Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-06
CHINA'S VERY
UGLY SITUATION
Murder and PiIIage Between PeklO
and Ten Tsin
SPLITTING BABES ON LANCES
Christians Have suffered Gren'y W
Hands of chinese, but Latter more
atHands Of Foreigners.

New York. May 6.--The latest man
from China, says a Washington speelei
to the Tribune, has brought to the state
department new proofs OF the terrlpie
and perhaps lrretrievable condltohs
which exist under the foreign military
rule In north China, involving situa-
ton not hitherto fully realized. even
in Washington, and utterly unappreI-
ated in the United states generally
The character Of the Information when
has now come into the administration
possession Is summarized In the tol-
lowing extracts from communlca-
ton written by one Of the most trusted
officials in the service abroad and
mailed from Pekin a month ago
"The question Of raising the indemni-
ty, though one of the most serious TOT
the Chinese government, Is not para
mount. All the people who are likely
to know declare that the Chinese peas
ant can stand no greater burden OF
taxation than in the past, SO the ques-
ton resolves itself largely to reducing
the expense OF collection which In China
involves radical reforms. Another prop
position for meeting the indemnity Is
TO grant lucrative mining and indus
trial concessions to foreigners but that
means bartering their independence
and laying up endless trouble for the
Chinese who are quick to recognize the
fact,
III the whole horror OF the murder
and pillage done between Tien Tsin and
Pellin comes to be understood In the
United States and In Europe the sum
OF II is so great as compared to the
number OF Christians who have suf-
fered at the hands OF the Chinese that,
rightly or wrongly, the Chinese are
likely to be held the injured party
l4anoers wantonly impaling little chill
dren by the wayside In the streets Of
Pekln are some OF the least OF the well
authenticated horrors and TO some for
eign soldiers Il dead Chinese Christian
is just as satisfactory an evidence of no
quarter as a dead Boxer--they neither
know nor care for such trIhing dis
tinctions.
The allies, even II they could agree,
could not set up an administrative ma
chlnery Of their own for the empire
They must restore the power To some
native party, and the quicker they do IT
the better for China The Chinese est-
mate that one million Of their people
have lost their lives by violent deaths
or starvation about Pekin and Tien
Tsn since the allies came, Well in
formed foreigners long resident here
do not regard the estimate as exagger-
ated."
The North China News Of March 49,
endeayorlng TO tell why such situa-
ton as the one alleged can exist. says
simply because Chinese civil authori-
ty has been suppressed harried. driv-
en- away and nothing substituted for
It. The country between the sea and
Pekin has been devastated and the peo-
pie have been killed Unfortunately or
driven out OF their homes 10 become
bandits, We should have thought that
one Of the first acts OF the foreign ad-
ministraton after Pekin was relieved
would have been TO strengthen the
Chinese civil authority and make II
responsible for the preservation of or
der. But what magistrate can be ex-
pected TO remain at his post and exert
himself 10 put down opposition to for
eigners when at any moment a for
elgn lieutenant with handful of troops
may come TO him and demand sum
Of money on pain Of having his town
or village burned down In case Of re-
fusal"
CHINA APPROACHES THE POWERS
London, May CT am informed by
q high native official, says the Shang-
hal correspondent OF the Times, that
China has approached the powers sug
gesting a complete opening Of Man
churia to the enterprise Of all countries
and that replies have been received
from Japan, the United States and
Great Britain
Japan cordially approves the sug
gestion. The United States govern
ment generally assents, but II suggests
an application OF the principle TO the
whole empire Great Britain approves.
II IL feared that Russia will object.
"The chamber of commerce and
the British and American associations
are vigorously protesting against the
proposed Increase OF the customs tar
IN TO 10 per cent"
IN MANCHURIA.
ST. Petersburg. May 5,--The Russky