Evening journal., 1918-03-18

ia were placed along The Street that
hey might refresh themselves.
"ln The afiefnoea or This exciting
sunday. a number of us were on the
upper yersnds OF the hospital watching
Ihe steady stream OF soldiers coming
np ihe street. Quecr looking soldiers
they We're. MO uniforms. and for head
coverings there were straw hats. piih
hats, fali hats. fur caps, turbans, old
military cops and almost every con-
cehable sorl of headgear. Most Of
them wore straw sandals An were
provided with wen filled cartridge belts
and carried modern rifles. Slung on
their backs were large roynd bamboo
rain hats. which, we were told. they
used for shields. Many Of them were
armed with old fashioned looking
swords and knives. A few carried brass
irumpeis. AS long as themselves Their
OUTFIT was quaint but their faces were
lhe faces of gobbers and murderers.
Md such lhoy proved 90 be 90 least
the larger part of Them.
"Ii seems large portion OF ihia army
Is made up OF kwangsi bandits As The
entering troops came mp one side Of
the street. steady stream of lhe same
kind of soldiers were passing down the
other side 0f the street These latter
were heavily Hden They had bundles
of bedding. garments. shoes umbrellas.
rolls of cloth and of silk. clocks. hams.
bottles of wine, sacks of Hour and an
sofs of THINGS AZ first we thought
that lhe people were ciyinr them press
enis. Then we concluded Chat they
had picked M loot .hai ihe Northern
ars had dropped. but $50 finally learned
TO our amazomeni. thal these troops
were looins shops and houses much
more rulhiessly and thoroughly than
The. Norlherners had done.
This was only the beginning of q
reign OF terror such rs J hope I may
never witness again About 5000
troops arrived that day oon wc.hesrd
that bands OF them were fryns % en-.
fer our Red Gross hospitals for tho
purpose of killing The wounded North
crn soldiers Twice on Sunday such
hands were driven oui without theiI
succeeding i'm carrying out their muir
f0rous plans Abort g o'clock n thf
evening a messenger came running o.
say that again some soldiers had enter
I'D one of the hospitals meanine DO kill
the patients Karl together with nrs
Adams and Young the after a ned
Cross DOCTOR am ran over Go save the
poor fellows They were met al ihg
door boy men with liked bayonels
These weap0ns We're pointed 3t their
breasts and our men were told hey
would be run Through n they came d
siep further. so they were compelled
io stay outside while these lends did
heir awful work within I cannot lind
0ul how many were killed before they
were driven of, at least five or six
probably more Some OF the patients
were bound and left with the ossur-
ance that The wretches would come
back later and KIN them is 10 amy
wonder that Two of th' wounded North
erners have gone insane from fright2
IhQso lhiayinr rascals also carried
on from Che Rel Cross hospitals. beds
bedding and straw In such quantities
tl8i there we're not nearly enough of
'n2 0f thesc things io provide for th,
wounded who are still pouring in
NO-l of ihe wounded now carried Do
are Southerners. for after battle thcs'
lctorious troops XIII al Northern sol
/ diers, wounded and prisoners. The.
/ also vowed TO bin all Noriherners %
] his CITY, soldiers and civilians alike
There are a ereal many coolies AM
/. othm wmkmen from lho north here Il
Yochow. They have been here for sew
cral years, workne for the railwa!