Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-13
MURDER RUNS RIOT
Chinese are Getting a Share Of
the Horrors OF War.
bands Of Native Soldiers Loot the
Villages, While RussisS and
- French Troops Kill Women
and Children and Conn
nit other Atrocities.

Chinese in the Pei Ho valley are pay
ing dearly for the folly of their gov
ernment. rhe retribution they are
suffering exceeds the ordinary PEN
alties of war. Along the river and
the roads travelled by the foreign
troops between Jicn Tsin ana PeEin
an orgie of looting and destruction
continues, with much useless slaugh-
ter of unotTerding inhabitants.
Robbery. ravishing and murder are
so common that every responsible
person one meets contributes stories
from personal observation. The
walled city of Tung Chow was the
only town in the pathway Of the in
ternational forces whose people re-
mained and attempted to continue
business. Durin" this occupation the
japanese patrollcd the place, pro-
tected the people and prevented loot
ing beyond the amount inevitable"
with an army. Gen. Chaffee station
ed a guard around the temple.
When the armies advanced, how
ever, the guards were removed. \
correspondent wiring from Peltin
found Tuno Chow stripped like a
ccrnficld after a plague of graSshop-
pers. Every portable CT the smallest
value had been taken-roods from
shops, clothing, food and furniture.
The Russians are the chief actors
in this style of CONQUEST, but Che
French are remarkably conspicuous,
considering their small numbers.
From the beginning the conduct of
the Russians has been a blot on the
campaign. When entering lekin cor
respondents saw CosSackS SMASH
down Chinese women with the butts
of their guns and pound their heads
until they were dead. The CossaciiS
would pick up children barely old
enough to walk, hold them by the
ankles and bear out their brains on
the pavement. Russian officers look
ed on without protest.
London, Sept. j.-The empress
dowager's anti-fOreign frenzy in
June, according TO a dispatch from
Shanghai, was due to the presenta-
tion to her by Prince Tuan of an ul-
timatum, which is now known to
have been forged, in which the pow
crs demanded her abdication in favor
of Emperor Kwang Su. the removal
of the seat of government from Pc
kin. the placing of Chinese finances
under European control and other
sweeping concessions
Six months rations for the British
force. saws the Ticn Tsin correspond
ent of the Standard. are being for
warded to Pekin. The proceedings of
the Russians in and around PcEin are
watched with some anxiety. The sit
uation threatens to develop many
complications. 1t is said that the
Russians intend to take ShanIjai-
Kwan. They have assumed complete
posse eesion of the Haiku arsenal at
Tien Tsin and allow admission to
none but Russians. The arsenal still
contains thousands of pounds worth
of guns anL ammunition.
Shanghai. Sept. Iii Hung Chang,
Nung I.u. HSu Tung and Prince Ching
whom an imperial edict has appoint
ed peace commissioners, constitute u
radically anti-foreign commission.
Hsu Tung guardian of the heir ap-
parenD is especially obnoxious.
Three of the commissioners are
Manchus
Washington, Sept. THE latest
expression as to the attitude of the
powers on the evacuation OF Pekin
comes from the United States am.
bassador at Paris, Gen. Porter, who
has advised the authorities here rhat
the attitude of the French govern.
ment is favorable to the position
taken bv Russia. Almost siInuIta-
.neouslv with this dispatch from Gen.
Porter came one from the American
charge datTaires at Berlin. giving the
attitude of Germany on Russia $ pro-
pcsal. This states that Germany.
while anxious to avoid any friction
between the powers, regards the con-
ditions at Pellin such as to require he
continued presence OF German forces
there.
These two important cOmmunica-
tions bring the Chinese negotiation
to a very advanced stage. though
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