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When the bandits of North Chins limited their activities to seizing Chinese, rich and poor, T. Shanghal little was heard of them. The T/T. Singapore newspapers occasionally referred. Japes tal
T/T, India and to secret societies, to hunhutze | Demand India wan and big and little sword societies, T/T. Bas Francinen and New to the activities of a Robin Hood character, like the "White Wolf," T/T. Java But generally little was known of roving, hamaless bodies of men in all provinces of North China, numbering, soma have estimated, into the million, writes Mr. George E Sokolsky to the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Then one of these bandit
decided on groups
upsetting an important train and at- tracted the attention of the world to itself. The Lincheng incident made wonderful newspaper copy in and outside of China; and be- cause of the publicity and the attendant rewards for wrong- doing, banditry suddenly increas- ed, so that more foreigners wäre held for ransom and promotion. But each new outrage focused
Shanghai upon itself less and less attention Australia & Manila until now the bandits realize that its there is no longer any value in seizing foreigners.
But are these men really band-up via Sur (Lattes & Papers Loo-
Those who know them don 615 March Parcels 29th Feb.] - deny the allegation. They say U.3. Canada, Japan & Shanghai that most of the bandits of the US, Japas à Shanghai present day come from three classes of the population: First, the old secret societies, the Tsingpaang and other paungs, old organizations which were largely instrumental'in making China a republic in 1911: secondly, the dispossessed peasantry who have taken to the hills in the face of official persecutions; finally, the disbanded soldiers, who have nowhere to go and nothing to do.
The old secret societies were organized at the end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the Manchu regime to preserve the throne for a Chinese dynasty. They regarded the Manchus & foreiga usurpers, of the throne and continued for 300 years to make difficulties for the Manchus, whom they finally succeeded lin driving out. Be it re- membered that the revolution in Chime was not for a republic, but
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"Canada, C. & 8. Americs & republican movement.
*Europe via San Francisco When the secret societies saw that the revolution meant lots of politics and little improv. ment of the conditions of the Chinese people they retired from the scene. Their members went April 24 11b. 55.-Pressure back into the country as peasants bas decreased considerably over 8.W. Japan and slightly over or, if they were landless, as
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In one of the dales of the containous country of Herze- gavina close on the Dalmatian irontier, lies the small village af Scenica, writes a Press cor- respondas All round the village rocks start to rise towards
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Hongkong rainfall for the 24 habitants can send their goats and pig and graze. For centuries hours ending at 10a.m. to-day it has been a very poor village, 0.19 inch. Total since January and because of the poverty of 1st. 5.96 inches against an average
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Now they are coming to the fore again, largely because economic conditions in the interior make it difficult to live among some foreigners at his
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lives in flthy barracks, until either they lose a battle and their the verge of EL fundamental Yenchowfu, for bis death will be commander goes to live in some revolution and there is again a stored in the memories of his foreign concession, either in Shanghai or Tientsin, or else the chance for them to do some work people and will be avenged.
comes when their com day for the people. The bandits of this type ATO interested in
wander is perfectly safe, and be provincial autonomy. They want
sends them away only to pocket their wages. Gogol once wrote a to run their own provinces. They many of them belong. cannot understand why a Chihli are known to their neighbours and novel, "Dead Souls." Some day man should be Governor of influence them politically. Many some Chinese writer of fiction Kiangsu or a Shantung man of them are educated men truer than fact will write a story the "Dead Souls" of governor of Chekiang, any more who come down to Shanghai of
soldiers whose the China the play politics, than the people of Pennsylvania and Forecast.
payrolla would understand and approve everlasting game of helping the names the appointment of a Tezan to officials and militarists to de- but whose bodies are wandering the gubernatorial office of their stroy one another. They know about bills seeking for shelter in That is not bandit camps and an opportunity State. They also cannot under- what they want. stand why the revenue of their always true of the rulers in Pek-to loot some village or city, that they may eat. These bandits are provinces should go into the pock-ing and the provincial capitale. ets of favourite sons of other! Captain Robert Dollar asked naturally desperate, and when provinces while their own chil-every Chinese he met what could some keen mind from the secret The four Dalmatian villages the
dren are without schools, their be done to save China, and no societies of the dispossessed pea- use the pasture and
villages without roads, their cities one had a mathod. But he did santry gathers them about him, Tight to Forests. The Herzegovinians then 4 South, coast of
without protection.
not meet the bandits of this they serve him to death, for he
China appealed to King Ostoja of
between
All politicians have learned to type; who might have told him gives rice and millet and a dis-
secret regard the
societies that they "hope to save China carded temple to sleep in. These Boia, and a legal process H.K. & Hainan started claiming the sole right of
seriously because they know that by following the natural In-men-will increase in number as the use of the land bestowed upon
no matter what outrages they stincts of the Chinese people, by more generals lose their jobs and aber by the King of Bosnia.
may commit as bandits, as pro-disregarding the dictates of an heads in the political game in The villagers of the two districts
vincial patricts they have behind allen, cowardly central Govern China. And, they will make the them the full support of the ment and by making the beien, fundamental revolution which Fax ever since then been con- testing the possession of this pas-
In the halen every one Are these bandits anti-foreign ? During the Turkish rule
Peasantry of the province in the county, the unit of govern their leaders are planning. which they operate and of which ment. Matessariffs (local governors)
they are native. The masses hate knows everybody else. Old Con- Decidedly not. They know noth- ve decisions as to the right of
Per 6.5. Arafura-Mr. A. E. all officials and military men, facian morality would reigning and care nothing about inter- grazing according to the bribe Fisher, Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Ferrier. just as the Middle Ages loved there as it has for centuries. Be-national affairs and politics. They of the hsien and the fare concerned with their own offered by the opposing parties. Mrs. O, A. Klatchko, Mr. & Mrs. their Robin Hood and hated the cause
fat knights.
family system China has survived. provincas and their home towns. The process went on even when EL Bars, Mr. E. R. Dover, Mrs.
The bandits who come from the Return to the hsien and ChinaThey worry little about the Herzegovina and Dalmatia bo-A. S. Gordon, Rt. Rev. C. R. dispossessed peasantry are even will survive. The heiers make treaties and agreements entered ame Austrian possession s.
Duppuy, Mr. A. Young, Mr. H. Now, after the lapse of 600 M. Cumming, Mrs. F. G. Cum- better liked by the local people the province. That is as far as into by the Government in Peking who know all about the we can go. As for the national They have probably never heard years, the Belgrade Home Office ming, Mrs. S. G. M. Bell, Miss wrongs inflicted by alien officials. Government, that is a minor of most of the treaties. They (since the conclusion of peace. C. Chauncey, Miss S. S. Kewton, Sun Mei-yao, the leader of the matter which can be worked out rather like the Catholic ma Both Bosnia-Herzegovina and Mr. R. Denham, Mr. Werne, Mr. Paotzaku bandits, was more loved when Chins is at peace." Dalmatia passed into Jugo-Slay H. F. Conyngham. possession) have given a decision
in favour of the inhabitants of Scenics. The reasons for this
S. to S.E. winds, moderate, squally: overcast,
rain, fog. 7. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong, April 2.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
sionaries because they live in the in the community than any The third type of bandit, the interior and work among the Defense Commissioner could be disbanded soldier, is a forsaken lowly; the American Protestant Ele WES the scion
of an creature, the product of femine missionary they know of, because and decent family, and flood, of hunger and misery, he has schools and hospitals in Judgment are interesting. The the historical rights, the Home ancient
wearying of official of oppression and torture. These, the larger cities. Beyond that, present Jugo-Slavia is the revival Office found that the King of which, in a new form of the ancient Bosnis, and not the Government exactions, sold everything they poor fellows take jobs in the they know little of foreigners. mpire of Tear Stephan Dussan of Ragusa a town which Stephen had and took to the hills. Every army because there is nothing They do not hate foreigners, the
the fourteeth century, when Dusan was never able to conquer, time he put one over on the else to do. They live miserable Chinese rarely hates, the barus or king or greatwoj was entitled to present the officials the local people rejoiced. rod of Bosnia was a Tassel of the pasture land and forest to the It is ignorance of conditions in
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