Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19
FOREIGNERS IN SHANTUNC.
Chez Foo Is Mainly European. But All
Americans at Tung Chow.
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Che Foo. the bustlins. go-ahead port on
the Shantung promontory, off which the
recent conflicts between the Chinese and
japanese have been taking place, may
be described as a place which would Nil
the heart OF an Anglomaniac with JOY.
There is an indescribable English flavor
TO everything. \ private school for the
sons of foreign residents Is divided into
forms like Rugby or Harrow, instead
of into Glasses" People take "tifiin' in
stead Of lunch In the middle of the day.
During the height Of the season one
might almost fancy himself at Newport,
when visiting earl or duke has impaired
pronounced insular hue TO that locality.
Here Is a ladies' tennis match In full swing
on the firm turf which the Englishman
likes TO plant wherever he goes, to re-
mind him of the lawns at home: there
comes a party of men mounted on diminu-
tive polo ponies, returning from a turn
or two on the field. Down in the various
settlements are exceedingly cosy clubs,
where you may meet any one. from le-
CATION official 10 European clerk, in
the corps OF the Chinese custom service.
There are calls and o'clock teas and
hops and lawn-lantern fetes. During the
season the round OF gaiety is well filed
out
Notwithstanding the apparent monopoly
of the place by the Europeans, the
Dragon OF China sleeps with one eye
open. On this point commanding the en-
trance to the harbor. Is formidable forth
fication, within which are barracks and
a large arsenal. Modern-rified cannon
stick their forbidding muzzles through
embrasures, while the bugle, which has
taken the place of the barbaric tom-tom.
L.. 10 a. ~.
ing OF the latest approved form of Eu-
ropean tactics. That the Chinese military
authorities regard the Shantung promon-
tory as AN important strategic point is
proved by the fact that ever since the
early eighties, at the time OF the war;
scare with Russia, over the disputed
Kuldja territory, a force Of 10000 soldiers
has been kept in this vicinity. The bulk
or the troops are massed at Tung Chow,
the district capital. fifty miles along the
coast.
A CHINESE EXECUTION.
Taken as a whole, the administration Is
active and effective. The discipline Is
sharp. A soldier caught red-handed In a
robbery and murder on board junk in
the harbor at the time the writer was
living at Tung Chow. was promptly con-
demned to be beheaded, after half an
hours trial. The trial took place one af-
ternoon, and the execution the next day.
On the morning following a procession
was formed, consisting OF half dozen
lictors. with large whips. a military off,
Ger on horseback, and the condemned
man in q large wicker crate, slung 10
q pole, and carried by four coolies. The
condemned had his hands tied behind
his back. and. the same cord fastening
his feet. he was so cramped that his only
comfortable position was kneeling. Fast
ensd in his hair was placard bearing
his crime and sentence. On the floor OF
the crate, In front Of him. was the
bucket In which his head was intended to
fall. For two or three hours he was
borne through the main streets Of the
city, that all might see and profit by the
spectacle. He was then carried to the
parade ground. where the execution was tc
take place. Probably 10000 people had
gathered there. Even the city walls. an
eighth of q mile away, were throneed.
The condemned man knelt on the turf
in the middle Of the square, his head
bent forward and neck well stretched