Peking, Nov. 30.
The Imperial Household in its preparations for the young Emperor's wedding tomorrow, has been making a vigorous campaign for "face." A few days ago a -representative from the Palace went to the Ministry of the Interior and announced that the bridal process sion would enter the great south gate of the Forbidden City, the T'ien An Men, which has not been used by the Imperial family since 1912, The representative wanted to know whether the Government would raise objections or not. The Ministry did object, saying that the renewed use of thiy gate for an Imperial procession would be equivalent to the Government's recognition of the full Imperial status of Hsuan Tung and his bride, who 's a daughter of a former Tut'ung of the Imperial Banner. The Ministry suggested that the procession enter the Forbidden City by the orth gate, the Ti An Men, which is ordinarily used by visitors to the Emperor and his family, and which has always been used by Imperial funeral processions.
To this the representative raised the strongest objections, one practical plea being that the narrow roadway between the Ti An Men and the Coal Hill had several sharp turns in it and that the bridal chair was so big that it could not negotiate these corners. The officials of the Ministry refused to recon-gider the suggestion of opening tha ien An Men to the bride, but said that if the Imperial family could persuade the President that they had a right to this honour, the President could certainly order the} Ministry to open the gate and no-
The President was therefore apshing more would be said about it. proached but he refused to override the Ministry's decision, so at last a compromise was effected and it was decided that the bride should enter the East gate, the Tung An Men, from which she could still approach the great throne halls and the inner living quarters of the Palace from the south and escape the indignity of coming in at the back door.
It is said that a limited number of foreigners will be invited to attend the ceremony and that Mr. Ku Hung-ming has been appointed to receive such visitors on behalf of the Emperor.
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