New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-25
AN EXODUS FROM PEKING.
Cases of Plague Believed Con-
CeaIed by the Chinese.
THE LEGATIONS AT ODDS
America Middle Course Re
garding Quarantine-Russia
Gathering Forces.

Picking. Jan 24-Tho weekly express for
Hankov vas crowded to-day with fugf-
tives. These included college professors.
the Italian Minister, minor diplomats and
persons Of means. who ind the moment
convenient for vacation or retirement The
bubonc plague. which had its first victim
here several days ago. and, h. IS believed.
has had many since then. IS the primary
cause NJ the outpourinG through the gates
NJ the CITY Even military officers Joined
the departing throngs.
As matter Of Official record. no new
cases were reported here TO-DAY. but the
opiuion is held at the legations that the
Chinese. fearing rhe foreign doctors and
the summary destruction of the dead. arc
not reporting Illness Of any sort and arc
possiblv secreting the bodies The ordinary
mortality in Peking has become infnitesi-
NAL since the authorities enlisted tho ser
vices Of foreign PHYSICIANS who AZ once
began CARRYING out sanitary measures
along modern lines.
The newspapers arc supporting tho gov
eminent I'm IT'S efforts 10 allav the fears
The masses nevertheless arc greatly
alarmed by greVsome reports. such a. one
esving that the Russians AZ Hardin are
casting the afflicted into poisoned wells
This story perhaps developed from tho
Dossihle use of lime pits FOR the dead
Meanwhile the diplomatic body has NOT
baen able to agree as 20 the manner I'm
which the legation quarters should be-
ousrantined. The Germans. Austriaus and
british are behind the barred gates Of their
ou.n compounds and are advocating dras-
tic isolation The japanese. who have the
largest community outside the quarter and
perhaps the most pressing general inter
ests 10 be looked after in Picking. are sup
ported by the Russians in arguing the
necessity OF continuing diplomatic relations
with the Chinese Foreign Board
William j. Calhoun. the American Min
ister. has adopted a middle course. lie has
suggested keeping within the quarter all
The guards. and the exclusion Of the Chi
rese except such officials rs have business
with tho legations. The moderates are
ridiculing the Others saying that they are
panicstricken, while political motives are
ouenIy said 10 be actuating the Japanese
The ordinations and recuminations are
often ludicrous.
So far only a genera measure Of quar-
autiup has befU ulutTldhtI- / ne Japanese
traffic which usually is allowed 10 traverse
the quarter H. now turned aside and COM
nelled TO take a roundabout route.
The disease has reached Pao-Tng-Fu. in
tho Province II Pe-Chi-Li. on its south
yard progress Pao-Ting-Fu Is seventy
niles southwest u Peking, and figured In
10 Roxer instruction Of 1900. Tile Vice
,nV OF HankoW has tclegraphed 20 the
',o,ernment asking permission 10 establish
a ouarantine against Pehng
c, Petersburg. Jan. "a dispatch from
r1arbin says that hunters from Jerhoa. In
Mongolia. were the carriers OF the plague
into Manchuris The hrst eases occurred
near Khailar. but the disease was not
locelized and crept 20 the southeast
Almost every case hss ended in death.
,rh, disease r. OF the pulmonary tvpe
ana the mortality Is estimated ~ % per
cent According 70 the Dispatch. the Chi-
nose masses suspect that it was de~gnedlv
introduced into their country. sixteen phy-
eicians. twenty-five assistant surgeons and
Two hundred nurses have Ueen assembled