The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-09

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EsvsF saw lsosoa bel.
LAO YANG Sevs TNsrs
isseu up 90 no s@se % islprf ssssloo
regarding what tao Iae~ . sss. f.'. ly
did bs@sS 40 aNsr they carr uess
tals taWo p has hsoso aSsid essS
tke japanese shslles tie Caies0Va
city 400 aU rhsss eooaso 10 lVHs~v
sa,rGB N~i a~Y Of ts~eue siSs .
oosuts Is sutir-ly true
During Tho borilaritreat - the
Russians. who had retired almost 90
the city wallis a few shells dropped
into the Chinese city I watched
this homharlment from a point 81
vantage aud can say % my own
knowledge that I did not Hee a shell
fired from a gan belonging 60 either
the Second or Fourth army fall In
the city Tho Russian city va
shelled aud shelled hard. because
there the Russians were making q
stand The railway station. where
the troops we're eBtfalninE for their
retreat north was Hhelied with the
biggest guns the Japanese had hut
the Chinese city WAS not shelled.
and IL Is n wonder. considering how
close 90 The walls the Russian bat.
teriea we're. that more shells ala
net drop In the town.
As it was lei Chinese were killed
and about gt0 we're wounded ~
which number 20 have since died %
their wounds These were practie-
Ally all near the east and south
walls Of the town when they we're
wounded a great number 81 the
wounds were slight and were cFi-
IDENTIFY caused BY spent rife bullets
soUe Of the wounds we're caused
hy Russian bullets the difference
la size making the bullets easily
recognizable when extracted
DID LITTLE LooTING.
That there was some looting by
the japanese aoldisra there can be
30 denyiop II vas 50 small how
ever. that Il Is hardly worthy 81 the
p.a pu,s OF loosiOp The soldiers had
beer Tor five days With little food
except uncooked rice and they were
husEry. when they got into town
they ooopcOa 40 oat work 81 any chick
ems o. 8srEH that came their way
They Communicated food wherever
they could find H. bat they touched
nothing else Both Foreigners and
Chinese have told me that while
the town vas foil of valuable goods
the Japanese toad and destroyed
sotklpR but food II Is probably
morally wrong for soldiers 10 do
even that. but the looting Of fowls
seems 10 be the usual prerogniive
% a soldier the world over AZ
poon 40 tbs officers fu-opg out that
tbs SOD fses wsqs conn p0audeering
food they put sseptriesa az all the
gates Of the town and no soldier
VAS allowed 10 enter the city unless
be was provided WITH q special pass
have followed the Japanese
army more than POO mllea. from
DalnY 20 Lao Yang I have seen
absolutely no evidences o. deatrue-
ton Of property nor have ! heard
before Of one complaint that the
japanese had taken anything. how
ever small. without paving for II.
Correaposdepta with the FIRST army
tell the same thing All the cor
respondents and military attaches
have remarked dozens Of times on
the wonderful freedom from lootlnF
propensltIea shown BY the Japanese
soldiers
LAO YANG's GREAT PAGODA
The most interesting. and by far
the most artistic feature Of Lao
Yang. Ia the great paEoda which
stands lust outside the city wall to
wards the railway station. 10 r. a
massive affair. probably two or
three hundred feet high. and of a
peculiar shape and a style Of archi-
lecture which have never seen be-
fore. n is really an artistic affair
and It's evident extreme age makes
IL Of interest. About a quarter Of
the way from the bottom 10 the top
Of the tower "a circle Of inches In
which are life-Hize figures Of Budd
Ia. seated In an attitude of msdi-
tation or a lodgs blooV.ora. Between
these inches are standing figures
The figures are all worn with age
and the top Of the tower Itself Is
erumbliug. Tho peFoas has "A very
interesting story. or, rather. four
stories.
The FIRST legend Is 10 the effect
mt ,f.,,ut 2 6s,o ycara ato there ar