A CURIOUS CEREMONY
Some curious particulars are given by a Home paper of the arrival of the Chinese Plenipotentiary,Marquis Tseng at Berlin, on his way to the Russian capital. His suite consisted of three secretaries, three attaches, a physician, an interpreter, and thirteen servants ; and he occupied the same appartments in the Kaiserhof Hotel, in which Lord Beacons field resided during the Congress. He was received at the station by Li-Fong Pao, the Chinese Ambassador at the German court, and on arriving at the hotel the two Ambassadors went through the ceremon}' of saluting each other. They folded their hands, fell on their knees, and threw themselves on the ground with outstretched arras. The doors of the room were then closed, and the Ambassadors remained together for about half an houur, after which the doors were opened and the members of the two embassies saluted each other in the same manner as their chiefs. They also exchanged their visiting cards which are strips of red paper a foot long and a half foot broad.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2367, 18 October 1880, Page 3
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174A CURIOUS CEREMONY South Canterbury Times, Issue 2367, 18 October 1880, Page 3
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