The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-10

BALTIMORE, Nd. Nov. 10.-GeoTge A.
burst. formerly clerk IN the mailing Gi-
vision OF the Baltimore postofioe, and
now in charge of the sub-station al Tong
ku, China, OF United States military pos
tai station, no. I, China. writes an IN
teresting Iette- describing his expert
ences in the Far East Mr.. burst was
appointed to the Chinese station IL Au-
gust last. He served as a seaman on Lhz
auxiliary cruiser Dixie during the war
with Spain. lie was selected for foreign
postal service OF account Of his efficiency.
Among other things in his letter, Mr.
burst says:
China. the land of flowers and feas;
poor ChinsI well may you weep to have
- stand idly by and see your towns
devastated by the sword. your women as
saultcd and then bayoneted, your houses
looted and your Children tossed rom az
oneG to bayonet like so mucn nay by the
cruel French, Germans. and Russians.
who know no mercy, but are the 6rst TO
ask it!
The French. Germans. and Russians
simply attack towns for the loot they
can get; they dc not care whether th-re
are any Boxers or not. and they show
mercy 10 none.
train that cannot even be compared TO a
second-class American cattle train, and
was whirled on toward Tients!n at t1e
rapir rate of eleven miles an hour JUST
think Of it. 1t took two and oRe-ha1
hours to go the twenty-eight miles that
lie between Tongku and Tientsin-
and such sights that met my eyes on
the wayi Desolation everywhere! Towns
Of from $4,000 10 81. Coo inha bi ants few
months ago are now cut OF existence,
while the river is almost cho6ed vi h
dad bodies You must know has cry
Chinese house has q dog, and when the
people were driven cut they Of course left
the dogs behind. The dogs are running
at large, living ca dead bodies, and are
almost wild. Indeed. fear II shor5
while they viii make very dangerous
customers, as they bark and snap at
every living thing they see.
After this tortuCus ride reached Tien-
ts.n, where the ha dest fighting took place.
Everywhere as far as the eye could reach
was a solid mass of ruins. As for the
Inhabitants and general plans Of the city
cannot say anything, as I was only there
lew days when I was put in charge of
the sub-station at Tongku Of the United
States Military Postal Station No /
Now. while l think of it, let me tell you
o. = few daring deeds such as can only be
performed by Americans While General
Chanee was on his march to Pekin he oc-
cupied a warehouse belonging 10 Ger
man firm. UheTeupOn he was told BY the
German admiral that II he did not eEacu-
ate it ne (the German admiraD would
lombard it The general told the adIni-
raj to IRE away, as he had been sent over
here to fight and he would just as soon
fight the Germans as the Boxers.
Captain McCalla and his marines were
given the place O: honor in the allied
forces advancing column because of his
fighting qualities shown in the capture OF
Tientsin- AS Is well known the place of
honor is the advance guard CT skiTmish-
ers- Just before the battle at the arse
nal above this place the captain thus ad-
dressed his men: Now. boys, you know
We have had hard fight to get this place
Of honor so you want to show them that
you are worthy of it It is needless to
say that the arsenal was captured, and Is
an English officer said afterward- Those
Americans beat the devil. That handful
of men took the strongest fort on our
march while we were getting ready"
Such soldiers as the Americans can
not be defeated said the Chinese CT the
fort