The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-22
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
Prof. Mathez and Party Got On
of China.
SAW SOME FIGHTING
WERE THERE TO EXAMINE NV
HOUSE PROPERTIES.

ma examining the properties of SAM,
Newhouse, has returned from H.
safely. after a narrow escape by liver
ty-four hours from being shut IN like
other foreigners.
Twenty-fOur hours after he had
reached Tien Tsin, the railroad from,
that city to Pekin, the road thar h.
had come over, was torn up. His train
which ne chartered to come out. was
the last one that ran over the railroad
between Pekin and Tien TSin.
w. L. Ireland of Denver, who Ia,
also been on Mr.. Newhouse's properrr
came with Professor Mathez. and t7sr
are at the Knutsford on their way ~
Denver.
The property which they went no ay-
anime is a very large concession, cover
ing an area as large as Utah Since
the trouble has broken out it is impos-
sible TO tell in what condition the title
now is.
The two gentlemen had not been in
Pekin since the early part of April
They passed through on their way 10
| the property. At that time they met
Minister Conger and others, and the,
expressed no apprehension. When they
came cut they did not go through Pc
kin, but came east to the railroad 90
| Tien TSin- AT Tien Sang they found
that the road was not running. and
/ they chartered cars to take them 10
Tien Tsin, arriving on June 5. When
/ Admiral Seymour went UP that day he
/ found, after going forty miles, that the
rails had been torn up They also
caught the last train for Tien Tsin.
Could Have Gotten Out.
Foreigners who remained in Tien
! Tsin could have come out when We
did" said the professor last night at
| the KnutSfOrd, but they had business
| interests there which they did not want
to leave. and they did not think that
/ the danger was so imminent that IL
was necessary to run and leave their
affairs.
I'VE took the boat Knievsburg on our
way to Shanghai, and during the night
of the 9Th of June lay outside in the
! harbOr waiting TO sail That was the
night of the bCmbardment of the TaU
! forts by the gunboats of the powers
We Law in the train Of the fire. about
a mile and a half from the gunbOats
and the shells from three Chinese forts
( burst all around US. We did not know
what moment we would be blown uD
/ This is an illustration Of the bad
| craftsmanship Of the Chinese They
/ shot over the gunbOats, over a stretch
of land, and a mile and a half to US.
/ THAT is the chief trouble with the
! Chinese. They have splendid guns and
/ their forts are modern and well
/ equipped, but they can't shoot straight.
/ I was told in Tien TSin that the three
forts at Taku were as good as any in
any part of the world, and had the
| Chinese been first-class gunners the
/ allied fleets would never have taken
them.
Battle Fine Sight.
1.-THE battle went on from 1:5O at
night until $50 the next morning, and
all that time our steamer was IN the
/ line of fire. It was a, brilliant display
| Something that I have not seen pub
! lished bout the battle is the fact that
! the q al Sc landed a large force which
/ tooi one the forts Then the Aus
/ TRAN go cat blew up another fort ana
| the third surrendered. The japanese
me- de a heroic attack.
/ There is no doubt in my mind that
! the Chinese government is at the head
/ of this trouble 1t is not an insured
! ton of the Boxers which the govern
ment is unable to put down don't
! consider that the Boxers amount 10 q
/
ed to put them down il could do 50
without great trouble and without al
/ tracing so much attention
But this movement is larger and OF
more consequence than the temporary
outbreak against foreigners II Is
/ China'S last stand against the world.
The Chinese-that is, the able men and
] governing classes-have read much
about the plans and alleged plans OF
| the powers of civilization 70 parcel ouJ
] the empire. They have read the news
papers and the work Of Lord BeTestord
on the subject They have come 10 the
| conclusion that unless the foreigners
are put out, the process Of dividing up
| the country will come very quickly.
They consider that foreigners are
merely sent there as the beginning OF
the process
Aid the Boxers.
Therefore. they are aiding and en-
couraging the Boxers The whole gov
eminent is in sympathy with them'
from the empress down. Their pun pose
is to close the country up.
1T will become a war with al l--7
nations that are trying to reach Pekln.
and thew will have to defend them
selves, not against hOrdes Of Boxers
but against the Chinese army 1gN
many thousands can be mustered ID
China il is impossible TO say, buJ llel7
! are numberlesS hOTdeS-
However. it will not take the powers
long to subdue China. The army Is
not we'll Organized-nOt as well as lo--
eign armies But il will take a arg
number of soldiers to march 10 pam
/ than are now in China
"As to whether or not the mlnlSy7-2
| and foreigners in Pekin are now Sal-, L
am in doubt I am inclined 70 li--'-1
that they have all been killed bT-Y ..-
this. There are heavy guns all aly- -
the walls Of Pekin and they are 20" 7I
full enough to take the legations -
the foreigners are yet alive II Is .E,
cause of the poor craftsmanship OF 'I1
Chinese"
| Professor MatheZ said that the - 49,
ing property of Mr. Newhouse, ~ ,l.-
is some 200 miles northeast OF FeA az
was very valuable. Il covered an III
mense area and there are on II NJ --s
berless prospects He SAID lhal -
work of developing it was ike iI -. ---5
to build a state as large as Utah- On
Of the ground examined ASSAY T- -
per cent copper and three and one
ounces Of gold 10 the ton
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