion. there was no installing the lact
that the people of Leith and vicinity ha1
turned out in great numbers, Determined
IN give the imperial travellers royal
welcome. The whole harbor was full OF
merchant vessels from all parts or 'he
world. and they We're all decked from
stom TO stern with bunting and placed Oh
both sides of the water. so that altcr
passing through the lines of powerful
warshps the progress OF the Stahuiru
I'D the Firth of Forth was paraoe-i'Ne
in the extreme. ,+,,,
The precautions taken for the protec-
tion of their ma iestes were unprccedcht-
ed. il is believed in naval annals. IicKet
hoots steam launches and torpedo hoalS
nf thc smaller class, from the WnrslllpS
Majesty, Magnificent, Repulse ana heso-
luton, each detachment commanded ny u
lieutenant. formed a complete net aroulu
.he Russian boats. ostensibly to prevent
tho boats being crowded. nut Ill real'!
TO prevent any possibility to commit
dynamite or other outrage. Inc shVIe
boats were in such vast numbers on the
water that there is no doubt that the pre-
cautions taken by the ,:rll'Sh naval ""-
thorties were warranted.
/ The precautions adopted ashore were
equally thorough. although few give
more than a passing thought to the al
legged dynamite conspiracy supposed 10
have been discovered by Scotland Yard
On the Tantalon Castle. ashore on the
train which was to take their naJeS-
ties to Balmoral, at different places along
the route and about Balmoral ltseIl
were picked members of the Russian Sc
crct police and the most trustworthy
members of the cars NlhiliSt detectives
Other Russian detectives were ON the
Standard. and they were reinforced on
landing by n picked squad of the best
Scotland Yard detectives. who Will re-
main attached to the ear and czarina
PARTY until they leave Great Britain.
After luncheon their imperial majes-
ties boarded the Tantallon Castle, ac-
COMMANDED by the British princes. and
that steamship proceeded slowly up the
Firth of Forth. closely guarded by the
swarm of picket boats through the INES
of the fleet. all the ships flying the Rus.
sian ensign As the Standard passed
each warship fired salute. and the sail
ors manned the sides or the yards as
the case might he, with marines ON pa
radc and the bands playing the huSSl'h
national anthem.
While the Tantalon Castle was APP
nronching the ictty she passed between
guard lines formed by two cutters from
each warship in the firth. After the
Tantallon Castle had passed through INC
lines of cutters the oars were, ut another
signal dipped simultaneously and Inc
mcn-of-war cutters formed up Ill cor
umn astern of the steamship and tol
lowed her to the jctty. The ear an.
czarina landed at the jctty ut exactly
lao. As they stepped ashore tn!
troops presented arms and the masscC
bands played the Russian anthem.
The ear and czarna were escortct
ashore by the Prince of Wales and the
Duke of Connaught and were met by !
large number of field officers in full uni
form. The guard of honor was com
posed of picked blue jackets from thu
fleets, while the cars escort consisted
of detachment of the royal Scot
Grcys Second dragoons), of which thu
car is colonel-in-chief. A detachmen
of 800 policemen and II regiment of High
landcrs lined the street leading from tn
ietty to the railway station, 400 yard
distant. The reception room of the sta
tion was made brilliant by flags an,
flowers, and Russian ensigns being en-
twined with those of Great Britain. -.
The train in waiting was what /
known as the queens special, train es
pecially for the use of her majesty ant
containing every convenience it is pos
sible TO place on railroad cars.
The ear wore the uniform of tn
Crews. He and the czarina wer
ushered into the reception room, wher
the members of the municipal council o
Leith and Edinburgh were present /
their full dress of office. The proves
of Ieith and of Edinburgh welcomed tn
visitors to Scotland. The ear was col
in his demeanor, but the czarina won tn
hearts of every one by her spontaneou
oaniolitv Tho immortal marty and tn