The age-herald., 1900-10-15
PRINCE CHING HAD
 A COLD RECEPTION
Made Official Visit to the For-
 eign Legations.
MUCH LOOPING CONTINUES
Some Enterprising Americans Have Made Large Sums of Money by the Sale of Fine Goods
 Captured in Pekin

Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Pekin, September 7.-Prince Ching, who visited the foreign ministers yesterday did not receive that cordial reception he seemed | to expect. At the British legation the first one he visited. the demeanor of Sir Claude 1 Macdonald was chilly in the extreme and the visit occupied no longer than five min- utes.
 Princes Ching was in his Sedan chair, borne on the shoulders of eight gorgeously apparelled servants, preceded by four Chi nese officials of high rank, each wearing the insignia of the peacocks feather repre- sentative of Japanese cavalry acted es- cort and guard. From the British legation the cavalcade went to the German legation. but were refused admission to the grounds, being informed by the Chinese interpreter of the legation that the representatives of the Emperor of Germany were not receiving so- cial calls at present from Chinese officials. At the Spanish legation, where also the French minister resides, as his residence was destroyed, the call only lasted twelve minutes, and at the Austrian hardly as long.
 At the Russian legation over an hour was spent. From there the American legatio was visited. Here the prince was received by MT. Conger and the members of the le- gation. The prince told MT. Conger that he felt ashamed to look him in the face, but that personally he had done all In his power to prevent the catastrophe that had oc- cured, but the force of events had proved too much for him. Ching said that he had merely come to pay visit of respect to an old friend.
 Japan Opposed to Division
 It Is stated on reliable authority that at the Japanese legation Ching was informed that Japan was utterly opposed to any di- vision of China by the powers, and that both England and America would stand by her in this demand, that China would have to pay very heavily for the trouble that she had caused, but that it would not be loss of territory
 It is now believed here that the settle ment of the situation will be made by international commission, either at The Hague or Washington, at which China will not be represented. If the opinion of high officials here can be taken as guide, Russia, Germany, France and possibly Italy, are in favor of division of China
 
 while England. America and Japan will de- mand the open door policy heavy in demnity and for a long period the policing of the country by an international force. The concensus of opinion of the American and British ministers and generals is that seldom if ever in the history of the world has any city been more completely footed and gutted than Pekin, and it is mainly of mol Nbaf md the British general Gazelee, that the Sacred City itself has not suffered the same fate In fact most of the members of the embassies their families and even the missionaries think that great mis- take was made in not footing 1t and burn ing it to the ground.
 They argue that if all the property of the merchants. bankers, pawnbrokers and even the houses of the very poor have been footed and burned, why should the proper ty of those mainly responsible be saved and held sacred for their future use.
 selling Captured Articles
 It is an every day sight to see soldiers, camp followers and members of the riff raff that is following the army, selling all sorts of things, particularly the silver shoes which were used as cash, valued at $7 Slo, s3O and s5O according to weight. Hundred dollar watches were selling for two-thirds of their value and other things accord ingly.
 The proprietor of a Pekin hotel has bought, it is stated, silver worth over quarter of a million dollars at cost or less than $50, GOO. The Sikh soldiers have done a lot of trading in silver, buying from the Russians cheaply and selling at profit. An ex-street Arab from New York has made clear 5000 with capital Of nothing except unlimited cheek and no scruples whatever on the subject Of his right to loot. ,,,
 Auction sales take place at the British legation every afternoon of footed goous turned in by the troops, but the prices are high. fetching sometimes more than the things are actually sold for in the stores in normal times.
 Major Waller has in his possession vast amount of stiff, large portion of which has been taken from looters. General Chat- fee has not yet decided with regard to it's disDosition, but it will probably be sold at auction.
 American soldiers have not been ofecial- lv allowed to loot but only to forage which means that parties have gone cut daily over the American quarter and col lected the things most needed by sza troops, such as bedding, furniture for camp