On either side of the broad street in the ity were lined the soldiers of General who presented a fine appearance, this procession better than any that Peking has witnessed. Behind these Chinese soldiers were officials, gentry, and the Manchu troops and city police, dressed in all the colours of the rainbow. The people, who first crowded the street, were driven into the shops or into the side alleys behind the mat. curtains. As the yellow banners appeared in sight, and the Emperor drew neat, every one knelt on the ground. Here and there a foreigner might have been seen standing with hat itted, though the Ministers at the request of the Foreign Ofice had directed all foreigners to remain off the main street.
Privileged Foreigners, Foreign Office had made arrangements for the fe rs to witness the procession. Three large shops had been set apart for people of the Legations and a few invited guests. They were {able to sit on an open porch on the second floor, in full view of the guished rulers of the land. The Ministers themselves did not avail themselves of the courteous offer, but there were plenty of others. The Em) error himself did not show his face or notice either his own officials or the foreign visitors. The Empress Dowager, however, as she caught sight of a foreigner, held back the curtain of her chair and bowed. Several times she smiled, and in one case, as she saw the wife of a Foreign Minister, whom she had once admitted to audience, she pointed her finger in recognition, and bowed smilingly. At the open court in the Chienmén gateway both
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