The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-13

mars D. great Their minister was killed.
aul q. ie only natural thar trev should
tu- go hu3 his slayer and puaisa him
To- such situation % no o. 81 matter
t' control tho inlv. lual soldic.s As 20
Gene GA nec's barirc tho gate 20 the
Imperial palace. ! viii explain that sit
uation
Atter the capture ~ the Imperial city
d. was agreed that the gates captured
should be held hy the o. OBS cfptu ing
them. The Americans oaptu 90 the south
ga q and tae Jap Nose TIE no GA ana els'-
ern gates Ate the troops marched 10
"a body through rho palIr.. none was all
lowed Inside without permission r. IN the
general guarding tho gate 20 he entered
When Count vHu Wade see wanted 10 20
through the palace h~ Eot permission
from Gen. Chanee Co pass IA oIgh the
south gate as it leads right through the
Imperial buildings
it row appears from cable reports that
for some reason Cen on flee refused any
longer Co give permi- sion and has barred
the WAY through tho sau.h gate 90 the inn
pcr1l hul dings n Is not unnatural that
Geu tuInee should protest against tie
removal ~ the Old observatory instfu-
ments These Instruments o. med the
acceptance hy China. two hund. ei and
hfty yotrs ago. of western science t.
take them from their position and carry
th.m away seems 60 Dee unnecessary ana
calculated 20 excite unnccc sa comment
The Instruments are ,ut OF date but
they arr beautiful specimens Of bronze
work. Their removal can do no possible
good ana % Is difficult 90 see upon what
ground 81 can Doe justified ] cannot be-
NrNe mat Count Won Waldcrsee would
couutenauee suah an act Nor would any
one be- surprised u he did countenancs IL.
That ChaGee should protest against a."
Gen. Wilson related To- the sun reporter
bis impression 81 the imperial buildings.
iis said That their appearance inside gave
much evidence Of the poverty existing IN
China The throne room was dirty ana
me throne its-if nothing but "a wooden
chair riLIed
nero @as an unusual sight In tho En-
perors room. though. said Gen Wilson.
"te had "a mania Tor cl1cks Ills room
was hled with clocks % every descrIp-
ton. There were hundreds OF them. some
ot chinese manufacture. some made ia
Europe aud -ome made IN the United
states There were clocks on stands on
the walls and on the io0r Beside hand
some nrass-mouutei clolAs on the wall
We're hung common everyday wooden
clocks. There kVas ono on the floor drawn
hy an elephant. there were clocks ia the
form Of birds and flowers
Even tho room occupied by thc En-
press bad great many cooks in IL. but
mere taei" turned 60 pieces 81 hric-a- hrar
though size had very few articles OF any
beauty OF cost There was sons, carved
Wood 800 nor personal palace. whl.h. by
me way is now occupied 1y Count Won
NaldcIsee. but even there no signs OF
comfort o. luxury were 10 be- seen
Apparently linen bed clothes were IN
known she had no pillows and nothing
YOU would can % mattress on her be1 n
was hard. without springs and covsrc1
only hy a quilt OF mat The house h,d
none ~ the convenienccs OF sewerage. ma
the lily pond near 10 was the reservoir for
all the drainage Of the street The whole
place served 20 illustrate how China ha.
preserved its primitive state Birds flew
about inside the imperial buildings with
freedom and everything looked neglect-
cd"
Gen. Wilson spoke IN high praise OF the
japanese soldiers He declared that they
are simply wonderful. Their courage in
battle cannot be- surpassed he remarked
7 our troops are brave They are great
fighters. aud tho officers Of tho foreign
armies say SO. but they insist chat IN,
I American soldier is not a soldier in the
strict military sense
The European soldier docs rot under.
stand the discipline Of the American
army He o. differently trained and does
not cons der the American a soldier a.,
aii. The Germans in this respect are per.
I f'cuy trained. but they are not ahead o.
the Japanese 10 lighting qualities. nor
ore they ahead of the Americans. oar
boys are a different class 81 men, they
are intelligent ana educated They are
men Of different character"