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Show The Chunchuses in Dalny When tho correspondents with tho Japanese army first went to the front In 'tho slego of Port Arthur they woro given quarters In Dalny, which city had been evacuated by tho Russians and thoroughly plundered by tho Chlncso before tho arrival of tho Jap-ancso Jap-ancso forces. How tho Chlncso. rob-bc rob-bc found their opportunity for plun-Brtng, plun-Brtng, Frederic Vllllers tells, as follows: fol-lows: "When tho position at Nanshan fell tho town was practically uncovered uncov-ered and tho Russian citizens wcro compolled to fly to Port Arthur. But tho mayor Informed tho pcoplo that thoy had qulto four and twenty hours la which to prepare for tho flight, as it would bo Impossible for tho enomy to arrive beforo that time. "Unfortunately on tho very evening of tho taking of Nanshnn nn adventurous adventur-ous Jnp Sergeant pressed forward 1 nlono to Dalny nnd, arriving lato at night, went from houso to houso In tho Ch'neso quarter, spreading tho nows that a big forco would bo In early ear-ly In tho morning, nnd Insisted on tho celcstlalB flying tho Japanese flag over their houses, which was done. When daylight came tho Russians saw, to their dismay, that there were many rising suns, and all thit ono dawning In tho wrong direction. Thinking that tho Japaneso had entered the town, there was a terrible panic. "They immediately packed up and rushed away for protection to tho great fortress. On seeing this movement move-ment on tho part of the Muscovites, tho chunchuses, who wero secreted in tho town and In tho outlying villages, hurried into tho city nnd commenced firing and looting tho Russian quarter. These men had been for weeks awaiting await-ing this posslblo event; now their tlmo had como and Judging by tho number of bottles lying empty In the courtyard court-yard of tho hotel thoy must have had n very good tlmo indeed. "For tho thirty odd hours they were pillaging they made tho hotel their headquarters. They ripped up all tho beds, sofas and chairs In their 6carch for hidden trcasuro nnd left nothing behind them but bare Iron bedsteads and foul matting, on which they had slept off tho effects of their dissipation. dissipa-tion. Wo unfortunato correspondents hnd to camp out in tho empty rooms." |