| Show M w H I y UNCLE UN r C L E SAM S A M IN 1 N P PEKIN E KIN Luo li DOUR OUR R ARMED TRAINED TRAIN MINISTER GUARDS D R ASSISTANTS TO AND CHINA i A HIS hiIS HIS j t I I I 1 i I I I i f n t with Ith mi mf miP h loW tower AMY above Pr P h I th h i M n and look tl I g I ul III n the Ih home hom of ot l o II II in the th Ih ki kir I v f r I t I IT te the IIII e end r i it r ex r nd ft in the Ihl very 1 hurt heart i I t I I W are en 68 f feel 11 1 I t I li b un u t I r rIt I tie vast CI I en d 1 fi h over or It s which pooh form the Ih he two IWO I I 1 line I 1 s S h the south Turning ung J t ha Il ln with wilk UK Its II 1 and tie er r a hlo tor Ir ra of Heaven 1 I 1 1 the little 00 III IIII 1 Isa r I 1 I n r rw I I d sa I on 0 hla hl hi Y i k I n pi It I r rid n rt there th Ih r he ht heK terra t K a rm tai 0 thC th nation nallon h t In n ti rn I the north forth A Wo o 0 or s r Tartar city lt It Itt Its t I hidden in a 55 forthe for forMil Mil 1 the temples tem k show 1 i ih 11 iv le and ami 01 I III The u i net Jill cI It gi not It II mid and a 1 s u I It the tho aide Id hi road IOB I If l f iv Pink ok Forbidden City elty It a I nt nab i of o th lh Imperial the Ihl baby err m It ii t 1 n t I that I 1 t there surrounded by byi I and pig I i 1 n for l I W That Thill American ur n i lie de u uJ UK l h iu h s tar arnd a bell ball bells bellI J u IJ Hud and the lie Ih s I II d to ti I tho th m IB le not nol 1001 u I 11 tor toro of t the th polo e rooN rorI r rInd o f I and the Ih tower f r rg Ind P II nn II I m 1 out nul the Ih r g hit hl I road Just Ju blow below us uio II 1 I i linT l IO ge a It II In Is I th Ih hlf hh t Il lh I fn 11 f 0 s T way y to n ne te see hi hii hIe his i e must walk tinder IT tr site al IN 1 n It part of tf the he I dla lr Ir 1 r 11 HI i nt TO PITY tin lu M u v u to In th II 1 I st t I 1 I dung tIn this thin Stall nail In lo Inn loi u i i I 1 to 0 the h n Hide Ide hI street n r r I 11 II R rate ate until unto It i 1 ih h 10 ce be bo beu t j 1 t u ir I a mil nn long inns and 1 i TI r i rg nil a r In Int s t r fl d l and I p l jis T r q n i Hall nn as ft an as ft r In p de II sod 01 so sn In wide that SO JO SOu JOU u i l in ii I h it rea t upon Us its It l st s n I th oh h south southern bound t 1 a 1 several t I 1 i 1 i ts ul III away aw ry Y after r dil n 11 l of nt all 11 chine t A i i 1 t inn rn It II and n t I I t 1 and there If to hn n ni r i nag I the I h whole north boundary puling Ih the linx tin PI i MI III Fining rising this wn no in ni b h 1 Chines houses hou from 11 chi h th Ih the natives shot hot it t the Ih t e 11 Iii In and nn the northern I p pR R 1 e wh whets hert re WP we so I lIn l I In the J legs lion 1 Ih tin city it wan 11 the th mi iii t ir r U p Ili In the th w world ii l to it lilt Its In i of s Iu It 11 uv u 01 IH literary r ry treaSUres I nf of r n AI t sit tins Inn the Ih hones art U It 1 0 In n tin II Iii Id attempt attemptIng Hip Ing to drive anal aMit It the Ih arc ilm I bs l to tin P hart MIt And amt the th inks mok We all cli know k to I history of If that oil h n i u n wecH the Lie lives of ut Hi tic II l inn fins nol nil iii hung by n ft the ed and lint a i t saved by the Ih tro troops n m marr n r lung h nl In Into i ito to At Al Ih the leer clow o he the t 01 6 that Ihal uth H It song Mild mesa happen heppen and It nd it was a Ih I I c 11 th of Ity et of today AN CAM AMI hat would you ou think of 0 a KIH giu IC armed camp with 0 i l by soldiers and surrounded il bi b walla In III the very try heul haI I ul i II L LI HII H or r fh Th n I what th the legation city I ho In l Pek Th rectangle I have haf d 11 m Is It ml 11 up lip lipof of It many man nailed 1111 a compound coni ouno Kuh i h lies hll Its Iti It I own 1 ion grounds and ach eh net et of r ground 1 I Iown own walla 1111 about It The rh Noll 11 the American are III at t Ino t 12 fe feet tHI t In height and the use all of if r sno 11 of 01 the others are M to wide Hide Ille that Ihal tin the KI sod 01 illers mare march mar h upon them Ih The TIlt city It i f Iut cut ut up UI by b streets Hel which hid cross croni cro one another r at l right angle angles going KollIg through them one on Ides Id t where here between n thew the e high wallo walla The h 8 to 10 the Ih aro as ar through h great J l doors door which lire are hatred barred after nightfall end and In front of or each door a soldier stands guard some Rome of ff the Ihl entrances are I beautifully orna ornamented 1 with hue hUIlt marble linn Ilona on ped pedestals atala 11 The Th solders usually stand between be M between Mt tween wn t the lion Ilona II or Just Junt outside then and aDd one sees see uniform after uniform a ahe as ashe he walks walk through the Ir The Tit Thep p nations nf of Europe hae has ha p their representative here and the Ih soldiers of ot each legation have hate hll their own 1111 dress One sees sea e the tbt r k In his hla hI fur rap up es p lout Jong coat tOt and nd high toots boot the Japanese In III khaki kt the French rench J i officer looking an as hough u IK w rune carne from a R hex and an 1 I at al the Iho h 1 t lest If ion the 1 who march to 10 the tice th sauna round of the bagpipes bagpipe an as they ito Iff through the th streets In n all n there thre are Rrt more moM than then I O soldiers and nd officer In charge of or thin this camp t am They are lire tried tn men n and ready rendy to shoot at command Esh h lega leittl legation legeIon Ion tion has haa quarters quarter for It ins soldier old i and ha R It own ammunition anti and guns Ia as well eU as stores of or food tood Ip ear IR ot or a alene siege lene U CLR SAM IA I TUB KEY In the et of defene of oc this thin little e 6 r y e F FI 1 I I 8 o 0 0 o 0 I 8 I f sir sirI 0 I g 8 8 g gI w r 1 1 NH Y tJ pt e I t sV 1 fc o g op 0 0 o 8 p o 0 7 1 j i 0 o 0 o 0 0 i 8 c m 0 r a o 1 0 1 f fC C t ro lh J UNCLE SAMS HEADQUARTERS H IN PEKIN I r Tin Th Ih i bt Vank allt at Rt If wr rr n aw w world city lam ha h th HI I moat Important jN M Th rh n of ot the legation e have their wn own places which hh they Ih are I to take Ik charge of ot In case ta of siege lige 11 Th rc la Is I a H secret scheme of ren and this thin in is i from week to week k by the Ih commanders commander who h meet inset anti and tarns It a ahat as to lu what hat hi tit r lm nh s hould arlt In Ito the event of f a n rebellion the senior commander would t iw M chosen o duct chief and one of nf our lOur officer would Ort to 10 him aa as aid aidA Id AJ AI A It t I Is now the Ihl States ma marine marine marines rine rines have hav the most moat strategic position and practically hold the Key N tn to the Ih de defense fenee tn It I Is their duty dut to 11 guard f th the great groat wall all at al th Ih west e t end nJ of or the th legit lega I Ilion legation lion tion city dl They Th parr have two the run running rung nine from th the middle of or the III south smith wanto wan wall wanto to the th Men Men lien gate gale 1 It while hll the lot Her Herman Orman lotman man guard nam the remaining MItlon of t that wall running to the I h sate gate tt K ch haa ha b Ita Ile I la own guardhouse and nd d our matinee marine march mIh up and down this wall all day and night A As darkness approaches they the the Iron gates gate 1 which off or the tile wall Mick back of ot the legation Illon from fron lt It its extension around the city A s sergeant and three hrH men are always Iway on aft guard two of or these thene t remain tamn In the guardhouse and relieve each dh other r from watch to watch wath Our marines are re not allowed to talk while on duty but hut standing hero here beal beside l them thorn we wt can en easily ally 11 see how ho they oom mand mend tilt low whole city cIt They have artil antt artillery lery Iry on oil the wan wall and a greet great 1 store storehouse ore house hoiMe ho of powder and other ammunition Inside It Tables T have hay been made mad which give the of every important r tant point In the QUArter slid and lId of ot the th Chinee and Tartar from the tale rate of ot Chien Men and with the Ib these tables table our ur marin have the whole hole city ell at their mercy metY They Ther ran pan shell our any building of ot the palace and all alt of ut to great grell government departments department They ully eaily send end balls ball Into th the T Tempt m l of Heaven H ad d with red hut hot buthot hotshot shot hot Illey Ikey c could euld In a n very v ry short alert nor time reduce the whole city elt to aches lII h hAl I At Al present th tw the force of Sara SIm Sarala la is tea lUll than that of ot some nomo other nations nation W We Ve have hav only ISO marines mariner while hll the Germans and French have hav navy many more mare mo The total foreign force torce in n north China L is over 0 OM but hut a large part pari of ot It U is I at al and The north China foreign troops troop tr Cl e at are 21 ll IZ Austrians n nISO I ISO Americans M Jt Jk f I an and over w 00 Brillh In addition to 10 1500 Indian Sikh The French have almost almot and the Japan Jvan e n Ra nas many man There are re Ormen 2224 Italians Italian US In Ru Russians ian find and I t I Dutch Duth WUL WIIL TUB TilE BE SE R toRl Within the I he put past few t moot months the ne Ru Ro a clans alan h ha hate c I some som of their guards Hum and th UI the J e have il dc vr d their force fare by 11 Bono of r the 11 diplomat think that tha th 1 I is only a pU ploy II to the tho Ih hin w roes They want main to I soak make the naU believe that they th ore are anxious to tn remove mf thili par from a which the tho Ih e d outly nosh l h Th Thi w withdrawn mean nothing not hH r us as asboth both Run and hit lard lara fortes force tort In I rei It th JlII ns s In his Manchuria and put thousand t oi m troop Into by b mesas mean of th Ih rail Mil Milrod toad rod on a B iou i ou lc day nolle Indeed the thi U general opinion here hr is III that the lIMn will null III I iv re r d but hul that UI tic tl torn time IH la not nol i t ripe rile lun 1111 of ot the Ih say aay they Ih will send nd their wives and rd daughters dau away wy froth MM Ks soon salti UK UM I Ih the hi guards are ar ordered to I pave I JuU Jun how Thou ThouIs hl In Is like Ilk a and the tor Ih whole Nook It I is oho tho th ease raar with which the Ih baby b was w put ut on Oil the th thione the Ih wee was on al tin the edge of H s en at th Ih time II tho th hi em emM nl M 1 du died and amid had bad u a a filch hh then IMn occurred among mon the he nn un thi Ih Y Yuu U ts I not nul been n put putdown down by a very r else might has ha been a civil 1111 11 war 11 which would uhl hate bate h wiped out I all 11 the Ih foreigners In III Hi th Interior At AI that let time linN our mis ml on n the tIlt KIn Kiang foi ho but a pant Hum huh hul In Ir sight end and we w bad hail to t ask the th Brit to 10 protect praise them Wince ounce ho n to have hll oe lern n wilt vent t to lO the e fO the eh ho MIX and lintS they Ih tile well all nuns nuu nu nube b be kil Ih I hI m I 1 understand that our it v I kin does nut not I consider tin lit a 1 n all but Im net 1111 Ham will III do d I cowl lo In make surely Y suu Ut Utby by y maintaining our ur 1111 In III China fur tor lire Ill to I come IN IS TILE T K i ore I t write of t the thO i I II branch Ih of I III II h ae H s 11 is lane h I would like Ilk IlkI to I tell 11 you In h hoc our r live Ih In Inkin P kin kill to hi The Thet t Its h II In to th thI the ehe I f lu One Oil slurs nir lIr a form th lh the watts J II of Hi tho end ad t of u the II lb tI I i I Ili h being hIti In Ho shuy Bin nui In 11 h ine us north I i 1 i ole Hh t u oi 01 in urI i The TIM have e sep ner seple n 11 tie le t l for BUn Mt re r runis nn kit hn hens In n slid ami I u shit hc s labs I reading moon loom n and on J Hw the th shine the th bye lIy have hale hll a w fairly good goal time III IIII I Ih MUM hau h t No o u di d Ills III day da and 1141 to t tI s of 10 to I tulle mile 11 or e wry every ver week wk wr k klu I to lu kV them In In ht They rho fhe he hose Parades 1 it I ul and d till u It i ho a ahad tho l ro fo III III n d Th rho nn n take uk part tarl oart III fl hd 11 a i nt t i with the Ih II 0 Ii r K unit aid retell null wh M W Mey they have h it s yearly me isle III I 1 n the lh I l I ego gt lion compound und ul at I hi hl h It In lb aM soldier d dall l r lall all 11 th lh legation s IK Sus r rt In th the l levent sent event nl ul this kl I un nu met men II II d l ln 1111 t phew pI std and ML 1 I s II Yen veil tin th bm h n f baneu bel i h nas N Iii I the I f fh h hel d of ur the ItI II n nw isle I at I Vu ton toil lu Tin flit s w I i uniting lIln l Ili Ih abet t lt and lilt the th I lUll UK oil 01 oilI I IIII Yo III 11 I I IM I 1 Ise t l U ual I t I ii I I Hi IA II n Ii f K t ill II I 1 1111 h 10 toga I r It jj rS t S I roil rU i nui oho Ii hI li I i 1 i Ii I Hi ih i tui t in 1 i Iii I n Ing I i lid lief d dI in ini lt i ti i I II 1 1 in n H a h Ili IliP li I i if f P I me nie i r li I in men en 1 1 hai t t 8 K If Km KI I I m rug I U p r ts awl aud 1 i n 14 K It ta 1 Dai ha l I lI law I in 11 1 ii 1 h l I ho ie iet iii 1 t il Ii I t III III II aas ht til chi com ll comIa lII l Ia nuni un 1 that th U lien tiro 0 La old o Id 11 u war lIr s r horse UV H Hi He H was aa brought hera Il r from Manila at the Ihl time of or the tho Ih I J rr r i 1 nna II afterward af tor 1 sand kepi lit t as ft a a I he Iw heIng IwI beIn Ing In I III fp rest l and anti exen 11 1 but bUI not nul allowed allow to In t n work The ohl old horse borne went where he lit seed I e d climbing rl now flow nn and then th the tice wide pathway which leads lead to tn th the wall all of r the tilt Tartar Tatar city Ity sod am feeding un on th the la lagrass grass 10 which hleb y grow In the cricks crack of or the at al it its top Within the pans tow few fe months month the old teda eye Y hay have M keen bests falling and nd a few r welca w ek k ngo go he h became blind The Th other d v he h walked ton too toni i stoic lose to tn the edge d of t the wall un and fell over er and was waa killed Olin BUILDING And now nD let me tell lell you yu about the Iho legation I la I the Ih out of or Uncle Sam oems home nod and our Ir troop are a ane pent ne here her to guard It U Th The compound of 1 which th Ihl the barrack form torm the Ih w WI west WIn western t tern ern n end d contain about aboul 10 II as ra res r It la is surrounded on t two o 0 sides aide Id by b a brick wall 1111 IS 12 11 feet teet In height which th Ih the wall wail of ot tHe Tartar city rity adjoin at the Ih south It face the roadway roAda the Ih hones hlll used to call 11 th the street tre Ir t of or the Ih subject nation In their effort efton to make mak the tho natives native believe that all Ihl foreign governments paid tribute to Pekin In inthis this Ihl compound there Ih are ar flue five largo lit which have hu been put PUI up I since the Ih siege el Each Fach I Is of two I stories hullt built of ot gray 1111 brick faced stone atone after a K simple but beautiful style tyl They are the residence of or our minister and hi ht secretaries and the rh chancery of nr the Ih le to 1 The ministers house h u I Is III the largest large It heM has a n wide of or orn ione n and brick fa facing Ing the lh compound with lIh It H double portico o upheld by b stun stone al pillars at the side aide Id The Th teems are firo all II large largs and nd well adapted to the entertainments of ot a live social Ial 1 Uc center tr such is ta the Iga I ion city oft la Ia I They are beautifully fur noshed containing many mAll curio url and ran n bits bit of ot art collected Oll d by Ity the Iho minister The hanging are largely lar embroideries th the floor covering coverings rare nar rugs from Persia and Turkey Turk Against one wall aU of 01 the largo large drawing ra room lO m I Is what might be called a II dual dUll I throne with a table between rh s consists of two I immense Chinese a eats at t such h aa s th the highest |
