The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-09
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w. Kai Kee. who has traversed the
route between Tien-Tsin and Pekin sever
al times, having gone from South China
by the grand canal. says OF the country:
Near Tien-Tsin II is waste of marsh
es. with lagoons and wandering rivers.
The Chang Ho. the Hun Ho and smaller
streams join the Pei IIo somewhere I'm
this mesh. but are very much confused
About the city to the north are rice fields
and gardens.
Beyond these are the marshes across
which the railway Is built on an embank-
ment. made OF bamboos driven into the
earth. the space between the two rows
being filled in.
AT Pei Tsang the first good ground Is
found. IL is sixty II (twenty miles) from
the town. The newspapers have much
misstated distances because the Chinese
miles are one-third of English miles.
Here are great rice fields stretching
for many miles, with embankments built
by the province along the river which is
very crooked and with earth paths rum
ming every few yards through the rice.
The water being very low. these paths
and entertainments would make natural
trenches for fighting.
'Only on boats I'm the river or along the
railway can artillery be used.
THE LAST PLACE OF MUD.
For twenty miles here and all about
Yung Sung Yang Tsun). which means
Dust and Mud are mud flats, which at
this season are drying and baked The
last summer | was along the road VIC Of
ten had to lie down and cover up our
heads while the dust storms went by.
1T is as bad to march through as
mud Is where the low hills. covered with
grass. begin to rise, and the country
from there on to Pekin Is fine and roll
ing, with many villages, rich farms and
gardens.
Before Lafa Sang Is reached there is
not one stone as big as n mans fist.
which is natural to the ground and not
one tree as high as a man to be seen any
where. II the soldiers stay long enough
near the rivers, which in the summer
time have an awful smell they will next
month become I'll with fever and very
many will die.
There are not many people living be-
tween Lafa Sang and Tien-Tsin except
the Chinese whom the railroad keeps TO
work on the track and TO watch ~ so the
water. which sometimes flows two differ
ent directions within an hour, Will not
carry. away mile OF II some day.
~ MI bsisibN T. iiE iiNO 10 Lips
The state department. has no informa-
tion from General Goodnow relative to
the alleged protest lodged by him against
the landing of British troops at Shang-
hal.
Department officials express the opinion
that Mr.. Goodnow would not take such n
step without consulting the authorities
here.
FIVE PRIESTS KILLED
Lyons, Aug. 9--The Catholic Journal
announces new massacres and disaster
10 the mission I'm the southeast OF the
province of Pc Chi II. IL says that FIVE
priests have been A.lled.
RUSSIANS KILL CHINESE.
Vancouver. b.. c., Aug. "a remarkable
story was brought by the steamer En-
press OF Japan 10 the effect that a num-
ber OF Russian ox-ofhccrs and privates
from Siberia had Joined the ranks OF the
Boxers, and that having reason to suspect
the fidelity OF their Chinese transport
coolies, the Russians had killed 200 of the
Chinese. and then loaded their bodies
into a junk. which they set on fire and
sent drifting down the Pei IIo.
The story Is published with n number
or corroborative details ia a number OF
oriental newspapers.
Many Chinese now say that Prince
Tuan. the rebel emperor. II not n member
OF the Imperial clanatan. lie Is supposed
Co bc the son OF the NTH Prince Tuan.
but 10 Is known 20 many I'm Pekin that he
is the supposititious son,his mother being
a nurse I'm Prince Tuan's family. BY coll
luslon with Prince Tuan's wife tho child.
who is now Prince Tuan. was introduced
as the Princess son. Though a Manchu.
he Is not OF imperial descent II this story
be true.