New-York tribune., 1901-06-23

nractice we need not dwell To those you"9
American women who fell into the hands OK tle
Boxers last summer death came as d iieioS
after slow agonies not to be mentioneo mere
Two of them who diel from horrible Haitrea'-
ment begged that their names might not .
published and this piteous plea mas peeh r.
spected-
| Mr. I.andor's description of the IootlnS or llti-
Tsin by the allies has it's amusing features Tha
British soldier and marine when they enteret
the city thought first of chicken for supper and
pursued every stray fowl they saw. Then they
| collected silk gowns. ornaments and curios lcI
each of their relations at home The japanese
soldiers yielded to the fascination of a rare bit
of old china and rolled up painting yellow
with age and would stop discuss their quail
tiles with artistic enthusiasm The principal
! things they looked Cor and took away were
watches of foreign make. musical instrume-'s
| or portable music boxs. All the American scl-
dier looked for. if we can believe one ehroEicIeE.
was gold bar silver. If he c0U.l not get thes-
| he preferred to have nothing. Silver and gold
| particularly appealed to the Russian also. a;;4
! to- these may be added furs- The French so.-
diers seemed reluctant to take any article Of
value and their taste to old clothes.
At Peking. too. lootins went on gayiy officers
as we'll privates helping themselves TO valua
bles. Missionaries. male and female. were fire.
tied houses" and every afternoon there j
sale by auction of the legal loot at the British
Legation Out in the court Of the Ernpercr's
palace in the Forbidden City. "as of the Oh
nese officials who was escortins the visitors
stood impassive with his white tasselled hat ami
a long necklace of amber and jade. with pend
ants the emblem of his rank. dangling on h.5
chest military officer approached him
with bow. removed the valued necklace from
and with Ta-ta' and graceful wave of the
hand. walked away with it. A complaint was
later made of this to Sir Robert Hart. but
| fortunately the necklace could never be recCv-
cred"
For a fortnight after the relief expedition
rived at Peking. the inner Forbidden City
remained untouched and closed The Americans
had forced two of the gates against desperate
resistance and with sorrowful loss of life and
had attacked the third. when. to their indigna-
tion, the order came to cease firing Soldiers of
the different nationaties We're set 10 guard til
gates. and quiet reisned in the imperial strong
hold The Chinese nightly encouraged b.
what was supposed To be the foreign devils
inabihty 10 take the palace. and presently be
came so threatening that the allies turned q
the most effective demonstration-that of max
ing formal entry into the Forbid len City Tn,
description Of the ceremony and of the paIac-
/ itStti Is lNNilr&biy done. he reader cannot but
be amused at the irrepressble air OF triumph
with which Mr.. LandOr mentions the stern re-
fusal Of the British commander to allow him I,
take part in the entry, and the subsequent cor!-
laiity of the Russian general. who invited HIN
20 ride by his side at the head of the procession
The Russian general and the literary man wer-
the hrst foreigners To set foot within those sacred
precincts, and the British general stood at At
tention' and on his feet they rode past him
Throughout these volumes the author has
pleasant things TO say of the Russians He fat
~ contradlctS the tales of the atrocities which
they We're reported to have inflicted upon III.
natives-these tales he pronounces purely ma
hcIous and nOnsensical inventions" He brac,.-
cts the Russians with the Japanese as be.ne. III.
best soldiers in the field. but he points out thl-
the russian was the stronger of the two on
the march To PekinS in the terrible heat of ~,
ChihtSe summer. he Eever saw a single Russian
fill out OF the ranks. while the soldiers OF other
hatlonalltles collapsed in hundreds along the.
road. III and often dying. The Russians easy
white clothing had a good deal To do with this
so mad the practical unconventiOnaIity with
whlch ne marched He went aIOng, with what
ever green leaves he could find stuck under his
cap To Keep the head COOL and opened umbrellas
which he had found in Chinese shops The off
GERS took great care of their men and SAW L,