New-York tribune., 1900-08-13
THE PASSING THRONG.

Andrew Murray. Of Chicago. who is sunuerf,,
at Ocean City y. J.. has spent good deal OF tina
in China. where ne has large bust
THE DELAY ness interests. When seen at tbs
IN THE Everett House yesterday Mr
MARCH ON Murray said. in speaking of the
PEKING. present outlook IN the East. .sr
cannot understand for one tbinv
the continued naction and failure OF the allied
Powers. and especially OF America While the
march to Pekng from Ten-Tsin Is only about a
hundred miles. it will be extremely dia.cr1l.
tedious and possibly long drawn out one The Chi
will unquestiOnably interpOse such DELAYS ana
obstacles they can They will blow I'd the
bridges food much Of the country as possible
and DO any and every thing TO make il most dif
hcult for the relief force 10 reach Peking Eut
what they will do will not be a marker m VIII,
Nature will do for them What Is termed -
country # would be called the season ~ , i [ai1
uge. The water simply pours from ~ t-1si- ~ 1si-
until the roads are impassable. and the Vrbois
country comes vast mOrass. Once the rains are
on IL will take week TO do that for which nv -
ty-four hours would have suficed before tba,-
error in not using the force that she had the UoVe
could have been readily and quickly made Svsii
ape. IefeT' OF course tC our army in the Philip
less, think this force should have been fTo8-Es
as are fSe Pbp65s Is no % qqSsIio4 & that important
the chinese question in its present aspect Is stI
OF that trade, she is OF tremendous e577n7errisi
moment to America, but that IS future consIders
tion' and we are dealing now with the present
While the Government and the progrss.iy.
Cinnamon will endeavor to preserve the lives -
the foreigners" continued N-
POSITION Murray. 1T must be remembs-A5
OF THE that the ant-foreign elements nm
UNITED try 20 destroy them. The Cbf,eg.
STATES as a body painfully ignorant
fanaticaI and easily led. would
not give snap of my finger fo- the life OF a,v
foreigner within the cttys walls IL once the amt
foreign element obtains ascendencv in PAxf,,
and it is very strong Suppose the arrv gars
there and finds massacre has occurred yvba4
will II do then? Exact tribute and vengeance on
the wrongdoers? But that viii not restore NE
That is why I think the delay 50 criminal r.
foreigners might be saved but apparently The onIv
way to them is by a relief column and s,i7
the sickening delay goes on That delay. It seems
OF Japan. and she is allowed TO land rr001s
of Russia and ali Europe is v01dari-e ~ - - 10 %
an army Is crossing the steppes of Siberia Pr
there is one country OF whom none OF them s-s
jealous and the arrival OF whose troops would be
the United states Had 5ae ,a1,, 9a[ eqPaIry +
or twenty-five thousand men under him the W0-I5
begin and We H,o5I5 " o7 eI, ne ne aqvanee would
lief column Better STILL when order was restored
tent what the future Of China is 70 be and tSst
Is FToo 9ufSPn % r OF paramount 5mP9stance 70 Us The
purpose have indicated would not loosen o11r bcI5
on the Philippines. and would reader perfect our
position in China. To my mind IL Is a pity they
worth a pound Of cure said the old saw. Well
we to-day are in position where China must yisd
or war must follow Than The Philippine troous
will be used. and reports from Washington IN
One soldier four weeks ago could have acc5r1
pished what it may take ten TO do six months
in the future viii 19o[ yT ~ me T - TTs Iji ms army
locking stable door after your horse has been
delay is to china's advantage. and tor one v6aS S
United States ended it
The hotel at Monterey, in California" said
Frank L. Eaton, OF Buffalo. at the Fifth Avenus
Hotel yesterday. IS built with the
MYSTI- wings story lower than the main
FYING part Of the house Instead ~ hav-
HALLWAY ing stairs leading down 70 them
however, they have a winding hall
which descends gradually TO the level OF the wings
When you first this hall. L one has told you
about 1t. you don't know what is the matter. You
conscious that something is wrong. but sor the
life OF you you can't tell what il There is
nothing 10 show you that the hall descends-that
IS nothing the eye can measure by-and the feeling
It gives you is really uncanny. While 7 was there
a man who was III came there for rest The poor
fellow had incurable and progressive brain dis
ease He has since died. buJ a that time he
at the betwixt and between stage. He knew he
had it, and that he was doomed 1t was really very
sad Sometimes, OF course, he was better tAa1
ne was Sood reHoW, ana an e1ceeClngly c-eveII
one. At other times he would have relapses, and
I5 20 O. A1w nov @nSn S + q bfpfS " T1 5j
attendant He had rooms in the main part OF the
house One day after he had been there some
OF a friend. I came across him about the middle
OF the graduated hallway: he was leaning against
a pirate for that queer hail had led him 70 sup
pose that another attack was coming on In SPITE
OF the pathos OF IL couldn't help Laughing, ns
looked so funny. Then I explained y 10 him. and
I never saw such a relieved look on any human
beings face as came over his when ne 5et ma
and occupied its proper place"