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CHINESE SECRET
SOCIETIES.
STILL A FORCE.
That there are beggars societies, bhieves societies, and kidnappers' societies-ql over South China is cominoily accepted, and naturally. little is known of their organisa- tion, but that they are complete and extensive goes without saying. In
SEQUEL TO BURNING OF A 1007
MONASTERY.
club was formed in Hong Kong called the Kung Ye Tang with an entrance fee of $1 auil so The polition events of the last cents subscription per memem.lts twenty years have considerably mo object was to onliet as many as pcs Jined the status of Chinese secret sible of the leading members of the societies and this has led to a gon-Chinese Detective Staff and num eral belief that their power in fast declining, writen G.E.D. in the Malayan Polico Magazine. The disdain with which the Legations originally viewed the Society of Harmonious Fests" or Boxers in 1000 was evidence of this popular
served all they received for their cynicism, while the eneret political societies flourishing to-day show deeply this clan spirit is rooted in Chinese life.
ber of uniformed police, and then to get all opium and arms smug glors and gamblors to work toge, ther for their mutual benefit. The poller entered under fetitions names and the Trind out and signs were used as a most effective
WAISHING NOT SUNK
DRIVEN ASHORE AND
BADLY HOLED.
FAIR CHANCE OF SALVAGE.
There is no truth in the report of เย the sinking of the 8.8. 'Waisbing.
Sho is adore in Nam Kwan harbour, about eighty miles to the south of Wonchow, and is badly holed in the engine room, stoke- hold, and numbers" two and threef holds. The master of the vessel, Captain Hughes, has wireleased that although the ship is in a pre; carious position there are excellent
bollef, and the "Legations richly demensure to keep the members sceret, chances of salvage if immediate If this club had not been" raidedistance is forthcoming. The by the police early in its activites salvage tug of the Imperial Salvage it would have been far-reaching in Company is reported to be making its Influence for evil.”
"all speed to the scene of the grounding, and there would seem to be fair prospects of saving the ship.
H.M.S. Sepey Doing 20 Knots. "The exact stato of the weather
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SEATTLE,
at present prevailing in the vicinity DEFENDANT DISCHARGED. DEATH LIKE "BOLT
of Nam Kwan is not known, but
PROVED..
Bolshevist Ideas," It was stated in a recent article
In 1925 many secret societies in in this magazine that the Trind
Canton were merged into labour' Society was formed in 1808 by the unions These labour unions were dispersed, followers of Hung Bewaffected by Bolshevist ideas, and Chuna, who was utterly routed by the Canton Government recently the generals of Tung, Che, but closed them down, with the result according to the most cummon ro.
that there was a revival of secret it is significant that H.M.S. Sepoy, THEFT OF TELEPHONE NOT cords of the acciety it was in 1874 societies and gatiga of bullies. which up to a late hour yesterday that a band of militant monks, e- These gangs of bullies extract afternoon had not arrived at the longing to the Shaolin monastery "use" from singing girls and scene, was reported to be proceed. in Fukier province, rendered good prostitutes, and on occasions rivaling thence, at a speed of twenty service to the Emperor Kanghi in
gangs have disputes na to "squeeze defeating na invading army of the
areas and fights are arranged.
·Solu State, against whom his re-
The parties arra themselves with short bamboo poles and cecnsion- guiar soldiers had been unsuccess. ally with knives and gather in ful. He rowarded them at firat
some secluded spot, but owing to an eficient detective force these „but afterwards, at the instigation affrays rarely reach a satisfactory of two ministers, had the monas ecnelusion, and murde.g and.. tery surrounded by troops and net
woundings are for. on fire at night," when the monks 'were asleep.
knots, which presumably would not be possible in very heavy weather.
Hangrang Standing By. The Bangsang arrived at Nam Kwan harbour yesterday, and is standing by.
the Hong Kong Telephone Com- The defendant in a case, in which pany were the complainants, was Mr. J. A. Fraser at the Kowlubn discharged for lack of evidence by
Magistracy yesterday.
It was alleged that the man had stolen an automatic telephone, the property of the Company. This he denied, saying that he found it
"As previously reported in the near a public Intrine. Daily Press, the 8.8. Waishing, &
A police witness stated that it vessel of 1,85 tons, built in 1003 was a telephone instrument at the had been reported to him that there
FROM BLUE."
DOCTOR'S FIRST FATALITY
IN 30,000 CASES.
A form of death which * doctor said "comes like a bolt from the blue was investigated at the St. Pancras inquest on Florence Hall, aged 47, of Barnsbury Road, Isling- ton, N., who died following an arsenic injection for her eyes.
Pelice in many American cities, Buches San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and New York for many years have been troubled from time to time by the, bittar and sometimes bloody warfare which
The breaks out between the rival tongs on a voyage from Hong Kong to present at the time but the former doctors decided that an arsenie in- or Chinese secret societics exist in the United States. Peaceing. Foochow on Monday, she en- questioned the defendant made the i
they the north when, shortly after pass-left the house and witness caught icetion would do her good, but some him after a short chase. When time afterwards a rash appeared pact after peace pact has been
Evidence, was given that Mrs. by Wigham, Richardson & Co. of defendant's home and, after inves.
Hall had an affection of the eyes Nowcastle, and owned by the Indo-tigation, he found the instrument for a considerable time, and was China Steam Navigation Co., was fendant and another man
under a piece of matting. The dein danger of going blind.
'Court,
were
Dr. W. E. Armstrong, who ad ministered the injections, said that for sufficient evidence to convict the
Was accordingly disthe rash did not appear until after charged.
the third administration of the arsenic.
Only Five Escape. Only five, now styled the five Patriarchs of the Society, escaped, the others, numbering one hundred and twenty cight, were killed or burnt to death. After many hard signed by the tong leaders only to countered such heavy seas that the same statement as he had made in on her body and she died.
be broken when the rivalry grows captain deemed it advisable to put His Worship said there was in- ships the five that escaped met
tco intense. A half Chinese and Chen Chen-nan, a discarded minis half Caucasian by the name of shelter, Whilst she was there the man who
into Num Kwan harbour ter of State and then a student Thomas Wang recently escaped the of Taoism. He received
electric chair by giving a promise intensity of the storm increased, them to reveal the innermost secrets of kindly, inflamed their desiro for the toga, and the police have beon
and later, in the day, the centre revenge and proposed the establishable, through his information, to
of the typhoon passed very close ment of the Tin-tci-wue, Heaven with them, and to prevent shootings ashore.
set up effective measures to deal to the Waishing, and she was driven and Earth Association or Hung, and stabbings by rival tong mem- Deluge, Family, for the Triad
bers Society was started with both de.. signations, as a means of obtain ing it.
Societies of Bandits. The West River in South China is at prescit harried unchecked by numerous societies of bandits who demand squeeze and ransom on goods and protection fres" on traders passing through the dis.
Some non-members assert that the Socisty was not established un til 1749 in the reign of Kembeng; but all agree that it owed its ori-tricts in their hold. These socio- gin to an infamous act of perfidy, ties, besides inaking trouble for in the burning of the Shaolin Men- shipping merchants in outlying astory, and the massacre of most districts, have carried their acti- of its inmates after they had done vitics right up to Canton. At- good service to the Manchu en uso. tempts, on occasion, successful, beve been made to blow up junke by nice, and letters received from the societies by Chinese and foreign. shipping companies demand heavy Protection fees ranging from 3100
Thousand Arrested...... In 1817 thousands of persons were arrested and many of them execut- ed in Canton for being members cz the Triad Society. The Society continued to give great trouble lo the Canton authorities until 1827 when a party of them, in was defeated in the Meeting Pass aiti, About this time there were so many members of the Society in Kiang- si that they terrorised the officials and interfered in the administra tion of justice. In 1850 the Triads were in rebellion in several parts of Kwangtung and Kwangai, and the important cities of Shiu-heng- fu, Fatahan, Tai-Ecung and Tung kun were captured, and Canton was partly invested by the Triada. The Pearl River from Dane's Is land to Creek Paguda was also held and controlled by thom,
to 82,000.
H.M.S. Sepay left the Colony on Tuesday to proceed to the scene possible to the stranded vessel, and and to render whatever assistance
piratical gangs, if necessary. to afford her protection from She
pers operating m
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brief visits to the colony,
I, must have performed some- thing like 20,000 injections of this kind," he added, "but this is the first case which has ended fatally.""
No Warning.
Dr. O'Donoran, pathologist, snid that death was due to exhaustion from arsenical poisoning. The pre- paration used in the case would be guaranteed "by the Ministry of Health for safety, and would be tested on animals before being put into use. It was being used in quantities all over England; and the quantity used in Mrs. Hall's case was reasonable.
The Coroner (Mr. Bentley Pur- clinze): What warning does the practitioner get of anything going wrong t-None whatever: The rash. of the end; but death usually comes may be a warning of the beginning like a bolt from the blue,
The Coroner said that in the last years organic arsenis had been
A verdict of Death by Misadven- thre was recorded,
An extremely interesting and Kwan on Wednesday afternoon. was expected to arrive at Nam jentertaining "At Home" was held at the Helena May Institute on | Tuesday afternoon when the gov. erning Council of the Institute were hosts to the various mission- Shanghai, Members of this gang colony. Altogether some Afty mis- and around aries at present on vacation in the are associated with certain peeple sionary ladies attended as well a in the Chinese Government, and at most of the Council members of the times. their services have been use. Helena May, and their friends. ful to their political putrous.
The writer can think of many and
After ten a programme of music such incidente but they crowd on artistes responsible for this part of songs was enjoyed. The his mind as much as they would the programme were Mrs. Sanger, swelt his paper, and he can nei-Miss McGill, Mr. Li Char Chi and Passage boats plying in the im, ther arrange them in the che, nor Mr. George Grimble, all of whom mediate vicinity of Canton are priosd as if they were going into
put them down on the other, ex-were in great form and much ap-sed for treatment of dense and o .cept in the greatest confusion. Hepreciated by the guests. This At had become valuable in various where the passengers are confined ing that although the power of always enjoyed by the missionaries certainly done a great deal of good action. On the roofs of the cabins would, however, end with the warn Home" is an fhnual event and is form and preparations, and had (or what may be called the upper Chinese secret societies all over the who, after an arduous time in the for humanity. The particular pre- deck) may be seen half-a-dozen old-world is waning they are a force mission centres up country, lookparation in the case had been test well depressed, so as to hit a boat sincerely hopes to dispel false ideas entertainment such as the Helens had seen guaranteed. fashioned, muzzle-loading consonati to be reckoned with, and he forward to a pleasant holiday, and ed, and in so far as it could be, close alongaite, and also racks full which will lead to their being un-May, affords them, during their of modern rifles at hand for the. der-estimated. use of the crew. Old fishing nets ady to be spread out as a screen. are hung in folds on each side re- against bomba, and passenger boats are fitted with iron gratings to separats the engine room from the In 1858 secret societies brought rest of the bont, for the fast act themselves into prominence in
of the robbers, whether they push Hong Kong on account of quar out from the cabins where they out from the river bank of rush rels and fights among members of have been posing as honest pas different lodges, respecting the levying of squeezes on those enf. stop. Within the last few years sengers, is to bring the boat to a aged in the coolic emigration outrageous acts have been commit trade." The principal lodger con corned in these disturbances were
ted on..board-foregri steamers and the Man On, the Fuk I Hing and Jaunches the forvirn captain, olli- the Hor Luk, The, chief, of the cers and several of the pauengers Man On lodge was a Chinese de murdered in cold blood.
having, in some instances, been técilve, and there were Government Borvants connected with the others. The detectivowan arrested and committed for trial at the Supremo Court on the charge of committing unlawful net's in connection with the Triad Society. He was allow ed out on bail, and, although his chances of convicting were extreme- ly doubtful, he absconded to his native place in the Kwaishin dis
trict
Shot and Epeared. The Chinese authorities obtained information of his whereabouts and a party of suldiers was die patched to arrest him. He resist
Bomb Outrages.
in Canton has produced many The prezent political revolution bomb outrages, three of which, on- curred within forty-eight hours; one in the Provincial Government House; the second in building. near the Naval Club where mem- here of the now Government were staying and the third in the pub. lic gardens during a cencert by the police hand. The latter is in- terpreted merely as a demonstra tion to create uneasiness among the residents, but that these outrages. are connected with a well concert
ed the soldiers with firearms, ined plot to take the lives of the re
consequence of which they shot and speared him in several places, and ho survived capture only a short time. Since then there have been Frequent Fights on a small scale u, which lethal weapons have used and
orions Wcund. ́inficted,
bel leaders, is suggested by previous reports from Shaarhai that, prior to their departure for Hong Kong. they were spotted by members of the seng Heng Lociety, a anteri ous gang of robbery and kidonp. (Corilinted on hezi Coluân.)
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