The National tribune., 1901-06-20

| %, 200 followers from India. 1t is safe
to say that each one of these men took
something from Pckin as souvenir, and
an additional something or more for
friends. Many mailed articles of en-
broidery and silk goods in addition. Some
would take a piece of jade an opium or
| water pipe, fur coat, a pair of odd shoes,
bit of Jewelry-something. Officers and
many others took well-packed trunks filled
with loot; it matters not whether they
bought and paid for it.
All Chinese goods ,tsent out of North
China since August last cannot be called
u better name than loot. If each of the
100000 men took two articles of loot, it
is plain that zoo, 600 pieces went ont. But
it is reasonable TO say that near 1,OO0,UO0
pieces of looted articles, in clothing and
| curiOs, not considering silver bullion or
money at all, went out of North China
since August last never TO be returned.
| That would make an average of only ~
pieces to each man. But many took hun
dredS.
| saw one missionary load g trunks full
of Chinese goods on the lighter boat Riley
at TOnGku, to carry out to the army trans
port Indiana, off Taku, for shipment to
America. An awful storm came up. The
Riley had to pull back, and some of the
trunks We're broken open on account of the
lighters plungcs. The priceless goods
contained i'll the trunks broken open were
easily recognized as goods classcd there
in September last as loot.
On the 9th day of October last, in
travelling from Tung Chow, IL miles, to
| Pelln by mule cart, the writer met a
caravan of 80 camels, Il large number of
Pel.in carts and coolie freight wheelbar-
rows, completing a train so long had to
wait half an hour near q cut III the road
| for the caravan to pass. n camel car
rieS 600 pounds, or therCabOutS, and each
one was loaded with furS and all sorts
| of Chinese goods. Some of them were
in bags, but others were not, and could
, be easily recognized. The carts and
whecbarrows were loaded in the same
way. At Tung Chow these goods were
loaded into Piebo River boats fer shipment
to Tongku, whence they were loaded on
cargo ships to be sent abroad. The Brit
ish flag headed this loot. caravan. The
caravan was used to bring army supplies
back to Pekin from TunS Chow, and
from appearances there seemed to be about
as much loot going out of the country as
there were TatiOns and clothing for the
armies coming in.
If 100000 articles of Chinese goods
went out of North China never to be re
turned, then the Chinese people are really
very great sufferers for millions of dollars
i'll personal property have been picked
right up and taken away from the people.
If any person who was in Pekin or Tien
Tsin last August, September, October No
ycmbcr and December can explain that
any other business was done in these
places and between, than the handling Of
amy supplies, as goods coming into the
country, and the handling of loot, as goods
going out Of the country, or held to be
taken out, / would like to hear the eX-
PLANTATION. Yes, the Emperor and the
DOwager Empress will find conditions in
Pekn and vicinity very greatly changed
to the dctriment of their Empire and the
humiliation of themselves. But probably
they deserve it.