The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-09-22
MUKDEN, BIRTHPLACE OF
THE MANCHU DYNASTY
MUKDEN THE CITY AROUND RUSSIA
JAPAN ARE CONFERENCE.-THE MAUSOLEUM CONTAINING
REMAINS OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE MANCHU DYNASTY-AN
GENT PALACES OF AN OLD IMPERIALISM.

REMAINS OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE MANcHU DYNAsTY-AN-
GENT PALACES OF AN OLD IMPERIALISM
correspondent Sydney Herald at the
with the Russian forces written the following Mden the city
which is the military
The Mukden, suddenly
cultural plain snguary impressive However upon closer inspection
the double encente of aseted rough Fashioned walls crumbng
and with rising feet higher than the surrounding
plain strikes note at once desoate and melancholy Eight gatew
pierce the walls which the the
inner of ughewH The guardtOwers rising high above the arches
Of the gates are and broken but this decay which would be
noticeable examination invisible until the
Of people fill the shopping buying and selling while the rumble of
native the noisy shouting travelling pednr and
vests the rnor Of rainbow nintered into million fragments Be
combining pumage
vie with the
signs hOngs long swinging blazing
background The character
the inefaceabe fine dust coating everything with
black powder fills the air. rises from the road dry and pOwdey in
the by from the shops which
with the of their households In the ran
however the three inches OF dust with winch the road covered WI" De
liquid mud the aherOus surface of verae quagmre and deep
places its black depths while
animals drowned Truly the scene Chnese and yet as one looks
moving the umbng cene
lated walls the of gathering OF Russian soldiers standing
of the indicates the existence of
und surface the quickly flowing stream
Fortunately there other Earring elements in the picture and while the
iF Of prussia falls short Of the waIsf indeed it ventures
residential which the
well as the clumsy manners
all missing and although the concession be small
Mukden other
is in truth actual of the domnons OF the Gar
wanng passing railway where oppressed BY so
many authority of the Imperial family
feelings of genuine relief that realizes now
Within the walls the people look
there is little friend
ness frequently than the smile These
the riffs within the lining and would be pity TO secure
quiet orderly and well behaved whatever
the slightest sign of riot or uProar
coolies asl the foreigners with Vocous dscord
something singuary fitting n
of China its mePrlal
dead Within the city there is the
without the walls three
while the east
the Tangng The palace however alone is sum-
Imperial dignity The busy
solitude of its deserted
sacred the only evidences OF
gardens
Vuld roofs about the stately magnce
whispered reality though the p IT'S
single accursed Vsitatnsnce
him the great halls lhese
their and only the birds are esesS'
as called from the of the SaV in the
tiled ROOFS or
the palace Nevertheless eSe S
and dignity OF each palace
marvellous outline of the sne the
testimony to the gOes vi
kings and the cradle
OF the past
this fading picture live; the Chinese faithful one
thousand when down
the places echo though the
genie
Pekng the Mukdn Palace uhered out
of the e
far the greater part OF the
the palace saved
altogether of the Chinese and foreign troops
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