New-York tribune., 1900-07-22

An officer on one Of the ships which has re-
Gently been ordered 70 the scene Of the trouble IN
China writes as follows of the ball given by the
japanese Emperor in honor Of the cherry blossoms.
which he was privileged to attend:
The ball. you know. was given in honor OF the
cherry blossoms which are SO gorgeous and beau
tlful that words fail 70 describe them but strange
10 say, they yield no fruit The whole AFFAIR was
most interesting; unique experience. The En-
PEI = Hot hahGsonle walks pigeon tOed and takes
d step ABOUT half a foot long which gives him
very peculiar appearance when walking He was
dressed dressed IN badly fitting Uniform and indeed il
- sun ms clothes never fit, owing the fact that
no one Is allowed 10 touch his sacred person and
I, 80 me poor tailor unable TO measure him must
{ 5c al Sile size outside OF this the Emperor con
Quoted himself as any gentleman should and
seemed pleasant and agreeable anu
NO one was allowed in the rOy5I enclosure ,,,,..
Is mas was dressed in European fashion You can
Who has ToF tes SUI al least you can't No one could
,I! Ct s.e Irock coats and silk hats worn by the
presseuent their wesre-s ~ were the more en-
dlmlnutIVe japanese who had visited the T-1itad
sId S@tff I IN the seventies He wore the garb then
r. bsd 80 ~ fII-u t ana was Intensely proud of H.
miHd my fathers wedding clothes ~
- MI, i Buck the American Minister was Of course
49,, 49, lie ne Is very agreeable pleasant
,l' fsI no SENS 20 be great favorite with the
Is odIaHeSe oIncials and is very content with his
~ anton anton is Is the strangest place have ever seen
Gi iesIG OF Inc descriptions one reads give no
idea OF It. II contains something like three mill
not one-fourth as great R 0' cJIy is really
There are no stTeatsEsiv,i- az Inal Ia OF Washington
people swarm in and of these places lust ike
so many ants. ''N i'HA7
We went 10 the Magistrates Court. and II may
slSi ls5PesS you 70 nave me cite some examples Of
1HiieSe 4'tStlce- You know, of course that fHe1-
catIiet pu{TFSH & man until he cOrf.Sses e-rff
ana the tortureS they resort 10 TO make him con-
Tess make the stories told of the Inquisition seem
Ike pleasant tales. We a poor wretch br0rshf
before the judge with his ankles tied who was
shorty pronounced guilty and asked 10 confess
Inc miserable devil stoutly maintained his limo
cence- II was ordered that he be given twenty
lasnes with the bamboo. His shirt was accordingly
removed the laSheS laid without mercy each
one or them drawing blood. Again he was asked
II ne was guilty; again he strenuOusly denied his
guilt Twenty more l1shes were administered each
lash as before drawing blood and the victim
screaming horribly It was terrible. You could see
the muscles all over his body weaken at every
stroke. but MS pluck provoked admiration. IL
took eighty lashes before he admitted his guilt.
Another man trtCed uD by his thumbs 70
make him confess This was the second time that
day ne had undergone this torture and he soon
became unconscious. when he taken down, but
Immediately he recovered he was strung up again.
This failing to extract a confession the judge re-
sorted to the extreme torture of gradually break
ing the ankle bones, when the fellow. more dead
than alive said he was guilty OF the charge. that
CT piping young girls and sending them out OF
the country for immoral purposes. and he was
carried Off in chains heavy enough to have held
OK, 10 have his head off.