The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-03


S-The Chinese in the Pei-Ho valley
are paying dearly for the folly of their
government. The retribution they are
suffering exceeds the ordinary penal
ties of war Along the river and the
roads Travelled by the foreign troops
between Tien Tsin and Pekin an orgie
OF IOoting and destruction continues,
with much useless slaughter of unOf-
Tending inhabitants. While the inter
national forces were advancing, the
commanders, notably the Japanese,
Americans and British, enforced a for
efen degree of protection for property
not needed for military purposes.
At That time most of the population
except the fighting men had fled. But
NOW the people are returning to their
homes. only to find no shelter nor rice
nor OCcugauOn.
In the overcrOwded, famine threat
cued district away from the river Saeir
lives and small possessions are at the
mercy of the bands of soldiers travel
ing about without officers.
Robbery, ENLISTMENT and Murder.
The conditions prevailing leave little
ground for the favorable comparison of
civilized warfare with Chinese meth
DDS. Robbery, ravishing and murder
are so common that many responsible
persons one meets contribute stories
from personal observation. The walled
city of Tung Chow was the only town
in the pathway of the international
forces whose people remained and at
tempted 20 continue business. During
its OCCUPATION the Chinese patrolled
The place efficiently, protected the peO-
pie and prevented loOting beyond the
amount inevitable with any army Cen
eral ChaHee stationed a guard around
the temple outside the wall. fOrbidding
i
encouraged the inhabitants to resume
business, promising protection to all
peaceful persons.
When the armies advanced, how
ever, the guards were removed, only
q small British and american garri-
son being left outside She wall. A cor
respondent of the Associated Press. re-
turning from Pekin. found Tung Chow
stripped like a cOrnfeld after a plague
of grasshoppers. Everything portable,
OF the smallest value, had been taken
goods from shops, clothing, food and
furniture.
Destroy From Pure Deviltry.
Parties of soldiers of every nation
atty were roaming about unrestrained
and presumably were doing much wan
ton destruction, in the spirit of dew
iltry, smashing furniture and glass
ware and tramDling books and pic
lures under foot. Most of the Chi
nese were submitting to this in abject
fear. The few who dared to protest
were kicked about.
Several bodies lay in the streets. ap-
parently those OF nOn-COmbatants The
inhabitants. without food or clothing,
were budding in back var Is in a pit
liable condition.
The villages to the southwark are
even worse off. One week after Pekin
was taken the travellers TO Tien Tsin
nj IF Cic oh n hrrr- in
houses. Fires are started daily, al
though the shelter viii be much need
ed if the troops are to hold the cOun-
try during the winter.
The soldiers are having fine sport"
in using natives who creep back to
their homes or attempt To work in the
fields as targets. The sight of a farm
er lying where he was shot. with a bas-
ket OF grain or armfuls of other pro-
duce nearby, is quite common.
Russians and French Worst.
The Russians are the chief actors in
this style of conquest but the French
are remarkably conspicuous, consider
ing their small numbers The Indian
troops and the Japanese are DartiCi-
j. hts only when beyond the ken of
thsir officers.
from the beginning the conduct of
the Russians has been d blot on the
campaign. The recital of notorious
facts speaks more forcibly than could
amy adiectives. When entering Pekin,
respondents of the Associated Press
S.F CoSSacks smash down Chinese wO-
...u with the butts Of their guns and
pound their heads until they were dead.
.. 'uSSackS would pick up children
barely old enough to walk, hold them
iE Oh. ankles and beat out their brains
,a 'r- pavements. Russian officers
looked nn without protest
Chafee Is Indignant.
While General Chanee was watering
IT'S .'.~a mt "a stream under the wall
q. .sl- Chow. the Russians found a
.... ..l man hidden in the mud, ex-
.... ..- nose. and dragged him out by
.. queue. shouting gleefuily. They
-... ...t hItu ora their bayOnetS. Gen
'... 'H.taa r-marked.
.a. i- not war. That is brutal
American officers at TaI1u davs after
---.'HE was finished. saw Russians
49, 'hi.aren and throw old men
,,l ut. -s'F- clubbing them TO death
"M-h they tried O. swim
-. en-. russians killed wome, who knelt
- ''.l and begged for mercy.
- "'iE was disposed to ne friend
~ "t'' the Russians II, +J,a aarIx,
- ID" HgutuE ar Tien Tsin. be
49,. .- ...lF bravery but sach Incl
r,-.-,,,f,- -.' foregoing have been so
Thar ~. - ' -tal lure ~ the campaign
f-,--.-.. ..' one Who is SUPPOSED to report
'tnt facts can ignore them. They
80. so numerous as To compel the con-
SOL mai they are not isolated cpl
Prs...-- .Ne ordinary practices of
,,o--r7 '.N.-ilN ON the walls of Pekin
NJ, .. ID. larent.y shoot every china
So So ..h'n range outside : corre
i o.. the Associated Press found
fba D.. -Hi..ed in the fields outside of
of The L...I.lll section of the wall. Some
nom ee..,.T We're those of women. and
ants. oouleS OF combat
10, ooolles We're killed while trottina
- f,5,,,s me roads with their loads. ana
~, "HeH trying To gather in their
oEDEK AMERICANS TO MOVE.