Show LURED ON BY lOOT I Speculators Throng Tien Tsin to Purchase Curios Curioso I REAL BARGAINS FEW gY y FAXES FAKES LIKELY TO BE SHIPPED FOR SALE SALEA 4 A Correspondence of the Associated Press Pr s sTien Tien Tsin Sept 7 Lured by the prospect pro of rich bargain and loot large l ge numbers of buyers are reaching Pekin and Then Tien Tsin from Shanghai and oth other other er cities in the south Most of them are acting under cable Instructions from dealers in America I and Europe the most exaggerated re reports reports ports having been spread of the value of or the plunder taken in the sacking of o othe these the two north of China cities It is Iso of o f louree impossible to even een approximate ap mate imite the total value of the loot secured In by b the troops For the greater part of oi it there is no standard value its dud chief worth lying in the th fact that it is lot lent and as a souvenir of the Chinese trouble it is given a fictitious price Itis It U UIs is 18 s safe ife to predict however that Europe and America will be flooded with curios and relics relic which have never seen either Pekin or orIlen Tien Tsin because so far the speculators have met with keen disappointment disappointment There is today any quan tn tit of stuff for sale but practically alt all of o if it could be bought in any tny curio o or oriental shop at home In every eer and in the environs rons of the camps soldiers of all the powers lve gather In little groups barter barterIng barterIng Ing lug the tbt th spoils of war It is all done donery very try ry quietly and is apparently winked at by those In authority These little estt bazaars are extremely pic Japanese Americans Frenchmen Russians soldiers of every flar gather in eager groups while ci civilian ihan vilian traders and haggle with them their over prices In true Oriental fashion By far the greater portion of or orthe the stuff is practically worthless except a as has been said for its value as relics rp lies Chief Bargains In Furs Purs There are and have been few real ral r al bargains and these have been in furs To the American eye they have proven the st attractive and some exceed exceedingly exceedIngly handsome fur robes have been soured at low prices Persian P lamb and mink as the dressed hide of the unborn Iamb Jamb is locally termed are arc probably the most valuable of o the furs of this region while some ome sable and a little emine ermine has found its way into the hinds hands of those earliest on the scene A As AI a rule the robes sold openly are lambs M wool ool very beautiful dressed cat skins rabbit and Mongolian goat hides A piece in really condition is rare Most of the robes have h Ve been worn om or have suffered in the sieges by exposure to water and fire There is a 8 curious absence of bronzes or porcelain poel in One ne rie has hits a hard hunt to find a bit of Cither ither and anO then it is usually of an prior fenor grade The explanation ati ion n Js ls found fund in the fact that faa te t common sol aol do dir r is not usually a connoisseur in inart art and many dingy vases vates v es of rare iare value and bits of priceless bronze probably i h li crushed and shattered under the fh walls of the native city here i an I of Pekin It was the gaudy that raught the eye e e of plunderer particular l I Iv sikhs and Cossacks and tinsel orni orna IH of quartz and colored rocks set In glIded silver or white metal pins and anI rings adorned with cheap enamel and ami lacquer are offered for sale in gr it t quantities 1 ry Hy far the richest loot procured was SIT 5 IV r bullion in sice as the helmet shaped hap d ingots are termed These are arev aren v ot rth orth n th about seventy each in bul lion bin or from 40 to 3 JO o gold Each lw bears lar the imperial stamp on the th under fi ftP fall p and are the standard of value for fr the Chinese e currency It sells in the th loot market at quite a discount On i e buyer from Shanghai told the As AsS AsP P S 01 d Press Pres correspondent that he h hll hi 11 secured about OOOO at a 2 aprice price of eM J 10 A very heavy expense how howe ex e pr i r Is Involved in transporting the thelt si s1 lt and considerable risk is taken in int k t it to market I F Arms Are In Plenty Of f arms there is a surfeit An im un number of and Mau au rifles and carbines fell feU into the L 1 of the Ue allies and they the are a drug In the fie t he plunder bazaars Most lost of them h hI ha u never been fired tired and they the bi bring ing a m ni U ii price Five doMars doNars Mexican or orI 5 I in il li gold purchases a gun in excel 1 I In H i condition or the two m 1 n a i Chinese guns huge unwieldy af fi fa f carrying almost a d half halt pound I bt i are plentiful and fr for the weapon 1 tor dor this region re ion is a mine of rich II Ks ka and arni embroideries in small quan ti t i are but they bring 1 l value as all easterners are natu r i y v judges of textiles At Pekin con conns conn 1 In ns n are practically the same There t v aver tr were were found a larger number furs and silk silks Silver SHyer bracelets bracel pins nh r jade carvings native clothing of i f quality goto go to make up the loot of th two tuo cities titles but bait the grand total ex clu Cung Ung ng the silver bullion is very ery small o Out ut i m in n the the camps tents of both of Ii fi rs 11 and men are well ell supplied with withe n a v e furniture some ROme of It very hand Its bulk and transportation to tor Jf jC or r America Amelica however renders l r v to dealers de lers Teak cedar and t ty fly chairs tables chest che and lock es e are as a a common as splint bottom bottoms hairs hur s at home and the soldiers often otten C army irm rations from Inlaid tops of Mann darin tables |