Washington sentinel., 1901-03-23
RUSSIA & FRANCE
Perpetrate NAmeless Horrors upon
Defenseless Chinese.

| EGW people IN LulS county WISH
to see our army remain in China.
We have secured that for which II
was despatched there-the liberia
tion OF those confined in the Lega-
ton and provision against further
outbreaks Of mob violence. We
have had also the satisfaction
OF seeing punishment meteo out to
some of those responsible for the
recent Boxer uprising, and the
question of pecuniarV compensa-
ton will be settled, without doubt,
as soon as claims are placed II
proper shape. There is no reason,
therefore, for further occupation
bV our soldiers, unless it Be found
in the recital Of horrors given be-
low-horrors perpetrated by civil
lied men-Russians and French
the chief offenders. Such deeds
shock humanity and disgrace civ
ilization. They are Of frequent oc
currence and there is much reason
to believe the worst is not known,
To protect the people OF China
from such savagerY is the du'Y OF
Christendom, and If in doing so it
were necessary to draw the sword
upon erstwhile friends our people
would applaud the act. A Japan
ese exchange, NiyOkH SktKPH, pub
hshed at Toxic, recently received,
Is authority for the story given
herewith,
Our Japanese contemporary
says:
We believe in cosmopolitanism,
and that humanity, justice, chas-
titY. and the other virtues are the
common property OF mankind.
We are wellaware that our Nft0kH
ShiNbO is but a small, insignificant
paper, and that its influence in the
great world is not very FAR reach
ing; vet, without it, how can we
send out our cry for humanity,
since the West has failed to raise
protest against the savage crimes
committed freely by certain SOL
diers oi the allies in North Gilman
However, we che rish the hope that
we who live in the dawning OF the
twentieth century may yet see the
various races Oi mankind so 6lled
= iih the milk Of human Kindness.
that such crimes as we are now re-
cording will no more be possible
The recollection of the great
outrages at Tung Chau, still
makes US shudder at this very mo-
ment when we are writing these
lines. Tung Chau may be said to
be the gate Of Peking, as it is
very important place in North
China. Through it, rice and other
provisions are transported into
Peking. The town OF Tung Chau
has a population of a7e. 700, while
Peking contains 100000 people.
But the streets and houses, and the
inhabitants in the former city ap-
pear much more wholesome and
attractive than those IN the later,
So, you can imagine how prosper
Gus those people were before the
war. Previous to the entrance OF
the troops of the allies into the
town, the mandarins, who were
about to run away, had instructed
the people to surrender, but never
to oppose the invaders, lest their
property should be destroyed,
They were faithful to their man
darins' instruction, and welcomed
the foreign soldiers with open
arms. freely supplying them with
wines and provisions day by day.
BUT the wolves among the sheep
By and by their wolish passions
were reused. According to the
report Of the japanese troop which
were stationed there, the Chinese
women who were violated anc
afterward murdered by European
soldiers, together with those who
had committed suicide to avoid the
unbeaTable shame thus forced or
them, amounted to FIVE hundred
and seventY-threel Think OF it
Besides the above report, how
many more met with the same tate
is beyond the possibility Of dis
coverY.
Here, continues Niy0kH ShiNpO
| let us picture few striking pic
lures ol savagery, so that reader
may know what cruel things hav,
been practiced by certain soldier
Of nations who are just now lou,
in their boasts OF Christian civ
ilization.
II you had visited China, 20
would have noticed that ever
, Chinese house keeps large waite
} butt in it's yard, or garden. Th
. water butt is about 4 feet high. an
: about 3 ieet wide at the top. Nov
! many Chinese women, as some