Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-04-26

4 LADY correspondent who has
just returned from China has
A given the Sphere some very
interesting details Of her
fight to safety during the
revolution in China.
after i've days travelling by road
In native conveyances." she writes.
putting up at Chinese inns except
when we were fortunate enough to
meet with mission station, we were
IN tho highest spirits at finding our
selves once more on railway station
platform. We were now collected.
party Of % of various nationalities, all
having been recalled to the coast by
our several ministers. The station
was ,Yutze. the last but one on the
French line which will in time cross
the province Of Shansi from north to
south. The present terminus Is Tai
Yuen Flu, the provincial capital. where
fierce fighting had recently taken
place when the city fell into revolu-
tionary hands.
"Our train was timed for ten q. M.
but it was four p. m. when It arrived
from Tai Yuen Flu containing several
officials on their way to Man t. Kuan
ON the northeast frontier Of the
province. On either side Of the noun
pass at this point were massed large
numbers Of soldiers belonging to the
army Of tho emperor and the army OF
the people. az they are called BY the
Chinese, impatient at this time to b.
gin fighting. We were aware OF this,
and hoped to pass through the arm
les before tho fighting began. This
hope was soon dashed when our train
after three hours travelling stopped Of
a station called Yang Chu'en, and Mr..
Lin, the secretary of the Tai Yuen
foreign ONCE, appearing at the door
Of our compartment, said: Velly
much tightly; train no go on It was
true, and we were soon detached from
the remainder Of the train. which with
military officials on board, steamed
towards the scene Of action and left
us on a siding.
"Mr. Lin was most attentive. but
the situation looked black There
were no inns open, the innkeepers
having closed their doors and run
away for fear Of the soldiers. who
commander everything and do not pay
We were therefore obliged to make
ourselves az comfortable az we could
in our large third-class railway car.
which fortunately was new and clean.
No Heating Apparatus.
I'VE had good supply Of rugs
and Chinese wadded coverlets. Our
luggage was piled up in our car, and
so we made our beds as best we could
and spent = pretty uncomfortable
night in an icy atmosphere, for the
heating apparatus was not working,
and for all light couple Of candles,
which we dared not use for fear Of
running short. We did not suffer from
hunger, for we had provisions with
US, and Mr.. Lin kindly sent US rice.
eggs and bread cooked in the railway
station kitchen. That night we heard
trains continually passing through
and peeping out we saw truckloads Of
revolutionary soldiers, packed like
sheep. going to the front. They must
have suffered terribly from the cold
in spite Of their wadded clothes and
sheepskin coats. The next day We
had to resign ourselves to remaining
in our car for another night They
were fighting at Man tt Kuan, and
we were told 1t would be impossible
for Us to pass across the frontier int
the province of ChihM as the railway
lines were mined by both parties
The station officials were evidently
very anxious to get rid Of W and Of
fered either to send VI back to Ia
Yuen or find US lodging In q village
close by. But we felt safer where w
were, and preferred discomfort to I'm
known danger.
1.-THE next day news came-frst m
mored and then conflrmed-that tn,
revolutionary army had been beaten
Soon trains loaded with them were
hurrying back to Tai Yuen. Their,
were many wounded. and We wert
able to render some little assistanc,
with bandages and simple remedies
There were closed wagons of dead
and we heard afterwards that thu
rebel losses had amounted to 500 men
AZ for the unhurt, they streamed bacl
all day by train, trolley and on foot
"Our Mr.. Lin. who had Travelled NJ
with the soldiers. now returned to Vi
very crsstfallen. He announced tina
the imperial army would soon be com
Tag, and considering himself in posi-
ton Of great danger prepared 70 a,