Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-09-06
@S4W TsBE LEGATION WAS RES
CUED in PEKIN..
.TEH FIRST TO enter
asslS5eTS FOUND Legationers Look
AS& ANke InvaIids and Nearly
Worn Out.

sasesfSsa1tng the siege of Pekin. 1t will
SesaS bzs legend, Men, Not Walls, Make
- G8E-7
I'D F5s grounds of the British legation,
Hgssss handful Of men withstood the
SsfaeSrs Ss the Chinese capital for ff-
ssIssfE days, memorable celebration is
20 DrSgyess tonight in vindication of
S@Rs principle. Missionaries, assembled
NEsALss ss.F bell tower, are singing the
stegsa9EF, Rockets are blazing. Sol
s8Esr$ &1z6 civilians of all nationalities
szSF 1s&LSynizjng The women are ap-
zsaasASEg pisa sound of the cannon that
Nkse ssEssa5Eg the yellow roofs of the
sss5s5dsse City. The tired Sikhs are
y2E2ss1& Shsir tents on the lawn and
sREe AEBesFcan and Russian contingents
aass KSsS95g campfires along the stretch
oG turf sxtending beyond the Tartar
NESsn
zs TsTcOmers are anxious to inspect
S-1seEE BgTSieades are, after all, the most
ysS1D6SSEJ sight in Pekin. The barriers
As&EaEg EbR British legation are mar
NJ ~ s&s8s and brick walls and earth
FssszG, Sand bags shield every foot of
SspSss> The tops of the walls have
asazsF EsE the rif1emen and the build
@xsE ~ Sas porticos and windows have
ERzDssy aF2xes, bs IS stuffed with dirt and
SkG3DEE 8os,
sSzEsE MARINES T EFENDED.
Esask g EfIe United States legation is
B-EsCS E1rsed Fort Myers" which the
zBzcMes EeTd, completely screening both
Szs5SsF % gbe walls, with steps running
GAe8- Ta5s fs loopholed barrier across
ne wSE, which faces a similar Chinese
Ts5rk few yards away. Another wall
ssazr Legation street in front of the
SEssxssg legation, and, confronting the
atBEM1g BSTrieades within those limits,
ss<S JIG zSose walls, enabling the for
ahNssS 80 contract the area of defense
- BsEasI~
sgSf ss1s 81 The American and British
s1B6&D9s were badly torn by the Chi
sssse sEsgss. Most of the foreign shells
eSsB shsse during the first three weeks
- 1rs ssEnbardment, 400 in one day.
ExS-se quantities Of bullets were gath
sss.e6 JS the grounds. Four hundred and
Ss2ssesrs people lived in the compound
Ss<SSEgs5 BIIe greater park of the siege.
'sttasEF sssudeed and four marines, as
exsses 81 eIghty-five volunteers, COM
sAasEsS aT the English Captain Poole
sSssE-g fs< Ehe place. Eleven civilians
@Fsss 2SBeiS and nineteen wounded. Fif-
~ -Esasr Ezariues and sailors were killed
sS5S IL sounded The Americans loss
yRSS assF3 killed and eleven wounded.
4sssz- G50ert Reed, who was wounded
- SO Eset, was the only American
E<xEIfa-s- wounded
RECEPTION TO THE ALLIES.
s5e reception which the survivors
<rTs 4 2 army was worth the hardships
dkss ssssss had undergone. The en-
f9ssss sag EOt spectacular Sir Alfred
sszzsgfe, TStIl his staff and a company
- EAkx waded up a bed of sewage in
lszs Aed 81 the canal near the Tartar
,sBsa They soon removed the barri-
ssaSes, and when the gates swung in
s5tsztE ard when the British cclors ap-
pskasaS ssere arose a great continuous
esssE su Both sides.
SsGssaEs, soldiers and correspondents
sszSRsseS up the banks through the
5fasn, Showing to be first Men and
r&zzxes surrounded the rescuers and
rsSes& Ehe hands of the Sikhs, ratting
ssszan GO the back. Everybody was hus-
g1tsE s12tsd1y along into the legation
ssrpxSs&s, where the colors were plant
IS Ess soldiers surrounded the wall
-Ff8cd fad. been the salvation of the
5aesieged.
g4e ministers and officers demanded
Fsae E5Sszc news on both sides.
~ ks9r aEterward General Chaffee
izsEszxE az the head of the Fourteenth
Tszgsssa States infantry, marched to the
s3ssszF Wall An American marine who
TR1s Ba 500 of the wall shouted You
sSnF S1s1 Ea time. We need you in our
Business"
6DH entering the grounds of the British
f4zzsgIT she American troops stared in
szxcRzennsut and inquired if there was
IS EagG szgfy In progress. They had ex
gected TO find the relieved in a worse
cs-Ygltinn than themselves, whereas the
eesrt.2sy Between the appearance of the
zas4x1ssg z1d the rescuers was surpris-
aazEF hr favor of the former. The Brit
1Ea ExzE2ster, Sir Claude Macdonald,
Sas EiiaEen and dressed in Immaculate
sgunis fiaHneIs. Mr.. Conger, the United
REases minister, was equally present
s9gs- This assemblage of ladies was
steea and bright in summer clothing.
91Ey few civilians were carrying
zrTDE
Oh the otfier hand the rescuers were
Gsgzz-5d ara rough bearded. They
8eaSys5 themselves along as if ready
81 Er9p, their khaki uniforms dripping
sSth pergpiratfon and black with mud.
LOOKED LIKE INvALIDS.
52ss second glance showed that the
Sg5egsB we're pathetically pale and thin.
3hsy gooked like a company of inval-
Is. Every part OF the enclosure testi-
1sS ss tI1efr tragic experiences. There
Fsss S1es Of new graves, headed with
wooden crosses, including the graves Of