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

n
- bright sunday m0rnins ana
take "a look ot the new capital
of tho now chinese empire. We
ere In the ganglonio nerve center n'
ono of the greatest movements OF MS
tory. Old china, with its vest popu'a
tion OF one fourth Of the whole human
race. is being reborn. and Pebng ''
throbbing with the young blood OF ih'
now civilization From 10 are tncNhns
The streams which are starting these
mighty provinces into action they are
daily increasing boz volume. and PRONE
Zee 10 form q tidal wave which VIII en-
gulf the whole world Picking is the
fountain Of the revolution. and IL ia
already spoutiuE sky high
OLD pEKING
Let us slt IN Us spray with the steam
whistle OF the railway cars DINING our
care. and the uo,. electric plant turning
the silvory drops into diamonds while
,yo think " the past and try 10 reahz-
where we are. We shall have 90 shut
our eyes and turn our minds back INTO
the ages we are on "a spot where mon
,yorc living under a municipal govern
mont i've centuries before Rcmulus and
Romus were sucking at the tcats OF the
wolf to grow up and found Rome. There
WAS a town here when the great pyra-
mid was building and when the Israel
ties worked under their taskmasteis 90
the valley OF the Nile That town Tell
into ruins and was rebuilt and dcs-
troyod again. Eleven hundred anl
twenty years before christ. It's place
was taken BY the city OF chi. and. dur
ing the days Of NchuchaduczZar. 10 WlS
the capital Of the state of Yen. AZ
the time Of the crusade. u was the chicl
city OF the Kin Tartars and today
vestiges of the Kins are still to be- seen
THE WALLS OF PEKING.
The walls Of Picking, what won
De- they are, Those which now sur
round the city wore constructed by an
emperor who rogned % years before
Columbus tried 90 find new way 20
China and discovered our world There
are about % miles OF them and they
are no high that they can be- seen for "a
long distance outside Picking They
are as tail as four story house and
as wide az the ton as "a country road
You could drive five wagon loads of
hay abreast upon their tops without
crowding. and throughout they are az
solid as stone They consist ~ two
walls. Of gray bricks Of 20 or 30 pounds
each. laid I'm mortar. which has out
lasted the centuries These two walls
are parallel and within them has hcen
packed mass N stone and earth,which
the ages have ccmcntcd 10 granite
These walls were first erected almost
200 years ago. They have been kept
in good order from that time 10 this.
and the Chinese are repairing them to-
day. While they were building their
electric light plant and laying the
tracks for their railroads they re-erect-
ed the great gate az CHEN Men. which
WAS badly injured at the time OF the
siege Right next the station. this
massive structure ~ red blue and gold
has gone mp, and II now forms o par,
Of the old wall II ii Of brick and wood
beautifully carved IFS roofs being up
held by many red pillars. II cost
am told $500 0O0 In gold n is on the
lines OF the wall. and IN perfect harmu-
ny with them. u shows how the Old
and the new are going along hand IN
hand.
PEKING IN 1909
But come with me to the top Of the 4
wall and take look az Picking as il lies 1
out here on the northern edge Of the /,
Great Plain Of China IN this year OF our
Lord. 1909 Those hills az the back fade /
away into the mountains OF Mongolia.
and the level lands 10 front stretch on
AMI on 10 the yellow river. and thence i
on and on 10 the Yangtse Kiang We |
can see villages here and there spOtting
the landscape The country Is swarm
ing with people and there are tens OF
millions within a days ride by train
The soil surrounding us is some Of the
best In the world, and for ages Il has
supported a vast population.
Now drop your eyes 10 the city itself.
These walls divide 10 into two great
divisions. forming two separate cities.
The one at the north Is "a mighty rec
tlngle. perhaps IL miles round 10 con-
tains the Tartar city in which are tine
great government buildings. the foreign
legation and also the Forbidden CITY.
where. surrounded hy thousands OF
cunuchs, the emperor lives. You can
make out his home by following the
lines of these tcmple-like gates which
rise high over the wallis which sur
round H. HIS palaces are huge one
story structussT with throne rooms ana
other great halls. The roofs are OF I
yellow tiles, "a color which is reserved
Tor his majesty alone
No one but the emperor aud his
household live in the Forbidden city !