The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-27
HOW TOD|SARM THE CHINESE
PROBLEM THAT NEW coNFRoNrs
THE ALLIED FORCES.
king and Tientsin Favored by an
American Military Expers-rhe
Moral Eject Moatd He Great.

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Moral Eject woaid He Great.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
TIENrsfN. China. Oct. i9-Tee pro-
pcsal ~ France, contained Ia her reply %
the German note regarding the Chinese
settlement. 20 level the fnrtincstions from
PeAtnE to the SEA-, and prohibit the iHa-
portatien Of arms. has attracted much
favorable causmeni here. In tacs the
proposition 10 destroy toe fortincations in
the north IS sim. ay vuicing formally an
other which has heen freely discussed BY
military men In his seetioh They have
openly advocated such steps as a military
precaEtirn. 10 the event that only leEa-
tion guard IS left here. Naturally the
ieveiine OF the walls - Picking and
Tisnisin. and tho destruction 81 the fortl-
ficatians az the mouth Of the rivers IL not
10 be considered 50 long as the allies oc-
cupy this province, bot Il seems 10 be the
general belief that such step would be
necessary should the army OF occupation
withdraw.
The fertincations at Peking have been
fully described in the Associated Press
dispatches. and their value from the usili
tary point OF view as well as the moral
effect they have on the Chinese. Is well
Understood ftfrr IN tAtfffraH the Sefh1i-
items are practically the same though on
a smaller scale Around tha native city
Is brick wall some thirty feet in
height. backed with banked dirt, of al
most the consistency Of adobe. varying
IN thickness from ten to twenty feet. It's
few gates are lowered and 81 great thick
ness, and, as wsN hs remembered. made
hard lighting for the allies. To the SOUTH
west this brick wall presents Solid
tss.lr ~ .f..as
lures near the top, 70 the plains and
marshes which cnetrcle the city. Out
side Of Il cluster groups % huts Some
OF the huts are bull; close To the brick
wall. the wall itself forming the rear
partition, and beyond them lie pools
stagnant and foul and weedy marches
formed by the seepage from the river,
which IS some feet above the level OF the
country.
An American officer ~ high rank and
experience. dating from the civil war. and
who has closely observed the foEtlscations
around Tientsln. said 30 the oorrespun-
dent Of the Associated Prcssi
should he Levei~d.
These walls and outlying huis, having
hundreds OF people amid foul surround
INKS, should be ieveied before the present
occupation endS- Il II believed 20 be a
sanitary and military Necessity. From
-
the Chinese place value on these am
client bot stiii efficient works, far beyond
their military value They regard them
as protection in event % further trou-
BILE and look upon the fact that they are
stun intact as evidence Of the foreigners
weakness -
The sanitary phase Of the matter has
also been discussed. but In the present
disturbed and unsettled conditions Il has
not been able 80 crystalline itself into
action. II has been proposed 20 use the
debris from the wallis 10 I'LL In the msr-hy
pools and 70 reconstruct wide and straight
theToughfares 10 place of the present
narrow Chinese alleys. As conditions are
now, however, there Is no one 20 take the
initiative. The provisional government Of
the native city does nei feel warranted In
taking any steps. particularly AZ the pro-
iect contempiates a heavy expenditure Of
funds
In the several large forts on the banks
Of the Petho river and In Ttsntsin there
are very strong works which did most ~
the damasc during the bomhsrdment.
T'hat they VIII eventually be destroyed Ia
believed "a he more than probable. al
though the International aspect ~ such
radical action has been taken into consld-
The me forts At Taku also mus, hc dis.
posed II. and already the military men
here ARE discussing the minor phases
which must enter into shc settlement.
Importation of Arms.
The French proposal 10 prohibit tho i'm.
I fHtffAffNn Nl ARMS mas AlNH NFtH conn,
I nensea China has been a rich field FOR
( the sale ~ arms ard ammunition and u
- impossible % even approximate the
I number ~ guns which have been sofi
Z here In the past Sen ~ fif,een years ia
addition 10 those immense quantities al
arms ard ammunition have seen MANU-
featured in the great &fseuals ~ Tienisin
This ~ nns 81 the largest and most coru.
I ri.tt, military utsnfs IN tae World and its
fine machinery has been matter ~ much
interest N the efItcerN - The allied
forces.
II d reported that she Ru~Niana wnl
occupy the arsenal are Ferlpving much Il
tbs machinery ard shipping u - Pert
Arthur. This. however, cannot he cen
( Tee wsxl arsenal. which. with the mint
eaa taken and = held 10 the Tinted
( states 8arces n = military xtorNrnuw
+ and n, ere ssnt time q military rtlFinsify
shap As reitga ard cafl@s. tiss wespeu.
81 hnias are prcfa6sy worth mote 'har
an equal uunahoP ~ wla3ern Nsnsii arms
though a larss quantity q eofaneraiiss ls
fe@ eieeee wtSr found tssIs ssNF'efs.'a'
are stored iu the Nsreyaurus. rested ans
almost useless from tack - care AlFnae1
a. many hreeeh-leading @suNsf oartsfse'
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