The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-17

T. that the great rvi Ito river has
swept down drift aud sand until u
has huilt
A GREAT BAR
across It's muuth. and only ships II
TIE highest draft can croaa aud entet
the river. where TIE water h REASON
atty low
We tumhied ourselves aad baEEags
into dirty little launch and went on
ear way. After a long time we could
ses the lew. yellow mud flats and
sand plains that make the coast and
soon the threa Taku forts came IN
last cent and the last KERNEL OF wheat
Even though Der credit mas fan and
France and the money lenders may
fear 70 adyEacs more taaueF. the
ears minister % finance can wrinE
millions from the people of i,is vast
empire. and men are even easier e.
get than mousy.
II Is thought here. though. that II
Japaa can keep control Of tias sea.
meet aad Defeat the new fleet that Is
70 be sent out. ard hola Korea. that
she can rect on her arms until the
POWERS INTERVENE
and stop the war.
fut here will come a con s.Gcation.
AAaA AHAAAHA EAAANN anu AHNEaN HafAkAHat
do NOT care a straw Tor h1rga they
want a chanes 20 trade In Mancharta-
Japan does not care much for Man
view. Here began Fht fighting IN $40
which ended In the allied armies entera
ins Pekins and breaking W the Boxer
rebellion
A little
ABOVE THE FORTS
we landed and walked until rirkshaws
came out 10 mest - Then ws rode
into Ta@ka. where. NJ noon. 40 SGT
breakfast aud waited for the train
70 brine ua UP here.
The ride up over flat farming
country 10 interesting. hecauss almost
every foot Of the land slsoNw where
ths Entertainments Of thc allies aud
the Chinese wers maze Ia that long
ard stubborn struggle to reach Tisa-
tsan Ia isoe
The conductor. an American. pointed
out to az the Positions - the various
troops and showed where the hardest
fighting occurred. All along wsre lit
tie plots Of ground where the Ger
man. Japanese. Russian. British.
Preach and American
DEAD ARE SLEEPING
Arrived here at Tientala. ne found
great and busy city. The most inter-
estfrK thing 20 us was Gordon hall.
Ia the center Of the city. This II ;
sort OF pablic hall and thestsr. and
here. for weeks. the white women %
the city were defended BY thu ~hits
men while thousands Of Boxers RACED
about the city.
Ever since the Boxer trouble Tien-
tain has been n garrison town. and
the streets swarm with the soldiers
% England. France. Germany Japan.
Russia and other powers. The gov
srumenta 81 Europe keep their men
here. IN striking distance % PekinK.
which IL only three hours away on
the railroad. for they do not trust
China to protect the diplomatic coli
ony az the capital Besides these sol
diera there are also Eood-sfzed
LEGATION GUARDS.
representing all the powers. AZ Picking.
The white people IN Tisutsin all
seem to feel that thay are living on
the brink of a volcano. They have
seen the Chluamam run amuck and
they do not know when he may
break out again. They are especially
worried over the way RuHsia y bull
wing the Chinese government and
they fear that the Russians win sue
coed In drawing China into the pres
snt war.
Ia such an event all white men
would look alike 70 the Chinese. and
II the Boxer trouble should be re-
peatsd the powers would all have TO
take a hand either In war or diplo-
matte Intervention 20 save the lives %
their citizens.
one needs 10 know but little q the
COOL CUNNING
Of the Russians to feel that they
would welcome such an uprgar. feel
ing sure that they would be able %
come out OF II with several points Ia
their favor.
The feeling here. "a IN Shanghai
II that while Japan r. a marvel on
the sea. and while the japanese are
intrepid fighters on land. that Rus
ala can eventually crush them II abe
can only coax them Tar enough In
land.
The common opinion Il that Russia
VII
MAKE A BTAND
At the Talu river. or a little north %
n. bat that she will gradually fait
back far enough from the sea 70 make
tho Japanese line Of communication
alfflcuIt Then army after army can
Be sent forward and Japan can simply
fight until her blood and treasure IL
ozha usted, md. even then. Russia
sill have hardly touched her
VAST RESERVES
o. men.
Suppose" said consular officer