Delightful-Minx

MUKDEN, CAPITAL OF THE FENGTIAN PROVINCE AND MANCHURIA, OCTOBER 17, 1924. Central Station. It was just before six in the morning when the imperial train approached the Central Station. Everyone in the massive building of red and white bricks was running around like crazy: to keep the secret, the decorations were being assembled at the last minute. The national flag of 1889 (a yellow pavillon with a blue dragon chasing a red pearl) was hoisted on an improvised flagpole mounted on the top of the central dome. On the platform, a marching band tuned the instruments, and mandarins dressed in their colorful robes with gold-embroidered squares show