Show LOOTING OP OF LUO LLO YANG f I Russians Japanese anti and Chinese Are Ar Guilty t Liao Yang Sept S 8 via ia Tien Tsin Sept of Llao LIao Yang Yani has few parallels in the annals of war wat fre Three armies on three dIfferent days had possession ot of the cU city and anden cn gage in acts of depredation When the Russians entered into thip occupation of Llao LIao Yang the they bunt built Ii a amodel model Ru Russian lan cIty outside the ol walled Chinese city and thousands of troops were lodged d within Its gates When the tte Japanese drove droYe the Russians out of the hills the RUS lan S soldiers realized that the town must tall fall and forgot all discipline They looted the town sparing neither Chi Chinese Chinese nese nor European shops destroying what the they could not carry away They wantonly destroyed great quantities of offo fo foOdstuffs and other goods rippIng open bales bags and boxes with the bayonet and scattering contents over the streets Much liquor was wait found and the soldiers becoming dru drunk k committed fUrther excesses During the interim of the departure of the Ru Russians and the arrival of the the Chinese and po pa police palice lice finished the work the RussIans be bd began gan pillaging the shops that not found by the Russians Tn when the came they completed the looting They had been fighting for jive days without food except dry rice ani an l broke loose Upon entering the toj n The Japanese looted right and 1 left lett The shops having already the Japanese turned their attention to the private houses They TIey wanted food princIpally but overlooked nothing ThIs was the first time in this war that the Japanese were guilty ot of loot lootIng Ing a captured city and their officers were much distUrbed by the outbreak When order was restored the Japan Japanese ese soldIers were taken out of the walled city and stow lire not allowed inside without a special pass The Russians burned great ties of supplies Food in the se city is very cry scarce |