Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-04

perlal city. which is largely occupied
! lv the OFFICIALS and princes. and sun
| farther out is the vast collection ~ low
| gray houses whore the Mancnus enu
Z Chinese live a large proportion OF
/ this city is Manchu.
The other city on the south OF inc
I WALL is known as the Chinese city
/ rhIe has tho chief business streets ~
Picking 10 has thousands " stores ana
th. CHIEF Chinese banks. 10 is the place
I In which the most 0f the commeIciol
; business g. done. although 'here are
/ many shops in the Tartar city as we'll
! Looking over the Chinese city. ne we
/ stand ON tno wall, wc onn see some
! great temples with circular roofs oi
| blue tile ar it- extreme southern emo
Those ON our left belong GO the Temple
OF Heaven. whore. on great circular
| altar of the purest white marble. the
en- ppror lncels and prays for his peo-
Dl. The little baby monarch is too
Young t1 kneci now and until Doc grows
bigger. the nation viii bee prayed Tor 0y
proxy
just opposite the Temple of Hcaten.
on the other side of the wide roadway,
ls TIE Temple of Agriculture. where MS
majesty starts the spring plpWing for
the nation. and AWAY up az the n1rth
outside the walls is a temple devoted
90 old mother earth This temple is
SQUARE. while the others are round.
These Chinese school ro1ders of the
od civilization state that TIE earth mas
four corners. and hence the shape Of
the temple
THE LEGATION CITY.
Now. De- us look at forcign Pcking II
lies right under us. in the very heart
of the capitol. hugging tho VAL De
tween the Tartar and Chinese cities. II
fronts the avenue along which the en-
pcror gocs loo his cart ON his way TO
his prayers al the Temple ~ Heaven.
and the northeast corner OF 10 adJoins
the imperial city itself BY an rights
BIS should be- the most valuable property
in pcklug. and the ground upon which
u stands is worth milions. This city
is ! judge about n half mile long ana
PERHAPS twO-thirds as wide. 10 U.s. wall
ga nm the south by the great structure
which Yung 10 built. and on the other
three sides by walls which have been
put up since the siege inside those
walls are the homes 0f the foreign
legations Tho most Of them are man
sions Of brick and stone. built Euro
pean fashion. each collection Of build
ings being surrounded by wall OF It's
own
This CITY has its own police and IT'S
pany or so 30 guard -. and one can see
almost every uniform known To Europe
as he walks through the streets inside
the compounds are barracks, and on
some OF their walls the soldiers march
up and down. The whole Is more Ike
an armed camp than city and the
ministers live like feudual lords Ia
their castles, with their rctainors about
them
the legation city is divided up by
wide streets IL Is lighted up by
electricity and Is kept as clean as
pin II represents the great world out
side China. and is one Of the most
striking parts of the Picking OF 1903.
AN ORDERLY CITY.
knew the old Pokng well ! visited
u when President Cleveland was sim
in his first term at the White House,
and 1 saw IL again just before the
japan China war At those times the
streets were crowded. there was no
order whatever. and "a stranger could
hardly make his way through. The
streets were the sewers. They were
wide. miry and unpaved; and | saw
Chinese carts which were so stuck In
the mud that the silkgOwned madarins
within them had to be carried out
on the backs of coolies before they
could reach solid ground
Today Picking is as well polced as
New York and Chicago. The street
traffic is better managed, and tine vast
mass OF yellow humanity is handled !
with but little exhibition OF force and |
with little noise. The chief streets have |
policemen In the middle OF the roadway
at every few feet. ana the endless
streams OF Acknowledged mortals, Wniln |
are always moving this way and that. |
are not allowed 90 flow out of their
proper courses Maintaining such or1er |
Is far more difficult than in America,
for the traffic Is much more diverse
II is composed Of every sort OF vehicle,
from the WheelbarroW, pulled by a
donkey and pushed by man. 10 tho
carriage. with co7chman and footmdn
Ia livery and retaincrs ON horseback M |
front and behind. II comprises nun
lreds of doukeys ana ponies loaded |
with goods caravans OF camcls ridden
by red-faced M0ngolians. or led along |
single Tile by ropes fastened to sticks
thrust through the thick flesh OF the /
nose There are ilurikishas
without number which have come mere
since the Boxer rebellion. and there are
men and women dressed in silks and
.Ottons ON foot The people are from
lll parts OF the Chinese empire Hair
lf them cannot understand the Lam.
guage of the others. hut nevertheless
these policemen keep perfect order
With their hroomsucklike clubs
THE NEW STREETS OF PEKING
within tho past I've years. the street