Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-13
GOVERNING TIEN.TsIN.
How the Foreign Forces Man
age the Chinese City.
THE POLICING OF THE PLACE.

Outer City Handled by = Mixed COM
mission of Army Officers With a
Chinese Committee Sitting By-In-
ner City Run From the Palace by n
More Absolute Commission.
ITO all intents and purposes the Box
er is an extinct species around here"
writes q special correspondent of the
New York Commercial Advertiser from
Tien-tsin. ITO be sure, there We're a
couple of the species extant the other
day, but they had been in captivity for
some weeks. They were executed and
their heads placed on exhibition on
one OF the walls. a crowd of foreign
ers were present at the execution, and
they all said afterward that it was
most interesting. The japanese were
the executloners and in one case did
the work with one stroke. Two Box
ers were beheaded and two were shot
The police of the city is under the
English chief OF police, a captain in
the army, who has for assistants Jap
anese, French. English and American
officers. 1t makes a most cosmOpoli-
tan mess that sits down for tifin in
the banquet hall Of the viceroy's pal
ace. Indeed. it is a study to see all the
different uniforms assembled there.
English is the language spoken.
THE government of the inner, wall
ed or Chinese city, as it is variously
called, is a most interesting lesson in
military government. The city is divid-
ed. up into four sections. each having
gate, for. like most Chinese cities,
there is n gate for each Of the cardinal
points. The Russians, Japs, Ameri-
cans and English have each a quarter
Of the city to police. Each nationality
has 100 troops quartered in the center
of its part of the city for this purpose.
The Russians have 200 troops. as they
have the northwestern, from which an
attack was considered most probable
and where the most lawless element is.
At each gate there is a military guard,
and patrols are out night and day. all
having strict orders to allow no loot
ing and 10 arrest suspicious people.
In the center of the city the large
tower that gives Il good view of the
surrounding country is also garrisoned
in rotation by the different nationah-
ties. And to furnish greater protec-
ton native police dressed in fantastic
DAONAA'
They are vouched for by the most
trustworthy of the Cinnamon of the
quarter. but are really little more than
coolies dressed up in uniform. Detach- |
ed posts are now being scattered all
over the different points of the city, !
consisting of ten foreign soldiers and
ten native troops or policemen. The
natives of course are .Irmed only with
u club, and since they have little back |
bone it is hoped that the foreign troops !
will supply that. OF course all the for |
eign troops are armed, and at night no |
one is allowed out. 1t is Il frightened |
coolie that ventures out after dark, |
and if he goes near Il gate you can hear |
him crying out, Cody, cody, coOlyo
long before he reaches the sentinel, |
and we'll he. may, as it does not take |
much to make n sentry fire. The Rus |
SLAMS and French are almost sure to |
open up a fusillade some time during |
every night.
1.-The Americans have won high |
praise for their efficient police work, |
their chief success being in raiding |
opium joints. The number of these |
that have been looted is nearly 100. |
The Japs hold their own. however. In |
their cheerful, resolute way they can
be seen very frequently strolling along |
the city streets. They seem to |
enjoy it all. and they stop to investi |
gate anything that has aroused their
They are most serious. The !
first time that one sees them salute is
Of Il shock. They stand |
stock still and raise their hand, so that |
you think they have a message for
you. But soon the surprise wears off,
since they are most punctilious about
and they are quite numerous.
l saw their quarters in the Chinese
city and was struck with the clean
ness and comfort there. 1t was an old
temple that had been chosen, and the
straw mats spread in front of the diff
ferent Shrines with the little Japs
stretched out on them doing made q
very pleasant sight. The Japs are very |
popular with our men and seem to get
along very we'll with the Chinese also.
[ was much amused to see the enjoy
nent Il little Jap got out of feeding a
.oolie grasShoppers. He would give
The cooIie one, and as it was greedily
eaten the Jap would sputter away to |
show how he wouldn't eat such a thing
md then smile brightly. as if it was
he best joke in the world I was half
empted myself. though. to follow the
coolies example. as the hoppers didn't
ook half bad, Drowned as they were.
they looked as if they had been cook
ID in molasSeS."