Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-09-20

lChinese city. The poor Republican
lsoldiers meanwhile are wondering il
at this period of the month they
can scrape up enough coppers tc
buy a packet # the B. A. T. Co. S
popular brantG. Thus is it ever wit
those who b. the heat and bur
Iden of the dcy in the pursuit OF
duty-tea ara Pirates" for them
while the 9th quaff beer and sol
ace themselves with odalisques.
COPIED from the Picking Gazette
of July IA, 1919
Picking, day of year of Ching
Dynasty, otherwise July ), 1917.
Dear Friends:
Your notes remark that you all
are eager for news. | wish l knew
that this amount would reach you.
II am finding that it cees rather
queer to be cut off from the out
side world. Even if one does not
always use the railway, one likes
to feel that it is open to use.
We have been wishing that Adele
were here, to get some CT the thrills
that she has been longing for. They
are coming thick and fast now; l
am sure she would be more than sat
isfied
What is the news? or rather,
what guesses are people making?
First, the dragon flag flies over
every shop in Peking-by order CT
tho police. The paper says that only
in 'Tientsin and Picking can this
sight be seen. Soldiers, or police,
are stationed close together along
all the streets Otherwise, the streets
lcck much as uusal in summer
People come and go as usual, and
IN. ny take maps on the edges. So
dicrs with queues also take maps
around. You could have seen many
rickshaws loaded with all manner Of
baggage going to the station, until
today.
he state of the people is Of
course one of fear They have been
going to Tientsin in crowds, these
last days. Most of them want to
take household furniture and baggage
as we'll, so the trains have been pack
ed TO the roof, all this week. About
twico as many as could get on the
train would buy tickets, and then
the crowd that was left over would
wait for the next one. A Biblewoman
starting for Su Oh lao yesterday went
to the two O'Clock train, but could
not get on, it was so crowded, and
she had to wait for the one at half
past four With people in that state
Of mind, you can imagine the dis
may this morning when no trains
went. The usual crowd was there,
ready to start, but had to go
back home
As to trains, al roads are stop
ped now We hear that many soldiers
are coming from 'Tientsin, and that
the tracks have been taken up for
ways at Lang Fang. That is against
the treaty agreement made after
IAC DOACl yCdi al iCSdAh W eIiS's
road, so l believe the foreigners are
looking into it. The army will come
on by stages to Fang T'ien and there
communicate with the army from
ang Hahn Tien. Mr. Bergamini, who
tried to start for Shansi this morn
ing, but also returned, managed to-
get to Oh ang Hahn Tien somehow,
and reports that the place is forti-
fled, and cannon are all alcng the
ridge by the railway, so that
Chang Haun's soldiers cannot pass.
A lot of Changes soldiers are down
near the racecourse They are saids
to be planning to have battle at
Lu Kcu Ch'iao, Thinking OF all this
happening in Sleepy places where
VIC are always making missionary
trips.
l trust you understand that all
these armies are against Chang HsuI
None of the generals stand with him.
Even those who were plotting with
him before will not stand for this
monarchy. Some of the Manchus here
are pleased, but the more farsighted
ones fear that their condition will
harder than ever afterward On
the streets we can see often a.
Manchu in the oldtime regalia, Off
cial garment, round pointed hat with
button, and all. They are OF the
class that are glad to be back in
power. But many see that 1t cannot
last.