Show LOOTING OF CITIES Buyers ae are to Pekin and nd lion NOT VAI VALUABLE ot of Hll Barter r time poll or or Anus IU II in Plea Tam Sept pt ot of the b by the Prospect vr of rich bargain and anu loot 1001 lage large numbers ot of bUr are reaching Pekin and Plea Thin Nn from and othe other In tb the luU Most or of thil theta ar are acting neUng under cable calli Instructions from dealers In America and the mal meat hd r re rePort Port having In bun spread o of the value ot of the tal taken In ID the sacking of these two north o Ut Chin China cIties It l lof Is of ou course Impossible to een evet approximate mate mat the total value Iu ot of the loot secured 1 by the troops For r the he greater paI part ot of it II lher there I is no ot of alue II its chief worth lying In the fa tact t that t It I is loot luot and u as a souvenir o of the Chie Chinese trouble It II Is II given a price I It Itus I us safe lure tu to predict however that Euro end A wn will be flooded wih with curl curi 01 us nd r relic tc which ha have I n r 11 seen either 1 or Time Tie PaIn because auM 1 so far the have met with Ith ken keen Th There rc la is today lullay any ny quantity of stuff for tor 81 sale but ly Iy al all of It cul could be bought II in un any curIo or oriental at hure iol II In every And In imi the avirons of the he camps soldiers or of all the powel powers gather Kolher II In Ite little groups bartering the 1101 SPoils ot of war tar It H I is all done very quiet quietly ly Iy arid and I is apparently winked at al 11 by those thole In authority Thel These Itle little elen basalt ae are mely Ille Japan Japanese Americans Preach men inca t fery every Oa flag gather In eager while civilian traders and curio seekers haggle with It them ur over pric prices II iii true tub ash Ion Dy By tar far the greater ler 0 of tb the etU I is Practically except a ahas ha has ben been said tr for Ia it value ss r IO There at are Ind and h have been few real b beg gains Raina and th these have been In ful furs To the AmerIcan ey eye they ther have hal proven U tha mol moat attractive antI aur handsome fur tur rob have secured at I lo low price ant and remit mink as the drued dressed hide hid of Ihl the unborn lamb Jamb lambIs I Is loal locally termed are probably Lh the mot most valuable of the fr fur l of this region While some lome sable lable and a little ermine h has found Ia Its way ay into the hands hand of thO those earliest on th the scone Olle A As a rul rule the robes oid lold openly lre are lambs lamb wol wool very ery cat skins skin rabbit and mongolian foat goat A piece In really daf class condition is II rare Most IOl or of lh the rob robes have hn been worn or have bave suf feted In th the sieges by to water and nd lire There II ft a curious absence or of or me ha a ahard hard hunt to Sad And a bit lt It 1 Ither her alli and then Iben I it j Ic usually lt of In an inferIor graile Ie The eXI Is II found In the fact that lh the common soldier I is not usually R a connol ur In art and many dingy va vases ot of rare value and bits of priceless probably I lie trubee crushed and chat chattered lel und under r the wal walls of the native city ber here and ot of Pekin I It was th the that the eye y ot of the ad and CO Co sacks and tinsel of ant o quart end nd colored rocks rock set et In gilded sUver or white metal pin and rings adorned with cheap enamel and lacquer are ar ot of feted for tor snit ale II in griat quantities fly tar far time richest lol lest procured was silver aUer bulon bullion In sire alce as I the helmet shaped ingot PI are termed These are re worth loUt about seventy tad tal each In bul bullon bullion lon lion or from I to 15 50 lold gold h la bears time imperial stamp on the under face facend and nd are the ot of value lu for the Chin Chinese curr It sells In the loot market at al quie quite a discount On One butr buyer front Shanghai l Ih the Associated Ir Press nt Uli that h he hd had se ae secured cured abul about lt at a prIce ot of 80 A Vr very heavy expense however I ii In involved vol ve In transporting the sloe I and con considerable market rl riL II l taken In getting It to 10 Ot Of arms arma there the II Is a Al Arm len men number ot of and Mauser rut and carlines tel Into time the hands handl ot of the all allIes and Ih they are ale a drug In the plunder bua baurs Most ot or of them hl have 1 Ier never tn ben Ird tired and they bring a emal small price PI Five dulaN Mexican or 20 In ingold gold u a run gun In excellent con dilon or I the tomen Chinese II huge hUf Ir affairs carrying almost a halt half pound hal talI are plentiful and for the In thus region I i a mine min ot of 8 Sik And embroideries In small quan tiles at are hie hut but the they bring good value alue as all easterners are al 1 judges of At Al condi conditions ton at are the same Ame There Thre however howver were found a larger larr number ot of furs fura and silks lk ilver bracelet bracelets pins Ime some Jade clothing ot of fine quality go 10 to 10 make makl up th the loot ot of th the two cities hut but Ih vald grand total cx the silver 1 r bulon bullion I is nr very small Out in the camps campI th Ih tentS Int of of oth both om cra ocr and men le are w II supplied wih with me tite furniture sm m of I it v very 1 han hani eme some hI bulk mind nci to u Europ Europe or America hI however r renders 1 it valueless auel to t T Teak ak cear cedar and ebony ct Chairs I re tahl tables cheats and lock lockers ers era aN ars U common aa a splint bottom chairs chain at hume home an anti the soldiers often I eat rations from inlaid ot of 11 arm army luP tops I mandarin tables table I |