Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-04

Boxers asRconNenient accessories to its
schemes.
The relief of Pekin is merely an Incl
dent of the crisis. The really important
work remainsto be done. Marquis Ito.
probably the best informed man alive
on eastern politics, said to me that he
Thought this, was the greatest crisis in
the history of China. and all eastern
questions sunk into insignificance in
comparison With it, Are civilized ma
I tons to yield to the Chinese conceit of
their own superiority?'
sIs.AN5AGING IN. PEI HO VALLEY.
Path of Advancing Army Present. a
Spectacle of Destruction
1aku Aug. SO-N!a Shanghai. Sept.
4.-The Chinese In the Pei Ho valley
Hai; paying dearly for the folly of their
governments. The retribution they are
suffering exceeds the ordinary penal
ties Of War. Along the river and the
ROADS Travelled by the foreign t,oops
between Tien Tsin and Pekin an or
gle of lootine8 and destruction continues.
with much useless slaughter of unof-
national forces Mere advancing the
American and British, enforced GER
tam dssrse of protection for property
not nesded for military purposes.
M that time most of the population
except the lighting men had lied. But
Row ne people are returning to their
homes only to find no shelter or rice
q eeeuRation. In the overcroWded
famEne threatened districts. away FROM
the l5Hef. their lives and small posses
sioils are at the mercy of bands Of SOL
aisIs travelling about without officers
ne conditions prevailing leave iit.is
ground for the favorabl comparison of
seiNlii2et. warfare With Chinese methods
fstbeely. raYishing and murder are 80
common that eveiy Responsible person
oias meets contributes stories from per-
s'oflsal observation. The walled city OF
( iui!s s now was the only town in the
Pa hWaS OF the International force
sMh2se nsepia remained and attempted
~ continue business. During Its occu-
ration q! The japanese patroiled The place
eti3se!siitlS. projected the people and pre-
Vented looting beyond the amount In
MIA pig with an army Cen Chaffae
sSsiAsoEe. = guard around ille historic
s.'fii'le OUTSIDE the we'll. forbidding his
troops 10 enter The commanders en-
eelNaged the irhabitantsto resume bus.
M promising protection to all peace
ful persons.
Wi1sn the armies advanced. however.
- sa.iids We're removed. only "a small
i'l:easil ana American garrison being
3isle. OUTSIDE The wall. A correspondent
~ she \ Associated Press returning from
l'ekfn found Tuns Chow stripped like
T n. l., Il =. U, :
8 e9rfl!le 20 litter. plague of grassllop-
isers. EVERYTHING portable. of tn small
sest vaiue. mad been taken. goods from
ssslolls. Clothing. food. and furniture
faItl@s q soldiers of every nationality
We're roaming about unrestricted and
presumably We're doing much wanron
destruetion. in the spirit of deyilfry
smashing furniture and glassware and
amriing books and pictures under
foot Mostof the Chinese were submit
ting 70 al this IN abjeet fear. The few
Who dared 70 protest We're kicked about.
several bodies lay III the streets, an
parantly those Of non conbatants. The
inhabtants, without food or clothing
We're iludaiing in back yards in a pitia-
bic condition.
The Villages TO the southwark are
even worse aespoiied. One week after
Pekin WAS taken the traveller 10 Tien
Tsin Mas seldom ont of sight Of bum
ing houses. Fires are started daily All
tho the shelter Will be much needed If
tlae troops are 70 hold the country dur
ing the winter.
The soldiers are having fine sport
( IN. using natives who creep back to their
houses s3s. Or g tempt To work ii, the fields
g $ targets. The sight Of farmer DIV.
'ng where he WAS shot with a basket
Of grain or arinful Of other produce
near by, IS quite common. The Russians
arg the chiefactors in this style Of on
quest. but shes French are reniArkably
conspicuous. considering their small
numbers The Indian troops and the
Japafiese are participants only wlier
baypnd the ken Of theii. officers
From the beginning the conduct of
the Russians has been blot on he
campaign. the recital os notorious
facts speaks more forcib bly, than could
ANY adjecFiVes. When entering Pektn.
CORE s9pndents Of the Associated Press
saw Gassaeks smash down Chinese
women With the butts Of their guns
and pound their heads until they W-re
dead. TIE Gossacks would pick up
vi I'd. ~ OH enough To sWatk.
nod them by the ankles and beat out
their brains on the pavement. Russian
Officers locked on without protest.
While General G'haffee was Watering
his horse al a stream under the wall
i4of TEng Chow the Russians found a
iafeebie old nan hidden In the mud. ex-
I8ceptins his nose ard dragged him out
by the queue shouting gleefully They
iinpaled him on thelr bayonets General
1 Chaifes remarked: That is not war;
lit Is brutal murder"
/ American officers at Taku. days after
1.-The fighting was finished. saw Russians
tsbayoret children and throw old men
into the river, clubbing them to death
when they tried 70 swim. The Russians
killed women who knelt before them
land begged for mercy.
Everybody was disposed 10 be friend.
Fly toward the Russians in the early
days Of the fighting al Ten Tsin, be-
cause Of their bravery, but such Incl
Edents as the foregoing have been SC
prominent a feature of the campaign
/ that no one who is supposed to report
important facts can ignore them. They
are SO numerous as TO compel the con.
i#clusion that they are not isolated cpl
i5sodes, but the ordinary practices OF
| Russian methods of warfare.
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