Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-03-23

been something awful 7 suppose over
one million Of them have persisted.
Men women and children alike have
persisted No mercy has been given to
any.
The Russians have KILLED every In.
man being they have come across. and
am afraid that the other powers. In
many instances have done the same
but u the allies have been cruel. the
Boxers have been more cruel still. AZ
they have tortured foreigners and ma
tive Christians In the most nendish
manner.
Tortured I saw some Of their
by doviltry while I was
Boxers there. Some soldiers
were scouting one day hear Pao Ting
Fu when they came upon some Boxers
tourturing two white women whom
they rescued. but not lefore they had
had their eyes gouged out and ears and
noses cut on One Of these ladies died
and the other would be better OF dead.
visited the Joss houses and saw the
different gods and images Of worship
Great. black faced wooden gods before
whom they PROSTATE themselves and
to whom they pray. II | had my way
would make a great bonfire OF these
gods and purge the earth Of all who
worship such. Many OF the joss houses
had been looted and the gods destroyed
by the soldiers, and there were soldiers
guarding all Of them and no Chinese
were allowed 10 enter them. Perhaps
In all history Of wars and conquests
there has never been such wholesale
looting as has taken place here and In
Picking.
Scene Those great cities, the
OF oldest, largest and rich
Piu"der est Of this great empire
completely despoiled Of all their vast
treasures Of art. Private houses. stores
churches and colleges have all been
plundered. have seen silken fabrics
that would cause Partisan society
queen 10 marvel, trampled in the mud;
yelyets as rich as those worn by En-
glands queen thrown into the streets;
robes Of fur that would rival those Of
the Russian capital barteIed among
the soldiers: delicate Chinaware bro
ken TO pieces and costly jewelry traded
for a piece OF tobacco.
Expeditions were sent out through
the country to loot the farms saw
hundreds OF silver shoes worth $50.
sold for a bottle OF poison whisky.
Large chunks Of beautiful Jade worth
fortune. were broken into atoms
through ignorance OF It's value. Sc
cured one piece OF jade three inches
square and one inch thick, and ! am
told by those who know It's value that
II Is worth 1900. ! have been offered
$3.50 for II. bought bolt OF silk
from Russian soldier In Pekin for
$40 and sold II ten minutes later 10 a
German captain for sl75. do not ex-
aggerate and am telling you the plain
truth when | say that have seen sol
dlers wantonly set fire to whole bales
of silk and furs worth thousands Of
dollars.
will say this much for the Ameri-
cans-they did very little looting, as
our General Chaffee forbade II, and II
an American was caught footing he
was severely punished. Most OF the
looting was done by the Russians and
England's Indian troops.
This leads me to speak Of the differ
ent armies OF the world. will de-
scribe them to you just as saw them.
Jspanese The japanese are a
Fine small people. who are
Soldiers about feet inches tall,
and weigh from III to l4O pounds.
Their uniform is blue and white, and
they always wear cap TO match their
uniform In color. They are very jolly
army Of soldiers, always neat and clean.
and full OF fun. They are thoroughly
trained in the science of war, and in
an engagement they press forward to
what they know to be- almost certain
death with such dauntless courage and
uniiinching bravery that the Boxers
throw away their arms and flee before
them. Their officers are splendid men
and know their business They treat
the men kindly, see that they have
plenty to eat and wear. and look after
their health at all times.
Their hospital corps is far superior
to our own, as was clearly proven on
the hurried march to Pekin, when SO
many Americans were wounded and
exhausted. Our hospital corps was
wholly inadequate to care for the men.
They, In addition to caring for their
own soldiers, picked mp our wounded
and dying. and thus saved the lives Of
many of the Americans.
They would share their last meal
with any Of us, and always had their
caps full Of cigarettes, which they
would friendly divide with MS, and an
American soldier was always a well
come guest In their camps and was
treated to the best they had.
In the desperate fighting at Tlentsln,
when the allies were beaten back anl