The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-21

va led city about A mile across
standing faur=aauafs Ia The com
naaa Il has stretched outward On Al
/ faur sides n a mud Wall Ha1ae mite
and ashalf beyond the ancient si9
safes
Gradually there Is growing N
around and outside of that mua
Wall a third suburb et houses. Thu
uutermaat frinFe points prtneiralA
towards the railway station ana me
houses Of the administration ths
Forbidden city Of the Russians
From the Western Gate 70 the
railway station il a distance II
some 5000 yards Here. In llttls
stone built houses are Installed the
officers Of the eemmaHaerzin
chiefs general staff The houses
are mail aud ugly aud eamfartieHa
cold IN winter stirling hot IN sim
wer General kurapatkiu himself
lives In q railway ear an siding
Here are all the evidences 81 m
active army Al the front galloptuE
nrdsrlisa and efeaklng gun trains
weary ambulance men and tortured
wounded. marehiuKa and counter
WHrehIuHa II hattallanH all tn
Harfla carnival If the var demons
In the cts proper very differ
ut scene maintains. The ballaAuE
II greatest Importance IL the wide
stretched imperial palace rooted
With the rlaHed tiles II imperial vel
low The palace covers about one
fourth - the entire AREA 1t the eitY
Of Mnkdeu. Il consists II great
Thanked b treasure
houses fast falling Inta ruin. In Il
IL the library where ramor states
the most magnificent collection Of
books in existence h placed.
One trHmhle# at the thought Of
The destruction which may be Great
Ell ~ a single shell Nben once The
armtss meet in the sacred city 81
the Manehas Never since the burn
ing ct the library At Alexandria hah
such a world treasure lain open n
the hands Of the vaudala
In the palace lies great treasure
Whenever a Manehu emperor Of
China has died hts personal effects
have heen stored In this palace at
Wukasn There are 70 be found
carefully stored away In locked and
sealed reeeptaelea. The garments
and the tewelfy. the var helmets
and the weapons - he dead EN-
psrura Of China since ever a Man
ehu 80 unau the throne In fsklug
The most magnificent pesfls ever
I have seen In my life lie In the
treasure hslss 81 Mukden. one
strlnn q 10 pearls has not one
level smaller than a hazel mt The
pearl surrounding the war helmet
e one % the dad mHuaHeha Is
larger than 4 ulksouaeKE Net only
are there pearls. he faToFite jewels
q the Orient. but there are sap.
phlrea and Fuhlea aud diamonds o.
rare water and enormous sire.
The wealth Of magnificent aIiks
end FarEeouaiY embroidered gowns
lying In the palace % aukdsn Is BE-
yond the calculation Of the vest
erner. Hand painted silks and
scrolls. worked By the greatest ORR
entail artists 81 the ages are stuffed
away Ia eamphar boxes and In rude
eaphaaFda. scaled with the paper
Labels bearing The sign manual q
the vleer0Y o. Manchurias
The collection Of arms dates from
the nrimeVal bows and arrows 81
the olf-fIne mouarcha - the most
modern fowlIuE pieces q yesterday
Strange iAnees and curious argue
buses lie side BY side with rifles
and ravoIYera one whole house Il
given 10 those weapons q the de-
parted. Another contains fura Of
lnestlmahla value In enpboards are
hundreds u euauiuKiY worked spec
linens % brass-Fassa and incense
burners and Jewel haEas=-meaHur
ing the advance Of the artisan over
cycle Of 2 600 years tn Gathay
In thu art museum are TO be
found tbs signatures Of all the great
writer's Of China. beautiful land
seaDes and strange portrait albums
If the statesmen Of the Orient
One crude presentation Of a duck Il
the solitary contribution from the
brush Of the present emperor o.