The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-08-10
BRUTALITY OF the
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
Refugees Tell of the Butchery
of Women and Children.
TOSSED ON BAYONET POINT
Children Slain and Their Bodies
Thrown In tho Air-Looting OF tho
Treasury at Tlcn Tsin-lIiss Tahr
Narrowly Escapes Death.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IA story of
Russian brutality in China is told by
Mrs. Il. Is. Drew, wife of the British
commissioner of customs at Tien Tsin,
who arrived from the orient ON tho Lo-
gan. She says:
During the bombardment we lived
most of the time i'll cellar of our house
Our house was partially wrecked by big
shells. Sleep was out of tho question
most of the time, and so unStrung wero
we that not even food satisfied us. We
had u fear that the Chinese would con-
qHcr and slaughter all the Foreigners
"Wr did not know it at tho time, but
| learned later that ton men hud been
| selected to Kill all the women and chill
| drcn i'll cas-, thc Chinese were victorious.
"ThCrc were many infants and chill
| drcn killed hy buyonot thrusts, and
many were tossei by bayonct points,
| only to be caught again and tossed
time and again. There is ample cvi-
dcncc of these unspeakablc occurrences.
"Out from Tien Tsin, along the Pei
lio and Yellow rivers are numerous lit
tie villages. The Russians swept through
the villages, destroying life and prop.
erty. The Russians also drove w0mou
and children into the Pei-Ho and Vel
low rivers, where they werc drowned.
'IhCrc was no attempt at concraling
all OF the remarkably barbarous conduct.
L do not pretend to say how many
women and children were butchcrc,l by
the Russians. never heard the nun
Der estimated, save that great many
had bocn bayomettud and some shot"
Among tho refugees from Chiua who
returned on the Logan were the wife of
President T.. ID. Denny of the Imperial
university ut Ticn Tsin and her chill.
drcn. They were among those who took
refuge i'll Gordon hall during the bonn
bardment and escaped uninjured She
and her husband had been together in
China for Is years. Professor Denny is
now accompanying the allied forces on
the march 20 Peking as an interpreter
Miss Lillic NJ Tahr Of Lincoln City,
Ind, who spent two years in Ticn TSin,
had three narrow escapes from the b )x.
ers. She found safety with many others
IN Gordon hall during the siege and
venturing ont one day was struck by a
fragment Of q 3-inch she'll On two
other occasions size was shot at by rifle.
men, but was not hit.
The two children of United States
Consul RagStial, who have returned to
their home Ill the states, tell stories of
exciting experiences similar TO those of
others who lived through the parillous
times ut Tien Tsil.
The tales of Russian brutality are con.
hrmod by Rev. Frank Haynes, n Meth
odlst missionary. He thinks the pres
ent troubles will be ended within year.
Many of the refugees from Tien Tsin es-
capped with only the clothing on their
backs.
Professor @. D. Clifford of the Impe.
rial university of Tien TSin. who was
one OF the last to leave the besiesed city,
says:
"LootinG by the allied forces began as
soon as they got the upper hand. The
Russians led i'll this and went to cx-
tremes. They arc naturally cruel and
expecting no mercy they showed mono.
was an eyewitness to eight coldbloudcd
murders by them. The victims were
old and intirm Chinese. Tho Russians
stole everything i'll sight, looting the
houses in the settlement as tho Chinese
would have done"