The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-16

and slightly under i00 feet wide n stan D.
raised on noble terrace OF white stone
twenty feet above the level Of the court
yard. aud reached by five flights Of steps.
These are Ranked and tne terrace is sur
rounded by white marble naIustrados All
these steps and baluftrades ore exquisite
IS carved in bold designs They arc in
state OF almost perfect preservation.
number Of huge bronze urns. Of very hand
come design and Two great bronze tor
toises and storks add 10 the dignity OF the
approach
Externally the hall Is in fair repair AM
particularly thc tiled roof. but tho oTua-
mentatiou under the caves s. dirty the
pillars outside aud the woodwork rouud
the Window ana ln the walls sadly lack
paint aud the general effect O. one of
shablueHs Inside the colorlug OF the once
brightly decorated roof b. dlnFy. ans th
pillars. equally with those OUTSIDE. lack
paint. The carpet (pattern. "a giant hve-
ciawed dragon on ground Of imperial
Yellow IS nlthy. and everything de
eating sloveniiness and neglect AID decay.
This holds good Of nearly an the great re-
ccpuon halla- the HaA Of ira. har-
mony. the Han Of Precious Harmony. etc
through which. pavilion after pavli
and courtyard after courtyard. the troo1.
marched. The route arranged ga not
lead through the Inner Palace tie E.1-
pcror = Official residence Opposite the
cute. which WAS guarded hy two gorgeous
kilt lions-the Gate OF Heavenly Purity
We wheeled to the right and. crossing the
courtyard dlagonaAy entered through a
small gateway a passage skrllug he
east Of the Inner Palace IL the rour
yard stood the Chinese officials iu ch4rgc
Of the palace-Ching-h sin. former presl-
dent OF the Board OF Rites. ana member
% the Tsung- u-Yamen. Yu-te Head en-
sor and brother 70 Iu-lu. the late vice
roy Of Ticu Tsin. A-kO-tan, Na-tang.
Wenlln shih-hsu. and others Of minor de-
gree They viewed tho march past with a
benttingiy solemn and downoast air. san
sHirtlng the Inner Palace. the troops were
wheeled 10 the left and marched round
the north Of Sc through series % u4int
gardens. emerging from these upon me
north gate OF the Imperial Palace IN
closure a wide open space leads across
the moat TO q second gateway. north OF
which again q the broad roadway run
ming east and west between u aud Pos
poet Hill
AZ the foot Of Prospect Hln d o temple
where some British marines were quar-
tered. Between that and the outer gate
way large numbers of Russian infau ~
were drawn up 90 receive thc troops rm-
crying from the palace, and the Russian
hand welcomed each column by playing
the appropriate national air. In tho space
intervening between tho inner and enter
gate. japanese and Russian troops " r.
lined no the Russians on the right and
tho Japanese on The left ana as each for
eien force appeared they cheered loudly.
ealutine the colora a. they were carr ca
mast II was here that the pageant. such
a. IA was. showed up best. on the in ide
OF the outer gaze the generals and leading
officers conRrcKated as they arrived. AMI
tom there the mem 3crs Of tho diplomatic
body ana others watched the proc 81 o..
Afer playing the British and American
troops through the outer gate IN Rus
sian band came inside hurriedly ana 10
up a position 10 the left OF the japanese.
The French were now Approaching add
special welcome was 10 be accorda>
The "Marseillaise' was played and
even sung. with great zest and tho Rus
sian cheers were louder than ever. Tho
effect al FIRST was somewhat marred by
the enthusiasm catching the pipers n the
Indian regiment. who were drawn uTpo-
site the band. They struck w q lively
Scotch air. which invaded horribly the
strains 81 the French natiOaal an hem,
and ID was some minutes before they
could b. suppressed. Behind the French
came the 0ermana-a splendid body OK