| Show U THE ANC ENT HOME OF CH I NAS S EMPERORS I T IS 18 well known knon that the PIt Dt tr IT ruler of Chins China are not Chinese but d dc of the Tartan who the The MOA Mongol who had oppressed China for several were finally finAly driven out In Inthe inthe the fourt fourteenth century and after wan wanti ti derl bout about In scattered lands the I of f them made their wa my back I to the original onal hunt ot of their r la II Manchuria In the neighborhood ot of tilt the holy bol city ot of There Ther acv ac I lit to 10 the native legend a great I wu given thema sort ot of phenix tarn born ot of a maiden In hi 11 led the to victory sal annexed the Yalu YaJu region relo about abou I S1 1 F tilt the Japanese J sod a fought t lW fears later in fn after nt d i i and unav attempts l to tall take re Pe rehe he be succeeded In the theMon f Mon northern elt city or of Mukden which the capital lots ran Jean after thu dragon chief 1 t ti 1111 died a greet rebellion broke out In Int t headed hla ed b by l LI 11 unu t Chan tile the former of oC alone sur lur riving II as an Individual my pawn to the lIbl of ar hu has hul that tbt the unavoidable Infer l ones ence Is that Lt LI hung ChAng At nily nil y LI marched upon Peking after r mare thin than a million people Jr loose the waters ot of tb the Creat Till A river rier lie He stormed the walle wallet t I and amI took look the capital driving the pm em emperor f to and thus thul to ton tos s an n end the great reat Jolin sling which hid rd ruled China Ince 1399 itac A woman It is 18 H the cause caUle of Chinas pret pres preto o eat trouble and even u she he my may t bring being trout boIt the downfall of the lint Mant f ebO 10 o allO aiso wu It I a woman t who ho brought it Il Into pow power r Included In tM of PekIng eking among the many I vea wu was a very beautiful slave alave girl who had been presented to Wu Sank i wet wll teen the tron tier at al Thus girl wee given n by J Lt to an officer In Jill his army t anU Wu felt eo 10 resentful that Ir over to 10 th the bag ba end and il x The latter had been trying p tor year earl to get t of Peking f And II the government Wu of ter to com combine bin against his hl former coun l 1 wu was therefore Joyfully accept accepted t ed 00 and troops were wert al onoe to Ie han hal kwa At the Aee tI time t M usurper er LI led s peal t tr pr r ag the place and olt wn bt be t the WI he ant nl to Inform Genet al Wu that hh at aged father whom he held III n he be promptly be It If he It III In hll hie rev reo belU Jill MUty at as Wu 10 loll t 1 the girl more mort M to ered hl hits father ht he reo re refund fund if e t il ol with rh Id 11 and lind so o the old the palate General W Wo was wasso a so 10 intent up upon n kitting hi hie Itch that hl he allowed the take ot of I the ht capital and h he turned hark It II Will was too tat late I Ibey lite hId the fort and have aYe cobUn u to hold It to 10 the day dare U LA LAID sin ID murdered murd cI by the be of h ad I ITh The Th c and t Of roc NIN s r S r r 4 deed t f fi t fit r i 1 t Yes r 0 tit I u f fd 1 1 AT 1 t ft j Tr i d j P W P I T t nUSIA I L j 1 A L OW I I f fI I I I I I I ArP Ca sv S Gatos A e man Inan was In eight lit of both armlets Thur Thill II i said to 10 be Ih the only not nol notable able abl ot of filial Impiety nos the Chinese regard curb an art alt on record However the battle went against Li 11 for just JUil at a crItical moment the Mast MCI t In hills hili swooped down upon hI his cavalry and nd completed the work rork Ut that Wu hd had heron begun The two combIned drove 11 Ide laid before them mile to i ithe the walis 11 ot of Peking behind the tarried only Ion long enough to ex all Wun and pet Itt tire fire to armies tusk lt Peking In the year lH the first emperor em being a buy ot of t 8 who was elevated to the throne by hll hie guardian and regent under the title of He was waa virtually the founder ot of time dynasty which only rot got Its III grip on ChIna through defection ot of the ChIn them themselves t selves and Ind the active assIstance ot of a portion of theIr ann army It h hu no tron stron stronger Ir ger hold today upon the ot of the people than It had IGI 35 t years tArl a ago 10 when WIlM the throne of the eon of leaven came to them b by IN WINTER QUARTERS AT TIEN TSIN s i The accompanying Illustration Letter Jetter thin than mere description the verity of till the winter H In north It shown how a warship In winter quart t prepared l to It a siege etcher of oC an 11 army or ot of the elements After the river over at tsin there is II no hope bope ot of escape until tb the Ice goes IUlI out In the spring for fOl any Iny vessel so 10 u to be aught Mak hi the beat foIt of t the situation tile the sailors lIora or of aU all nationalities tall to and build wails alii ot of mud around their vessels which noon treese and mJ afford protection from further mischief The cold collI Is Intense for tor two or eN three months month but the winter Its I or of short duration ant and Jack Tar Is II released from his hll prison within 11 the mUll mud walls much sooner than he would desire to M be It his hll own Inclinations were consulted On one ma may me today toda the crumbling walls of the at Shan hal kwan ka when the tho great wall oS of ua uan Its Ita m terminus In the Ovate n of the pit gait ot of and lId a railroad run a breach In the thrown up rap 1000 S years yearl ago aro near neu the spot on which tb the oj o othe t the h Wu was Wall beheaded Mukden tb ancient capital and hot r city Of the remains prett much u It existed when It for his hll new appal of 1 IS kin king The city elty contains a population oj o nearly anti and is II td by a great mud wall morn than tea ta mils nil Ir In circuit Within I ii another wailed city the ancient Ill palace lac W loh wa the dwelling place ot of the rul whim when this wu au the capital of Manchuria Four mil mlles fall east ot of the city tb tom tombs be ot of the dragon chits f end and son IOn who lavt 1 In 1611 r the latter Man now practically a poll pee i r p i p t t I I session became the that the Irand grandson on ot of to become the emperor ot of China churla never contained a hundt hund n part of the population ascribed to Chi China China na and Its Ita soldiers were not for bravery or It Its I leader a fur for ata yet through a I t lion Inn of fortuitous circumstances i It e I rulers Imposed upon a coun try Iry bell beaMs which their own is as AI a molt moll mollI I hill hili to a mountain Mukden la II about miles from Port Arthur the eastern tern terminus ot of the tit e railway a portion u f which is II constructed DO though bridge s and are re at present of a tempo temporary rory character The climate Is II rood good I hut but the winters winter art are seven evere The prod ul ot of the surrounding country are Plainly mainly those ot of the temperate zone lODe I and man many ml minerals rall are found In the mountains One OM ot of time the curious sped ped mens ot of a architecture In MUkden II th church a mixture of ot tit t Gothic and Chinese This was VII ream ago when the city was l h center ot of a flourishing mission million It le I there that one sees Mel the typical Tartars Tartar antI and Mongols anti and the ancient costume II rillS arms eye elc which pertained to the ot of the pre Chinese ChIneN verk tl t e CItI ha have been studying the transportation methods of at her friends th the Chinese Chili judging from rom the latest latt for tor military transit trant on the Siberian plains and the border for tor the machine In the Ihu illustration wry very much II a wheelbarrow lu III lilt rase between and Peking It is I not intended for tor hu hur r r loan lIum traction however r like tilt the n nos wheelbarrow but for tor mul mules or hor horses and It Is II claimed that nat a larger toad load can be carried On It In a rough I country than b by meant mars of It any other form torm ot of vehicle The load t I Inn generally placed In a sort lort ot of howdah MUng on antI and attached to 10 the saddle which la II made Inu ot of cater Oller and hard wood according acor to the nature of tb the load whether ammunition forage eye etc Besides serving for tho rapid transport ot of ammunition and military atone the system is well adapted for forthe forthe the conveyance ot of light lIht mountain rune guns which can by this means be brought to the front and placed In positions other otherwise wise wile unAttaInable |
