The sun., 1910-05-02
TSGI TAO HEARS Big GUNS
CHINESE PRINCE INSPECTS
FORT HANCOCK.
the Blggett Rile % An. . ~ Ineher. Il
stlAat. bat the n Inch kIhd Are Flred
fOr Hlm-POlygiSt TrouDa Accsm-
panles the visiting Manehu Royalty

His Imperial Highness Prince Taai rss.
august uncle Of the infant Emperor Of
China. chief ofthe general star oF the asw
Chinese army and highest Of the Manohu
lords about the dragon throne, saw soms-
thing Yesterday he never had seen before
Il was the great. rounded flank and long
brown snout ol a sixteen inch gun.
Prince Tsai Tao did not hear that gun
shoot. though some of the lesser breth.
ren Of the grim fraternity down at Fort
Hancock on Sandy Hook roared in his
ears a. their exhibition shots went sldm-
ming 5000 yards out over tho Atlantic
Ocean at q bobbing nubbin Of q targs&.
But the Manchu Prince saw the shards
and jagged remnants Of some heavy
armor plate which had been rent by ths
proiectiles which these Sixtssn inch
rifles discharge. and being the one man
in ali the empire Of millions Of souls mors
interested than any other in matters
concerning the defence Of coasts Prince
rSai Tao began asking questions tho
minute his jswellsd hand patted the swell
ing flank Of this greatest shot hurler.
This rather slSnder young man with
the delicatsly moulded features and quiokly
kindlng eyes who Ia the head OF a miH-
tary commission 10 learn all that is know
able about the armaments and military
efficiency Of the Powers IL not loiter-
ing on his way around the world. Yes
terday morning at s:SO o'clock he and
his suite found themselves at the PENN
sylvania depot In Jersey City.
Before he had partaken Of breakfast
the Prince received a delegation Of Chi
nese who had come 10 do him honor
two hours later he was on the Govern
ment ordnance steamer Gen. Meigs
huFrying down the outer bay 70 Sandy
Hook: before dark he was back in New
York and out in an automobile looking
" over.
Perhaps his Highneas has nns reason
for hurrying which has not yet becOme
apparent. but Of which he may have had
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he is being pursued by a Prince. and az
cording 10 some of the Toxic ne wspapers
which arrived IN New York yesterday
there is a divertinR little tale Of inter-
national politics behind this incident.
These authorities say that just a. soon
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