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Show - CHINESE PRESIDENT ISPLfflSI REST Site of Grave Surrounded by Great Wall; High Battlements Raised. Correspond nee of - Associated Pre??. ) CHAXGTKM'M;, Ifonan Province, China, Aug. .fust one year after the movement to ir.nke Yuan hi Kai emperor was formally launched, the body of the dead president was placed on its final resting place near this city , twlay. Tim. site of t he distinguished presi- dent 's grave in surrounded by a great Ffini-eircular wall, surmounted by high battlements. The opening into the wall is similar to the gates of Chinese city wails. It is effectively barred and watch towers flank it on both sides, (jeomaney played an important part in the location of the late president's grave. A famous occult practitioner was summoned from Che King province to select a propitious site for the family fam-ily tomb.- Tins geomancer considered the water currents and the direction of the wind, conditions supposed to play an important part in protecting the de- ' parted souls against evil spirits. 'f After the location had been selected and the walls surrounding the tomb had been erected, a fortune teller was called upon to fix a propitious date for the burial. At (rst August 24 was agreed upon. but. the fortune teller finally declared Mgainst this date, saying it" was celebrated cele-brated clearly a day of double mourning, mourn-ing, and the ceremony was held one day earlier. As a result of this sudden change, T many public officials who came from1 Peking to attend the ceremony were too late. The president 's coffin was first, placed on a. stone platform and then covered with a wooden frame, over which a great mound of concrete was , placed. At the right side of the coffin sufficient space was reserved within the inclosure for another mound, under which the body of Madame Yuan, the deceased president's first wife, will be pjaeed when she dies. f The government granted the -Yuan family $100,000, Mexican, to defray the burial expenses, but Yuan Ko-Ting, the eldest son and representative of the Yuan family, declined to accept this 4 appropriation and insisted upon having all expenses borne by the la to president presi-dent 's estate. |