The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
TALE OF LOOT |NG IF CHINESE CITY
 WITH RUM FLEET
German General Charges the Allies Took Priceless Treas
 ures During Boxer War

BERLIN. March 17.-By Asso- ciated Press. )--Tales of alleged shameless footing of Picking by the allied troops which relieved the siege of the Chinese capital in the 1900 Boxer" rising, are recounted ir an article in the March issue of the Prussian year book, prepared from notes left by the late Field Marshal Albert Graf von Waldersee. who commanded the entire relief expe- dition.
 Von waldersee says the Russians were the worst looters, as they were destroyers of what they could not carry away. The Japanese are de- clared to have been the most skill full of the looters, as they knew where the treasure was and confined themselves to search for bullion and coin. While the American off cers gave strict orders against theft and provided heavy penalties for dis obedience, Count Von Waldersee says the American soldiers took many things and that individual of ficers later offered much for sale.
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 Houses Plundered.
 The former field marshal says all the goods found by the British troops were delivered to the British lega- tion and were sold at auction for a common fund. He declares that Lady Macdonald, wife of Sir Claude Macdonald, the British minister, was an extremely sharp bidder and very unfriendly to anyone who opposed her tenders. The French are charged with having openly plundered houses with the consent of General Frey The Italians also are said by Won Waldersee to have been active col lectors of loot, but to have carefully refrained from immediately shipping
 i.l, H the Italian legation to avoid the criticism which the Russians and French called upon themselves py their precipitate action.
 According to von Waldersee. the Russians took chiefly art objects which were shipped to Port Arthur allegedly for an East Asiatic museum projected by Admiral Alexieff. The field marshal commends the Japa nese occupation troops highly. He says they were the best armed. the best disciplined and the life of the movement against Picking.
 OWN YOUR HOME CAMPAIGN
 own your own home" is the word of the day in Berlin. The federal housing and colonization commission has established mammoth exhibit in the former Prussian house of lords, where methods and plans are shown for putting up attractive dwellings for wouldbe home own CTS. The commission also has launched a number of unique sug- gestions regarding the manner in ~which colonists might be enabled to buy properties on the installment plan.
 One of these suggestions is for the laborer to "mortgage" his working power to the government for long period of time.
 l Under this plan a working man would pledge that for 15 years he would turn over to the government in payment for home the proceeds of two or three hours overtime work daily in his regular occupation. An other idea is for the government to give rural and urban settlers about two acres of land on which grain and other products could be raised, the produce to be turned over to the government in part payment for the property It is proposed also to im- pose an obligatory saving by a home builder of one per aent of his in come for every member of his fami- ly under 23 years of age.
 The commission favors the erection of cottages rather than three and four-story or higher buildings. The governments present plan contem plates federal erection of 15.000 working mems dwellings this year, but the commission claims that 100.- 900 new buildings are needed in Germany yearly and expresses the belief that the government lhould aim al least al the erection of 50,o00 dwellings in 1923.