Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-06

had their own business to attend to, and
adjudicating matters Of this kind could be
but an intcrludc Executions were too ire
quent to have much precious time wasted
on the prellminaries. No fire ever broke
out to my knowledge without a number OF
Cinnamon being inundated next day on the
altar Of justice or vengeance. The Chinese
we're treated as Christians we're in the
reign Of Nero
Treatment of women.
II at the beginning there may have been
some Isolated cases Of japanese cruelty
Mr.. Dillon writes, the japanese generals
very sternly set their faces against this
species OF deviltry, visiting the offenders
brought before them with such terrible
punishment that among their troops the
practice died suddenly out, and the Japs
succeeded in setting an example Of political
wisdom to all the foreign allies" a fur
ther compliment Is paid to the Japanese:
I'm battle fearless and fierce, they were
wont to spare the lives OF harmless people
in all towns and cities. and to post up no.
tices on the doors within which such pro-
tected citizens dwelt. calling upon all their
allies to spare and not to molest the in
mates. who are good. loyal people In
worldly wisdom, as in their commissarlat
and hospital organization the Japs were
considerably ahead Of the best OF the Chris
tian allies"
To the lust for blood was added the horri-
BILE treatment OF the women. Mr.. Dillon
writes:
80 far as | have been able to make out,
and / have been at some pains to investi-
gate the subject, no officers or soldiers OF
English or German speaking nationalitles
have been guilty OF these abominatons
against defenseless women. And the crimes
Of this nature which were committed In the
cities towns and villages in which / was
staying were numerous, II cannot be gain
said, and should be openly affirmed, that
after a time severe measures were pro-
claimed against offenders, and / remember
that on September Russian soldier was
arrested by some Indian troops in the act
Of violating woman, and was duly handed
over TO his military superlors for punish
ment. But it would be unfair to pass over
in silence the fact that only two days pre-
viously a Sikh had been pounced upon by
the Russians and delivered up to the Brit
ish for condign punishment for similar
offense; and two days earlier still. two
other Indians had been shot dead by Ameri
can soldiers for violating a Chinawoman.
| To compare nationalitIes in respect of the
guilt of their representatives would be at
once misleading to the historian and preju-
dicial to the tause OF humanity. IL is
enough to know that outrages against fe-
male honor were henous and many; to-
gether with the taking of unprotected lives
and property. they were the crimes most
! frequently committed by the allied troops"
| As to the Boxers at first utter exter-
mnation seems to have been the rule of
action.
/ tn hn bpU ~ 40
the British were the only troops which, to
my knowledge, gave quarter to Boxers
taking the wounded members into hospitals
and caring for them as for their own men,
/ tt ey also refused more than once, to shoot
| in cold blood Cinnamon who had fought
against them in battle, but were taken
weeks later without arms in their hands
On the other hand, the Japanese, who,
! throughout the invasion of China have
been on their Sunday behavior, were the
only power among the allies who under
stood the natives, gained their confidence,
restored perfect order, and re-established
the reign of law. The Japanese districts of
Tien Tsin and Pekin, for instance, were
model cities quite apart from all others.
They were crowded with Cinnamon who had
returned and were going about their ordi-
nary business without fear for life or prop
and victuals bought and sold at the time
that all the other wards of these cities
were in a state of chaos and without vegeta-
bles or meat. The Japanese were animated
by a desire TO show Europe that il thor
ough reorganization of China be desirable
they, and they alone, can effect It, And
this they have gone far toward proving TO
Europe and the world in the most con-
viucing way. Looting was first put down
in the Japanese wards Of Pekin."
The Riot of Loot.
Lcoting may be said to have been gen.
eral. The richest harvest was that CLEANED
by the Japanese. They helped themselves
freely to the silver In the mint and treas
ury at Pekin. The Russians showed the
greatest ability in plundering. THE law
less looting which the rules OF war against
barbarlans were said TO warrant was con-
tlnued until there was nothing left worth
carving off" As to the plundering of the
apartments in the Forbidden City Mr.. Dill
lon declares there was a satanic humoi
about it worthy of a modern Hogarth
Everybody wanted souvenir"
"The civilzers burst into the imperia
chambers despite the respectful requests o.
the mandarins present, but 1t was only, for
sooth. to have a look or take a photograph
! | lnen lnCy Htuulcu Tue pu' ihN'''!
in order to ascertain the nature OF the
, metals and the hardness Of the wood. TheI
drawers were pulled out and cases opened
, lust that they might glance at and admire
the barbaric splendor OF the Chinese court
And then there was pause, during which
, the intrudcrs looked less at the valuable
, and more at each other. One man woulC
lift up a costly jade ornament or fin'
piece OF siverwork, study It, glance fur
, lively around, re-eXamine 1t with a blush
lay 1t down in a half shamefaced, half
Z regretful way and move on TO another
p drawer. Then he would return to the frs
, and begin these rites over again. ON
, gentleman had only just turned his bacl
! for a second on most artistic and ancien
Z piece OF jadework and was coming back to-
admire it once more, when he saw it dis
. appear in the side pocket OF another VIII,
remarked with diplomatlst's euphemism
4 'One cannot got without a souvenir Tha
r word souvenir was the formula which ever
! one had been seeking for. Once found. the
: all hreathed and plundered freely. Eacl
2 one wanted souvenir, and, as there wa
q little time to pick and choose, he took
2 number Of articles home for inspection
The full tide OF looting had now set in an
Q could no longer be stemmed, even by tn
a sturdiest of those who were wont TO b
4 honest in the daylight and yirtuous in tn
3 presence of crowd An officer of hig
. rank, coming in, shook his head sadly, bu