Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
HOLD FINAL RITES
FOR SUN YAT SEN
First Chinese President Re-
buried in Purple
Mountain.
By Gable to The Star.

By Gable to The Star.
NANKING, June 1.-The sky was
still moonlit as hushed throng of
Kuomintang members, relatives and
friends gathered at 4 am. today in the
auditorium of the central party head
quarters to pay a final tribute to DR..
Sun Vat Sen. before the coffin of the
late revolutionary leader was started
on the 7l2-mile journey to the Purple
Mountain. where it was placed In a
100000 mausoleum.
At the signal at exactly 4 o'clock
the silence was broken by a funeral
dirge. and the muff1ed sound of a first
10l-gun salute from Lion Mountain
was audible. The chief mourners,
grouped near the bier, included HUI
Hannah, president of the legislative
council: Nine Sun, widow of the
revolutionary leader; II. Hung, minis
ter of commerce and labor; Mrs. Kung.
a sister of Nine. Sun: Sun Fo, son Of
DR.. Sun: Gen. Kiang Kai-Shek and
Mrs. Kai-Shek, the latter a sister OF
Nine. Sun.
No foreigners were present in the
hall except the foreign correspondents.
The foreign diplomats we're waiting
outside to take their places in the
funeral procession. Incense was burn
ing on the altar before the fiag-draped
$4,000 bronze coffin At the conclu-
sion of the music all bowed three times
and a script was read, together with a
faint rumbling dirge.
ROBBED PalIbearers.
Twenty-four pallbearers, CARRIED in
Kuomintang party costumes, carried
the coffin to a waiting hearse just as
dawn broke, the mournerS preceding
them.
Just inside the Central Party head
/ quarters gateway the foreign diplomats
fell into the procession following the
1 hearse. The American delegation in
cluded John v. A. MacMurray, the
American Minister; E. B. Price, Ameri-
can consul at Marking; Admiral Mark
! L. Bristol commander of the Asiatic
fleet; Capt. Halsey Powell, naval attache
at Peking; Maj. John Magruder. mill
tary attache, and Howard Bucknell, Sec
rotary at the American legation.
Many of the diplomats were in full
dress uniforms, the civilians in full
dress and the Americans in mourning
coats. The women among the chief
rlourners entered the carriages outside
the party headquarters. the members OF
the party following in the line of march
behind the coffin. walking 71s miles
over the memorial highway, dedicated
for the late DR.. Sun. The American
tween the troop units which had been
stationed along the way several hours
before daybreak.
Troops Moved Friday.
The movement of the thousands Of
troops along the line of march began
before midnight Friday, insuring a
prompt start following the preliminary
ceremony at the party headquarters
which lasted only 20 minutes. They
presented an impressively colorful rep
resentation, and they slowly wound
about the broad Chung Shan Highway
through the Yangtse River Valley like
vari-colored caterpillar.
The parade included the blue and
khaki clad soldiery, the white uniformed
sailors, civilian clad boys and girls stu
dents and government employees, bands
of Boy Scouts and girl guides, the pro-
cession ending with cavalry troop of
Monaghan ponies.
The vanguard began to arrive at the
foot of the mountain at $3.50 am. the
hearse reaching the mausoleum shortly
after $50. Here the coffin was trans
= ferred to an immense catafalque hung
with blue silk draperies Of the Kuomin-
tang. The coffin was borne up more
than 800 steps leading to the memorial
hall, which is in front OF the maui
soleum. Within the hall 1t was placed
al lIIlIIlcLloc WIlLC Oh w
ture with blue Chinese tile roof. The
interior was finished in black and white
granite, with black granite pillars, and
a ceiling patterned after the Kuomin-
tang flag, an exquisite blue mosaic.
Lowered Into Crypt.
Here a Commute service similar to
that at the Central Party headquarters
was held, with relatives, friends, Kuo-
mintangs. and diplomats attending. At
1920 the coffin was removed through
the bronze-gated passageway into the
reinforced concrete steel-domed inner
tomb, where the immediate family held
a private service, Minister Doyen of
Netherlands representing the foreign
diplomats as the coffin was lowered into
the crypt, its final resting place.
During the Memorial Hall service
radio loudspeakers permitted the SOL
diers and civilians lining the broad
terraces on the mountain slopes to bow
in unison with those inside the hall
Army planes circled the mountain dur
ing the service, which ended at 10:45
am.
Among those attending the service
was Kenneth Camille, son of the late
DR.. James Camille, who saved the life
Of DR.. Sun when the latter was kid
mapped near the Chinese legation in
London in 1896. Sun Fo son Of Dr.
Sun, placed wreath on DR.. Cantlie's
grave on London trip. Kenneth
Camille journeyed from India here to
attend the services today.