The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-15
Sample of Lies Circulated in the
Flowery Kingdom to Delude the
Fanatical Natives.
WORK OF YELLOW" ARTISTS
POSTERS DEPICTING THE ROUT OF
THE s.FOREIGN DEVILS"
Cartoons Tint Are Funny in the Light
of Facts-Talk with n Pesst-
mistfc DIPLOMAT.
Special Correspondence of the Journal.

Special Correspondence Of the Journal
PEKING. Sept. 1.-Have you heard how
we were defeated in China? How we were
trounced. thumped. maltreated. vanquished
and executed?
BY ''we' mean, Of course, the forces of
the allied armies. 1t seems that we have
been woefully neaten and have suffered
ignominious deaths for our presumption in
invading the Mongolian empire. At least
that is the way the Chinese tell it.
1--WE" thought we were winning battle
after battle, breaking into stronghold after
stronghold and driving the yellow devils
before us. reaching Peking and saving the
legations.
I'VE" thought we had this portion of
China whipped and at our mercy I'VE"
expected, after the fall of Picking, that we
would have only to propose terms of peace
and have them eagerly accepted by the
sprinting coolies and their government.
1t seems that ''we' have done nothing of
the sort. The allied troops have suffered
defeat after defeat. I'VE" didn't march
VIGOROUSLY on to Peking. nor did we cap
ture the capital. China's brave men were
too much for US. At Taku our ships were
blown up. At Tfen-Tsin we were roundly
whipped. Though we afterward tried to
march upon Peking our men were ruthless
ly slaughtered. Every battle in which we
entered resulted in our awful defeat
AS have written above. this is the way
the Chinese tell the story. Moreover, count
less numbers of the allied troops fell into
the hands of the Chinese. All these civilized
victims were ruthlessly butchered by the
yellow captors. That's another phase Of the
Chinese narration.
We who were with the allied forces were
under a sad delusion in fancying that We
were winning battles. Every battle was
won by the Chinese. There can be no doubt
OF IL, for numerous copies of Chinese
posters have fallen into hands, and in
them we see depicted in pictures and letter
press the fun story of how we were
whipped. In other words. the Chinese have
been up to their old tricks of lying. They
have circulated broadcast throughout the
empire colored Autographs which show the
various kinds of defeat they have inflicted
upon US. These Autographs are works OF
art-from a Chinese standpoint They are
printed in all the gaudy colors known TO
the yellow artist These Autographs all de-
pict the foreign devils in full retreat be-
fore ridiculously small bodies OF Chinese
troops. On each Iithograph is printed I'm
Chinese hieroglyphics a circumstantial ac-
count Of how the foreign invaders were de-
feated.
Nor is ii merely defeat that is protrayed
I'm these Chinese Autographs The allied
troops. in addition 10 suffering every fate
OF war. are shown as enduring all the ig-
nominitles that an ingenious yellow mind
could devise.
Now let US go back 10 the beginning OF
this idea. The world knows the whole
story OF the march of the allied armies
from Taku-with some days OF annoyance
at Tien-Tsin-to Peking, Those OF the
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