The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

WANG [|ll2lllllS 10.
II9 East Broad Street,
Near Second Street.
Gallagher has also established sales
store. where luxures Of all kinds are pur-
chasable. including timed fruits. mine
raj waters, canned meats and vegetables
and tobacco. The store is literally pat
ronized by the officers and men. There is
absolutely no suffering among the troops,
except from the heat, and this is now
somewhat relieved by the cool nights. The
forces are enjoying exceptionally good
health, the hospitals are not over-crowded
and with systematic communication with
Taku and Tong l[u. and conStanty-ar-
irving supplies. the physical situation at
Tien Tsin is excellent.
SANITARY MEASURES.
Strenuous efforts have been made TO put
the city in a sanitary condition. and they
have partially succeeded. However, it is
more than the work OF month TO undo
the work of days. Lime by the ton is being
used in courts. alleys and cutters. and
the surface drains which line the curbs
are kept drained out and free. Never
theless European residents agree that the
nearness Of frost is a thing 10 be thank
full for. Huge stacks OF rotting rice and
tons Of burned and decomposing sugar
fill the region of the river front with an
unhealthy and terrible stencil, while the
ruins of the Chinese city are almost i'm
passable because OF vile doors. in the
he of no n q
government has been established over the
native city. administered by Americans
ana Europeans a police force. native
and foreign. IS IN working order ana sys-
tenn IS being gradually evolved out OF
chaos. The foreign city is efficiently po-
Iced by.troops and perfect order is main
tanned. At every corner is sentry, while
guards and patrols are constantly afooi
night and day. The foreign residents are
gradually returning 10 find their homes
either destroyed or occupied by the allied
forces, and Il is expected that an attempt
soon will be made to fix coInpensa ton Tor
occupation and use OF such property. The
residents accept the situation philosophi-
CALM and there Is apparently no conflict
with the military authorities.
That it will be many months before the
rehabilitation of Tien Tsin is begun is
certainty. That it will ever be restored to
its once beautiful proportions is doubtful.
The slow work of years was destroyed in
a week Beautiful villas, superb resi-
dences, once handsome grounds are but
wreck and ruin. and the hot breath OF
war has blasted the Pe-Ho Valley from
Pekin TO the Gulf OF Taku.
STARVATION IMMINENT.
TIEN TSIN, CHINA, August 29.-Gen-
eral apprehension was felt here OF ram
inc when the cold weather sets in For
eiSn residents of Ten Tsin do not hesitate
TO predict terrible suffering among the ma
tives, and military men who have looked
into conditions in the Pei-Ho valley are
inclined to believe that the fear Of a FAM
inc is well founded. Already there is
considerable suffering, although fresh
produce is coming In slowly, and what
the result will be when frost puts an end
TO vegetation is not difficult to foresec.
Rice, the great staple of China, is no
longer in the market this far north.
Every sack of the white grain
has been commandered or purchased by
the allies, and the natives, thus unable 10
buy it, must depend on the charity Of the
forces. The supply on hand is none too
plentiful
1t is practically impossible to even
roughly estimate the quantity, but it is
stated to be considerably less than nor
NAL Usually at this season the river is
crowded with vessels. bringing the win
ter's supply of rice from the South, but
now every available craft is in the service
of the forces. transporting supplies and
materials. consequently there Is little
chance that any considerable quantity of
rice can arrive b .tween now and the freez-
ing of the river. The situation is conceded
to be very critical, and the outlook is for
great loss Of life At best the military
authorities, even with a systematic dis
tribution of food and acting in concert,
could relieve only a 1.-THE Of the people,
and no such arrangement or agreement
is probable. At best transportation in the
winter is a difficult matter, and every
resource viii be taxed to provide for the
big army which will be sea altered from the
coast at Tal1u up to Pesin.
The army must be fed, and fed fit will
be. while the natives will starve Every
nation is rushing in supplies, there is not
an available boat but is pressed into SER
vice and even now the lack of bottoms is
a serious one. BY December 1st the Pei
Ho river will be frozen, as well as the
Gulf of Taku, on which ice forms for ten
or twelve miles out, and superhuman eff
forts are being made to take advantage
Of the remaining weeks of autumn There
has already. been some informal discussion
as ito the means of keeping communication
by water open after ice forms with the
result that there is a tentative under
standing that the Russian force will bring
in an ice boat The heavy tides prevent
any great thickness OF ice in the Gull and
it is believed that with a suitable ssel a
channel can be easily kept clear to Tong
Ku, the railway terminal. The river is q
more serious matter, and it is not likely
that any attempt win be made to keep it
free. In this way the railway will be
taxed to its utmost CAPACITY
All the Governments are employing
! native labor freely. but the supply is so
far in excess of the demands that the per-
centage OF those who will thus be enabled
to hive through the winter is extremely
small. The belief is general that starva-
ton cannot be avoided at this late day,
and even the most conservative foreign
residents at all conversant with conditions
admit that the coming winter win be a
terrible one in the Ten Tsin country.
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