Arizona republican., 1900-09-05

pire. Coreans. Mongols, Tibetans and Indo-Chinese. and the street which is known among the foreigners as Lega- tion street is called by the Chinese the Street of Tribute Nations The fact that the foreigners established them selves in this quaI,er has in a large measure influenced the Chinese in their treatment of them. and while a mistake was maGc in this respect, still the early ambassadors chose wisely in selecting Cor their residences the handsomest of the then unoccupied palaces belonging to the crown.
 The English select 1 a large palace which lay along the west side of ca nal that drains the lakes within the FOI .DidG,n n city and lies just north of Legation street. Tnr oriental magniii- cence of these ducal palaces has been largely preserved by the legations that have occupied them. The massive en- frances stand unchanged the open pa vilions, with their lacquered pillars and rich carvings, are used as ball rooms. The courts and arbors and walks. with their rookeries and terraces. still stand: but the details of the dwelling houses have been changed to suit the require (. dows and tight doors have replaced tae old Chinese fret work and paper win dows. while chinneys have been built in every available corner The winters in Pekin are cold and where the Chi nese find comfort in wearing additional suits of clothes. the white man insists on his fires to keep warm.
 The heavy walls which surround It means of defense. N nile the Chinese method If building houses up against each other and their numerous alleys and courts and narrow passages, and their many back cates offer such fa- cilities for "underground" communica- tiCns as can be fourl in no other city in the world. The British legation. in which a small band of marines has been ab;- to defy Chinese h1rdes num- berin.T ,,u: ,f thousands. is adjoinel Cn LotI t. north and south by the comp, IuCs uf fri nIiy Chinese. At the northwest corner were the imperial carl age ylrCs: cn the west were still other enclosures Of friendly Chinese, whie tla s-alie ga,cs at the southwest corner or the legation opened into a large Chinese market The walls arounl the legation, almost three feet thick have been cut through into the compounds Of the friendly Chimes anI through them, and from the Chire-e market il was an easy matter to snug gle supplies and provisions, and also to spy on the besiegiEg mobs around them.
 These legations are in fact iitla cities within themselves. The English les a. ton has on its premises no less than eight or ten different wells, and covers an area of about six acres. There are separate establishm 5nts for the minis ter and for the first and second scr talies Of legation, extensive quar,crs and barracks for consular stud s and military escorts, pri ate st5b'es for the minister and gen=ral stables for others of the legation a doctors house and d hospital. parsonage and a chapel. q school and homes for teachers. bes q des extensive quarters for servents.
 The othrr legations except the Amer ican. are maintained on the same gen eral plan. though none of them on % elaborate a scale as that maintained by the English.
 The American legation occupied tnA most humble quarters of any foreign embassy. On the south side of Lega- ton ST, o' just beyond an old marble bridge that crossa3 the canal it lis n the shadow Of thc great wall of the Tartar city. Tn Clin=se cannot uu- derstaud and have never ceased to wonder and speculate on how one who lives SD simply as the American min