Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-13
lost CHINESE NOM[S
RUSSIAN SOLDIER ART
SHOWN 10 n flENDlSh
Americans British aud japanese Hold
Their Men In Check--NurdeT Of
Innocent Women and Nom
COmtatanis.

TAKU. Aus. 80. Via shanghai Sept
8.-The Chinese ln the Pei Ito valley
are paying dearly for the folly Of their
government The retributlOn they are
suffering exceeds the ordinary penal
ties " war Along the river and the
roads Travelled by foreign troops be-
tween Tientsln and Picking an orgio ~
looting and destruction continue VITA
much useless slaughter Of an blending
inhabitants While the international
forces were advancing. the c1mrand-
ers, notably the japanese. American
and British, enforced a fair degree CT
protection for property not needed for
military purposes.
The conditions prevailing leave little
ground for the favorable comparison
Of civilized warfare with Chinese meth
eds. Robbery. rayishing and murCer
are so common that every responsible
person one meets contributes stories
from personal observation. The vale I
city OF Tung Chow was the only town
IN the pathway of the internaut nj
forces whose people remained and ct
tempted to continue business. Dur
ing It's occupation the Chinese patfcled
the place efficiently, protecting the
people and preventing lootiEg beyond
the amount inevitable vita any army.
General Chaffee stationed guard
around the historic temple outside the
wall, forbidding his troops 70 enter.
The commanders encouraged the IN
habitants to resume business, prom
Using protection to all peaceful Dorsors.
When the armies advanced however,
the guards were removed only a small
British and Am 'riCa' garrison being
/ left outside the wall A correspondent
of the Associated Press. returning itom
| Picking, found Tung Chow stripped like
o cornheld after plague of grasshop'
/ pers. Everything portable. Of Tn,
smallest value, had been taken Par
ties of soldiers Of every nationality
were roaming about Unrestricted ans
presumably were doing much wantpI
destruction. In the spirit OF devilt.y
smashing furniture and glassware am
trampling books aud pictures undo
foot. Most OF the Chinese were sub
hitting to all this in AFFECT fear. TIT
few who dared to protest were kicke'
about.
Several bodies lay In the streets, ap
parently those Of on-sJmbatlnts. tn
inhabitants. without food or clothing
were budding in back yards in pit
liable condition.
The villages TO the southwark a"
even worse despOiled. One week afto
Picking was taken the traveller to Tien
tsin was seldom out of sight of burn
ing houses. Fires are started daily
although the shelters will be mucl
needed If the troops are to hold III
country during the winter.
The soldiers are having fine sport
in using natives who creep back 4
their houses or attempt TO work in tb
fields as targets. The sight of farme
lying where he was shot with baskl
OF grain or armful of other produc
near by, is quite common. The Rus
SLAMS are the chief actors in this styl
Of conquest, but the French are re
markably conspicuous, considerin
their small numbers. The India
troops and the japanese are PARTED
pants only when beyond the ken q
their officers.
From the beginning the conduct 9
the Russians has been a blot on tn
campaign. The recital of notoriou
facts speak more forcibly than coul
any adjectives. When entering Pekin
correspondents Of the Associated Pre-
saw COssacks smash down Chinese We
men with the butts of their guns an
pound their heads until they were dea,
The Cossacks would pick up childre
barely old enough to walk, hold thel
by the ankles and beat out their brain
on the pavement. Russian OillseI