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March HI. 1101. THE ILLUSTKATH1) HKK. u tiuiu of critical und turbuteul unrest. Uut ...... .. ...,,.,.1,, nmuiinl of risk of going fur the uttuck ou thu legutlous, horrible us It uilold t0 ioul( but there was great rovvurd was, 1ms been uvongod tenfold. The con- awaiting thu enterprising. Aa luto aa two duct of u great porllou of the allied troops weei;a after ti,c relief of the legutluua, In hua been ao utterly dlBgraceful to woatoru lll0 prIU;pal street near the l'eltang cu- clvlllzatlou that it ia u tnoat disagreeable thedral, two French soldiers wero ahol tuak to u hlatorluu to refer to It, and It lu ,L,U(l cloac beside me, mid nlthough wo Im- ubsululoly Impossible to go Into a descrlp- mediately rushed lu through the rulim tluu of details. To au Impartial observer, j lno direction from which the ahota came, if the term "barbarian" was to bo applied cul,id Hud no trace of tho men who hud to either aide, It might Just us fittingly bo jirt,j them. Tho Japanese Intelligence do- upplied to thu luvudera aa to thu Invaded. partment knew whero every building cuti- lu this dcaperutu "war without wounded tnlnlng treasure wua located, and they aide for ouo killed ou tho European, mid thu possession of tho most valunblu. War of Civilizations Unbiased View of China (Copyright, 1W1, by Collier's Weekly ) piixu of western vandalism the reply was (Kditor'a Note; (leorgu Iynch, the war made that the Chinese hail burned the coriespondent, who Is becoming ''; Hamlin llblul) in older to set lire to the known through his graphic ana da lug . . . ' erlllclsms of tho Chinese einbruglio, Inst lirltlsh ligation. aciiluveil pnimlneiicu some llyu cuis ago, since the destruction of the Alexuudrii.c when r J.r",l,ea v , M',r,V ",f.U aW this '"" l'"-'1" 'ns heen "hous.in. wustea of western Austiuiiu, Alter una teat tho ljndoii Cluoiiieiu engaued linn holocaust of uuieilaciablu literary tuns to uct us Its war coriespondent duilug ulCB s , luu burning of thu llainlln. nut i!!Sfriiavruf;A v r br lh,?.1rTv,,, wltnesaed the Haul sui tender of the Span- done b) .ho educated Chinese, but b all lsli generalissimo. After thu pence pro- luiunaitd mob of lloxeis, whosu Kuropenii tocol Air. V?'J..uVl!!,n,1VMi,.l''Vh.w0...t." muivuleiit would be found lu the luccndi.i ffi jVo0WWneaUuut on 'the "IbVo'i .lea of thu IMluco of Ve.saU.ea, or the mem honor" by onu of the most rabid null- beta of the commune. It must be buiuo Ureytusards, and ovcieainu his opponent. ,Und that this was done by a mob who, Vo South however Ignoiant uiid infatuated, wee Africa by the illustrated London News, mainly aeluuttd by a fanatical patriotism llu wua at thu front und sent the earliest wlllch, In a way, might be considered nut reports ot Klundswiigto, lloltfuntelu and ' ' " t ,.i .-il Mku'son's Nek. At this lust eiigagenient to oo so far oil tho Idea which aiilui.iUd liu was wounded and thenceforth allured thu Inhabitants of Win saw to put the loicli thu lute ol thosu shut up In lidjsmitli. lo li,t,I. clty, Ut ouo seeks lu utn for Alter he had fully lecoveied hu under- . ' flll. destiuctloli of took to run thu Uoer lines alone, peno- an) allth excuse lol the iltstl union ui trullng ten miles beyond t,adysiullli, only tlaae thousatiils of books which reiuuliicd lo tall Into thu hanus of n detached Uoer by the oldets of thu gelieials who com oT?o' vtioZJ"? ut'deU the armies of western civilisation the escapu or Winston ciiuiehlll, lu lecog- If positions hud been ruveised, and that nitloii ot Ilia luiputtiul tuports ol the whole t wis tho case that u purl of thu Hodlotnn ?lC,iS,,u,,'Jlll!LB!',,rt,.Ura ffifc """-ury at Oxford or the Congressional II fever, wlllch was aggravated by a return brary at Washington had been destiocd. of malignant inuluria cjntiacted lu Cuba, would wu not have cuusldured those who llu hau scarcely recovered when the l , destroed thu reinulnder ua uiiworth) troiioles urosu lu China, und his servlcis , u"" ' weio once moie demanded at the liont.j to bu considered clWlUedl lu llriug ou the Tuku furls without any I'lmnlrrcil ami I'lniuleieiN. declaration of war tho alllca entered on u u WU8 u 8ll ,,,, 1)0allloii ou thu mor caieer of "nigger" treatment which they ruw of lho duy afu,r lhu ullll,H lad uiitend puraued In their march from thu sea lo ,, , , Tu .... , .. ul lllu meicy of I'ekln, und which they havo since pursued ,t3 j.iuudereia. It was almost deserted OMAHA OUAHDS OATI.INO (U'N SUCTION IN ACTION. uVBlndl, b;,li '""TSU TlZuZ "''"I"')' of ready cash will, which to pur- ,o ih.nk .ha. I. also alfoided hl.n mid his Wilson that In- would most ic.a.nlv .us. Uuon vJn rK"?tolur "i U tho miuck lho ? very lowest cluas, who had nothing proprietor of the llo.el do ,, absolute scar..) ami plot.,.,.,,, llu- his head on lhu leturn of the c.npc.or .. Sou VerJ ubao utely U.ex us b ul" l" wBy of worldly goods to ose u 1 I uno imm, ..nmedlaUdy undeceived Mi Ihig Ho m. to g.aU.j his funo-li n U though theru uru peoplu U.o u e that " ll SMn"i u , , , , The .ins "-curing a ll.mnclal backing fro... h.s 1,,1,-speul.nig soldier wus pi, ddmg along matter. It was ..! at this ll.ai lie ne.a rr( X Uu J ou having l".L'"" l,l0,?1C ," . O , K '"""'lll- uf slhl'r " h ,,, l'"' -ontemplallvely. It waa evident hl.n lo keep his head. some Uoxln executed v us t ay lie lu s "hout und lurked u the ulns h lm 1 , f, , ,,,.,,, ,, ,,,,. , U(J m , , ,,,,, ,. ,,,., m.perlal ladles of the fali.ro have T " ".t" " U:.. ..! ' " avvkward vvay of footing fiom behind ' therefoio enjoj.d the distinction of being Ul ll, U.MIU11U) uuuDuut uuu iiuuuiiv v uollicrj ot tlllOUgll VVllKlOWS, BO lllul ll.cro - , . . , , . , ,, ., . , ,, .,r , . l, month. Tho rich paw.ii.hop8, fur stores and hack. leiiialutd unseen ny Hie ejes of lho lu Jewelry shops Ihat weio luokeli opi ii by III Notwithstanding the dlllel nice in vaders, Nearl all lho I'eklueso ladles allied troops weio completely gone through language ho immediately made il ileal to seemed lo have dlaappcaictl before wo ai- by the loweHl class of Chinese rabble al- the China. nan, whose place he t ink on tho rived. On lhu llrst day or two a few were most Invariably Ihe night after they had pony, leaving him to walk along msiead, no occiulonally to bo seen escaping In carta, or been opened. Kor a week or more after longer with the same bland, self-sal Islled glimpses of them were to bu caught p.iln- the relief the laws of ine.iiii and tuum Hmlle on his face, but still carrying the tally tt.ddllug along on their liny leet, sup- wero In abeyance. banner w lib the strange device, "This house ported on either aldo by their maids or ..T,,U i mi i Oe. iu.le.l." Is occupied." being cai l ied on their backs. Any of those One's possessions were only secure as Although practically the entire clly of that remained had a bad time of It If found long us one could keep (hen. within sight. l'"kln outsldo t,.e walls o the Imperial by tho soldiery. Ti,., ..f mv nrriviil mv imiiv was an- paluce was plundered, yet there was pr.ic- Theio wus one Inalatico of a Manchu girl theru were hundreds killed on the Chlnusu J0's"70 u,u after their nrrlval in taking nexed by sou.e Uusslan Cossacka, and 1 had tlcally 111 lie l,.otv..g ;;" "' J''-' who was dlacove.ed In her houau by a cor- Out of to wait till the following night to ma.o re- " n-niniiiueni. ou ......v.- .... , ,.. , i. ...in i .... . . .... ... ....... .1. i i... ,i i ., ,,f iI,Ipj Hie emperor nun eii.prewi nuniigrr. l0 ta.uo lu Uo It'll 0C1IIUU. till louim uei UUUIUIU UUU UVUVUO IUUII.II.U Uil IUU tllU UUl.U.UgB 01 1110 IMiaill Ol IUUUIIU ...... IV llirill It ......IIH iniv ... ...v...... ...... mlaalouurlea found their counterpart lu thu thcy took several million taela in Sycee. This one was an excellent pony, except An r, r I ll.iu. In tho Insidu loo... of a house, vvl.eiu she treatment of Chlueau women and children Tho sliver was almost Invailably foui.n In that be had the awkward habit or wanting The day of tho march of lho allies through was absolutely alono and deserted, ll u by certain sections of thu allied troops. this form, and almost every evening for lo fall Into line whenever 1 happened to be llu. palace some "souvenirs" wero taken, coii.su of a Chinese gentleman was ly ng lu As an Instance of similar horrors tho bout a week after the occupation 1 would near a Cossack regiment, doing along I'or about a quarter of an hour a perfect tho yard, faho wua a Maiichu lady, and, hu bayonets of u company of Uusslau Infantry roCelvo n visit, in the Chinese housu which llntamcn street one day I saw a complaieii" orgy of looting look place in a dark store- many of her nice, extremely beaulllui. I ei (and throughout tho campaign tho ltuaalan i oceiiplid. from Russian soldlcra, who looking Chinaman, sleek, well-fed and bland room llllul with can.phoied chests and trouseia und cout wero of richly ombro d- aoldlera Invariably carried thulr bayoiiutB Would tramp In heavily with their high lu expression, riding along on a beautiful boxes; Jado vases wero stulfed into bulg- ered Bilk, her black hu r wus ornameuleil fixed) wero stained by thu blood of uu lu- topped boots Bluffed with sliver and their Chinese pony. Ing pockets and a I'rcnchuinn was to bo with jewelled coiuba und ruvvs of pearl or- faut which they had tosaed from one to tho blouses abovu their belts bulged out with On the end of a stick ho carried a banner seen pressing his knee on top of a high, nnmonta of peculiarly Involved pattern, n d other. In tho burden of dead bodies which , also, who had come, olferlug It for aalu with Ihe strange device, "This housu Is ne- richly wrought golden vuhc until be pressed thu coll of her hair waa carrUd over a dell Hu rU'nr Pol 1 In r.'irrltui f mm IVl; in In I lit! m filnwiut ,,..v ml,... Tin. ST.". Blioes wero piinled." It was olio of tho llttlo Hags that 11, eonccrtlna-llke, so as to make il III In- cutely carved stick of white Jailu, auiuuvvli.il aea wero to be seen numbers of tho forms being freely offered for $10 to $15, but the used to be hung over doors of sotno of tho sldo hla tuulc of young girls. VillllllllUlll III' (III- I'lllCNt. Ill civilized warfare thuru la generally sumo llttlo respect shown for thu priests und places of worship of the conquered people, but hero there weru nouo what ever. Horses wero stabled ill tho temples mid thu art heirlooms of thousands of years of thu nation's llfo to bu found therein, weru mutilated and destroyed whero they were not stolen, lu a street which has been named Onseleo atreet, whero 1 lived lu I'ekln, for a whole week wus to bu seen day by day carts passing backward ami forward laden with books which they wero bringing to a hugo Are in a yard outsldo the palace wall, whoio . they weru consumed. Thousands of books weru thus treated, so that tho whole street wn.i littered with their Muttering leaves to such mi extent that I could not get my llttlo Chinese pony to pas3 there without getting olf und leading him, he shied to Buch an extent at tho llutterlug papers. Day after day this literary holocaust con tinued. When tho wind was lu tho dlroc Hon of my housu a lino black snow kept perpetually falling and covered tho roofs nnd courtyards with thesu iibIics of dead thoughts. Hundreds of tho books wero writ ten in tho quaint chur.-.ctcrs which showed that they belonged to nnd wero written by Lama priests; many of thorn hail probubly found their way thero from tho bleak steppes of fur Thibet. Thcy wero printed with those wooden blocks by which these barbarians practiced tho art of printing for centuries beforo the tlmo of Caxton. Many of them also wero In manuscript, which must havo meant years of labor, and hnnd-palnted pictures Illustrating some wero occasionally to bo found. Thcy wero nil alike consigned to tho buiuo funeral pyro and thousands of volumes of unascertained, but perhaps of considerable vnluo wero thus lost to the world forever. As tho bleak, cold wind from ovi r tho plains swept down tho de sorted street at nights nnd moaned dolor ously through tho ruined houses, rattling doors and llapplng paper windows, It lifted these torn book leaves and Bwirled them round In a fantnHtle dnnce of death until one could almost Imagine one heard tho lamelitntlons of tho ghosts of their long dead authors priests, hermits and scholars mourning over tho ashes of their life work. When Borne men remonstrntcd nt this illlllculty wns that there were very few houses In the alliinpl to prevent u.e.r neiug uno or i piuiMiei.'is . ni..i.e... people lu the happy position of having a looted Judging by his expression he a emed madu to give up their treasures, who al- traiied attention by the aluiormal develop ments of their llguns. It was not until ANOTHKU SIGN OK SI'UINd In tho shape of a Hal paper knife. Siiu was lei tilled at Ills approach, and hu had great dilllculty in persuading her cf hu hnrmlcdH Intentions. Aftur much troublu hu managed lo get an old man and his wile about a fortnight afte.'' this triumphal from the neighborhood to come lu uad oc mariii that tho private apart mollis of the vilVy vw house with a vluvv to protecting emperor and empresa were vlslli'd. Through i,t.r m ho got them to aupply her with thu eourteay of (leneral Wilson I was nf- mulies' chillies In place of thu rich ones forded an opportunity of tiling one of tho chilli she wore and lo take olf her pearl llrst to see then., lie made u.o promise that ornaments, which would oiler too strong u I would not take anything, and I guvo my tumptittion to any marauding soldiers who won! not to take anything -except photo- nilgl.l perchance visit tho houau. graphs. Kor over a mouth, by moiiiu wonderful Pli'liur or I he "Sim r llfiivt'ii." chalice, alio succeeded In living there un it thesu walls could speak, whnt a duturhed, and was supplied by tho corru strango story they would have to tell of apoudeiit with food und iiccoaBarles. Her tho tragic struggle Ihat quietly went on gratitude for his services waa unbounded, within them; the Imperial rail I cm I, lhu and, although there waa no communication nominal despot of 100,(100,000 people, i n- by menus of langi.ago bulwoen them, she gaged In struggling against all the forces expressed her feelings lu many pretty ways, of conservatism focused lu the person of lho When occasionally ho caiuo to aco her In empress dowager. When an Imperial di spot the evenings, she would slug to him in u turns reformer ho is npt to go too fast, and high falsetto voice, which was moru agree this was thu fault committed by the oung able lu tho Intention It displayed than lit emperor. Still, theru la something ex- ihe actual performance trcmcly pathetic lu lho unsuccessful ellorls Onu day hu begun to maku a sketch of madu by this delicate, sad-faced young her and thu universal Instinct of her sex man, and the pathos is aeeenliiated when, wus shown by her running away to change from an eastern standpoint, wu consider her coollo clothes and to como out In ull Ihe ban (hut ho la under from not having the glory of the gorgeous habiliments of the given birth lo u male heir, the greatest Manchu lady. Onu evening, after u couple misfortune Hint can nllllct a Chinese house- of days' Interval, ho came to see her, found hold, from tho highest to tho lowest. Tho thu housu deserted, und neither ahu nor greatest pride lu thu life of tho poorest lho old man or woman anywheru to be coollo In tho land a boy child -waa du- seen, and wns left blankly to speculate nled to tho Son of Heaven. It la a curious ou what had become of them, thing that when lho emperor left the palace ;,.,., ,, lo ii. hhIhIIoii. he did not tuku tho Imperial concubines No om. KmiWH where the hundreds of with him. Thu hurry of hla desperate thousands of tho inhabitants of I'ekln ills lllght. which only took plaeo tho day wo ,,ppeared to, and It will never bu known were actually In I'ekln, was probably the w,at jmnHhlps thesu poor people, outcast reason. They remained behind, and re- Und homeless, must havo had to endure main there tn tho present day. dining tho rigors of this trying winter lu Although many things havo been looted m, ,,.ak plains thai surround I'ekln. Thcy from tho palace, and the apartments of the w,,r() jHt beginning lo como back to what emperor and the empress dovvnger entered. w,,n , majority of cases, thu ruins of yet tho seclusion of the women of the pal- (llr ll( u.rs, when Ihe lierinaiis, late for aco has nevor been Invaded, nor have they tn lrHl Mmrch fr the relief, came up to yet been seen by western oyes. On ihe (ll((.r ,, their (iimpalgn of revenge, Btart day of my vIbII with General Wilson he was (llr H0.,.,.,j punitive expeditions, and curious to hco them. Ho told tho old con- Hpm,d fresh terror Into the already horror trnllcr of the palace to open their apart- stricken people. incuts. Hut ho replied Ihat II was Im- .;VI, W,, ,. nf,,r f ti I k1 wages It was possible. Tho general Insisted, and ex- ni,Hl impossible lo obla'n servants. I plained to him that he had to seo them, managed with great dlllliillly to secure two, that hu. tun controller, could not help him- ()m, f.0,j Sapolio because hu didn't wiihIi self in tho face of the anna of the Amerl- ,.itheB, or anything else, and Ihe other, enn soldiers. Still the old man refused nnd protested, and finally put It to Oenornl (Continued ou Mlghth I'age ) i