New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
LOOTING IN CHINA
SOME CHARGES MADE BY GENERAL
VOYRON.

Paris correspondence of The London Times
said yesterday that all obability the report
would be published to-day. but did not say that
1t is by an indscreton- that it has now soHewh nat
9bscqrelE reached the Fs bsr @ bound n o eTp9
why the government cannot and does not wish i, 10
cprimnates some OF the missionaries who INDUCED
in the no tbT rsckS er P1Bs r tB FRg Ba Gh
other things which the government does not W1sa @
Were already being mysteriously noised abroad
both here and no doubt s bsa 1eved by the
allied forces. while the Chinese in the rfcnest quar- quar-
of 5he legations ran OFF to the best shops: which
we're well known to them and pillaged mem ff,s GJ
crushing Of he most precious arcles ftoEy sk
IseeJ Sy IWeTxd bd snd eaped up in their respective
legations, thus making ruthless plliase their norma
a'u As General Voyrons report gives names and in
general places the at55ude 81 bt 1e IS Clear that it
IS not for the government of great nation to pro,
ga htstSrBB o BOTH T's seR RssmS in Paa it wa not
women alone who INDUCED IN tnese is in
VoiVed nor yet are the missionaries or soldiers OF
any SihSiG ph the heroic actions accomplished
reckon up the meanenoLy a S bicb Peking
vas then the theatre. volumes would not suf1Ge &
,e+ NJ nrndent coolheadedness when. so 70 say. ne
innrovised the committee which will undertaKe 70
SeeGt 1f M With all the details of report 1t is to
be presumed that this oS VIII Wr not fncite to
Sad o,,sr 70 the public the names of those men or
qs and Hso lnn for theft The all the shameful
because the fmpunty was absolute 70 Inose Mio n
minds and souls they pretsnaeo h 10 pp pbane and it
must be passed in silence, Tor an are o.,
The following are the portions Of the report ho"
pHat tba outset of his report General Noyron iy
o.ers long explanations on the charses .! piiieI
that in general way the French troops were
mich more reserved than those or the olnsI Nc
S fonS French ecers and soldiers they were severely
repressed and in any case were ony Isolatsu III. ~
stances onee only osSa1s 1sd aWay 70 page methodi-
raIIv and en- masse. but they were lnciteo oy Ine
missionaries The report then con3inTeS d aIe
10 prince LIS palace the morning of the IIth
with forty carts and two hundred 20 tnreS haaa.e =
.atsodiraI ne search They gathered up the silver
;neots and thus collected important sum Tney
got got fs1oTs Stationed at PeiTang to whom
gratuity gave personal checks OF me Saips ~
in France On learning the lot that had befallen
their comrades certain men not at Psi-Ians i5
doned their cantonments and came to seek l silver
bers for themselves Beng unable TO utilize them,
they exchanged them for checks oearlng eleL,
names Chamot Peking restauran, ATTp Thsss
EXCHANGES the amount of which it is not easy to
determine were made it sppearS' a. very was m
nac1;sr Situation This seizure had not been or
dered and took place unknown TO him 70 iedse IA
5aiiveTsd to them individually by the mission or
the man Chamot would have been reai encour-
Tbe report goes on to say that the checks given
to the soldiers by the MISSIONARIES mar 81 trra5 so
tna missionaries but the French sailors refused
TO give back their checks. Finally chsck ror
Name 1,Ty in eompensaticn cor the checks which had
been handed gratuties 20 soloisrs "tp hau
snS wbich these soldiers turned into common
fund-''