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LAWLESSNESS IN CHINA.

SOME RECENT EXAMPLES. -

(Contributed.)

'PHONE CENTFAL 1500.

THE CHINA MAIL.

in Honan it is impossible to may. But merely to give an example, we may state what we know about one! of the largest foreign firms doing business in the province. The firm in question has about forty-five agencies in Honaaldne. From all of these places the agents have been recalled. At one time six of them wirst ptivre in the hands of the bandita. Many

Above, wo

killed and the rest had all their goods taken from them:"

With conditions such as these prevailing throughout Houan, what are foreigners to do?

Shall foreign Arms attempt to re- establish businees in the lifterior as

RURAL' SANITATION.

DR. KOCH'S PROPOSAL. .

Dario.

BANITARY BOARD views.

long as they have not the slightest! The chief subject brought up for guarantee that they may not at any discu sion at the Sauitáty. Board yes time be called upon to again face-forday, was a proposition by Dr. W. of the agencies were robbal, upon anch outragos and losses as those v M. Koob recommending that the some levies were 'made, and in at referred to above?

rural districts be brought under the least one can the firm's premises People who know the missionaries administration of the Board.” were burned. The indirect lowes due will not accuss them of boing coward to the fact that the firm'e businessly. As a matter of fact a large num

Mr. G. R. Bayer presided at. the throughout Honan le at a complete bar of missionaries are chafing under meeting which was attended by the standstill are of course for greater. their enforced illencas eager ti ga following members of the Board: Other firms cann doubt relate back to their stations. But what are Hos. Mr. T. L. Perkins, Messrs. C. G. similar things.

they to do? Shall they go back to Alabaster, S. W Teo, and Wong SUFFERING OF THE CHINESE, their respective stations and expo W. V. M, Koch, and Dr. F. M. G.

Kwong tin, Dr. W. W, Pearoo D themselves and their children to the have spoken of enly the havoc wrought in a kidnapped by the still unsuppressed risk of being attacked, robbed, insulted, has since happened. The various far as it concerns the isoinery briganti bands, or by the numerous

Di. Karh's motion was as follows; This Bond resp etuly recom- Christian Missions working in the enterprise and foreign trade. Appaller bands now operating olincst mends that the Rural Districts of the bandit-ridden province bave naturally

ing as this all is, it in a sense pales in- suffered greatly.

"Colony be brought under the adminja. everywhere? to insignificance when e anpared with The Augustana Senad Mission has the horrors of the sufferings illiule!

and the Government will be pleased tration of the Sanitary Dopartment, five main stations in Honany the brigan's upen their own Hrushoy, Yushow, Kishein and fellow countrymen. The released

Buildings Ordinances accordingly. to amend the Public Health and Friends of China have been appalled Honanto (Loyang). All of dear staptives are authority for the state his country's Consul, was shot and: Speaking in support of the motion, the fatest manifestations of ticus had to be abandoned by the net that literally thousands of villskiled by irresponsible couliu soldiers; Dr. Koch anid that the object waxto lawlessness, banditry in particular, in foreign missionaries, except Heuchow. this country. Of late foreigners have But also at Hanchow on the Pekinges and towns were fosted and are and that other still more recent nut co-ordinate the supervision of lénkli

They do not hesitate to any that become the victims of this lawlessness Hankow Railway the mission schools thousands were killed, often in these who the atomubile of the conditions within the whole of the to on extent unheard of since the have been cloned and practically almost merelres mutiner. Kidsapped upon by guards on the Peking a ministrative control. A large num talian Chief of Police of Tientsin was Colony, and bring them ande oue work has been at a staletill. And Chinese were deally forced to walk, During the sporadic rebeilions and even here the foreigners (including and when they could not keep up with entsia highway, a road widely the ber of new villages and residential aprisings of recent years the premiers representatives of the British the briganda they were often thrastai

Chinese government is bound by districts were springing up, and he weged thet they of Enteign missionaries have often been American Tobacco Company as well into a noid by the roadside and graty to keep open for uninterrupted strongly

trobe With defeated soldiers cura shout havens of reluge for the harassed as missionaries) 'lived in constantin cold blood,

have propr zuper- people. Missionaries have been able anxiety for many weeks, and bive Wanton destruction was chatanginude and successful ligands vision In order to do at their staff to eave t'ousands of Chinese from the bien ready to leave the city teristic of the brigand wherever theyd into the amy, there is really would have to be considerably in heartless violence of their own follow at a moment's notice. More than went. Released captivis repirt that little cause for surprise when such cressed. It would be necessary to countrymen. In the case of lawl te werty adults of the Augusta he main brigand uray moved forwarding fatlossness are merely symptosanitate inspectors who would visit outraged ccur All these hailta-appoint a lar e number of qualified attacks upon the people this who Synod Mission took refuge in long a front from tea to thirty with their valuables were able to take Harkow, Chengchow, or Paking. refuge in foreign mission compounds have usually been unmolested.

At

days of the Boxer rebellion.

4 Yuchow the two missionaries A. Lundeen and. A. O. Forsberg were

Lion of the recent Coltman outrage in We have refrained so far from men.

what the time was in company with Kalgan, when an American citizen

Bat the time when foreigners in taken captive. The atation was Lonely farmsteads, villages, tnafliekin such lawl, ssbers, they would, Officer of Health, and his appoin

China could protect the Chinese from their own fellow countrymen, Berms past. For of late foreigners have been made victims together with the Chinese.

Kidnapping of forel-core has he come a common thing during the Argent. 1999; In the early part of the year Reverend W. H. Oldfield of the Christian and Missionary Alliance was captured by bandite in Kwangsi. Later, a French priest, of Wuchan, Kweisbow, was sent out to plead with the robbers not to lopt a town.

order to bring the terma upon which

ber husband-might-also-be-released One of the conditions was that the advance of the soldiers should be stopped

But the climax Las been resched in the missionarics. the recent outrages in Homan.

During the-fighting .lass May he

tween Wa Pei fu's and Chang Tso

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Tha Chalmau, Baid that his main

difficulty with the motion was its very

wideness. He felt with Dr. Pears that the ordinances should be very

himself and his followers. Many of burned. An Italian priest. Father WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS their respective Guveruments, insist improving the health of the prople. Chinese house. The doctor had also i

Cribaldi, was carried off from this

As a result of the Fete in Novem-

"CRICKET,

EWO VERSUS WAYFOONG.

This match will take place by

(a third of a mile) in with. Alonjere the Legations and the thesavages, and see that the laws the line of their advance they left foreign governments.ta give but ac at were properly observe!. They would destruction behind them everywhere

Attention to the conditions which Jalen have to appoint a third Medical

looted, the missionarica losing most towns, all alike were fired and destroy prestige in Chin's would still further rural distris. Of course, he can. render Chiun a-pour-avice, and their ment would have to be made by the

city of bouses made sveli a thing utter- CANTON BRITISH WOMEN'S of their personal belongings.

MEMORIAL.C The Chica Inland Maria.kas also d. Some times at pility enys 8. decline. That turre has bees a deci, tinued, this could be obviated by absurd. He would h sitate to vota

released captivo, fees minde suffered-heavily.

ded decline of foreign prestige in giving the duties to the Medical Officer for anything excepting the most it almost AS light g day. Shaagthai station w/82lasted in Te is aboutishopsmile to Europe and Ametica insta u on the Kowtron quite large enough for onu He reminded the Board that suita ber, the Canton British Women have

China is ordeniable, and unless for. Rawloon, though he consideredited and necessary motion possible. part. From the station and compute the value of turfoot carried adequate protection of their nationals Medical Officer of Iculth.

He went on was not so necessary in villages remitted to the Treasurer of the Star carried the Reverend E. Noff by the brigands, but valuable as in Chins, and definitly hold Chira on to point out tha: each of these like this, where people lived most of and Garter Home for Disabled Ledgard.

Shengchiu atation was looted and was the loot, it was little in compari responsible for any violation of the small villages WAR a focus for izfec. their lives out of doors, as it was in Soldiers and Sailors £648.6.6. This is

Ron with the damage caused by fire partly burned. Mes. and Mie

rights guaranteed by the treaties, un tious disease. It did not seem right places where the populat on was the balance of £1,000 required for and wanton destruction, Soderstrom were carried away from

Language is inadequate to describe one can foresee the lengths to which to devote all supervision to the better greater, and propir lived closely to endowing the bed in the Annexe at this station.

brizands and hoodlum soldiers mayas houses whilst they were exclui. 8-ther, as in the slums of large-cities, Sandgate to which they have been the sufferings of the people. Imagin-

Dr. Penso (Medical Officer of eubacribing since 1919, and in addi- At Yiogehowie in Asbwei thr

ing the true foci of disenac in the small. a compactly built Chinese village with in the future. He brigande locted the station and its supply it fixer for the animals!

When several foreignere were in the vilages. It was not intended he said, Health) said the ordinances tail arisen tico, the sum of £200 for the purchase was heid ne ho tage un condition that burned the new residence of the and the year's stock. of grain and bands of the Honen baudits, repre- that the existing louses should the first pass na a reflection of of soms specific article (as a gilt from with, but they longkong itself. As they stool at the Canton British Women) which the remaining $8,000 of the $1 000 foreiza ladies which had been coaupir dun, ell that the vill gera de sitation were made again and interte

the present tire it would be a crime will make for the greater comfort and which had beu demanded be paided only a week or ten days. The indelupen to pull thm through the gain to the Chinese Foreign Office should

to extend them to the new territories. Lappiness of the patients at Sandgate. A so rarly in the year Dr. and Mr. Vinschnw misionaries were in the winter. Now it is all gone. First and the Militarists But there were decent Fanitary conditions. Howard Taylor of the China Inla bds of the bandite for a few Ditrs

considered and re-constructed. and fine promises. In this situation to be built until the pinus were pas ed Mission were captured at a small but in the confusion of the barning the briots demanded silver, go. de apparent rects bovend telegrams New houses should not be allowed They should first be very carefully

clothing, hors-andles. Then Yunnaniu. city, managed to get away. village not far from

proper sanitary authority they act fire ti the arrow roofs, and the Diplomarie Corps nouns that by

they bal ta Soldiers were started off to rescue

consider These three stations as well as in about the time it takes to tell it. luy had decided to sed into Ilonan Tho them. Mra. Taylor was released in Kwangchow were all abandoned by houses, lodder, grain, clothing. ueling of representatives of the Lega question, and as regards this it carefully reconsidered before anything kind permission of the Craigengowor

An International Commission consist, the Anaccial

the the China Inlaed Missionaries. In alterything was swept away by fire. twelve adults from these four stations What are the people to do! With lions and of the Business-and-Mis--bia contention that money spent in are refugees at the time of writing. no tools over their heads, and with ionary interests. At once there was promoting good health among the done. With regard to housing. Cricket Club on their ground at Happy Dr. Kch hnd intimated that the Valley, commencing at 2 p.m. sharp Besides these four, four other nothing to eat they have litle eboice a stir. GeLTA Wu pleaded for a prople of the Cluny would be money officials of the Department con- on Saturday, the 20th. The following stations were temporarily vacated by but to starve qp themselves turn postponement of the Commission and well invested.

Mr. Alabaster said be understood centrate on the better class of house, will represent Ewo:-D.d.M. Bernard, promised the release of the captives)

He had denid the allegation before, W. Brackenridge, W. B. Cornaby, W. When all this has been-aith, we/Fitbin a week's time. And no ama!ter that the object of the motion was not and feit bound, to do, so once more. | Galloway, H. E. Hollends, J.G. Lɔya, ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS.

of fact their release was effected very that the Pable Health and Building We are not in a position to have still net said a half. Hosan har. give detailed information concerning to a large extent been reduced soon after. Doce-itis mean anything? Ordinances should be applied to the H4 and his staff concentrated rather W. W. Maskenize, G, H. Pieres, on the worst class of dwelling than on NLH. Railton, A. B. Stowart and lin's forces, the military governor of the losses of

Dues it offer any suggestion as to rural districts, but those missions, este in which nearchy is rampant future procedure? Honan, Chan J'i, took sides against

eupervision generally be extended to the best and were trying, their P. Tod. 2. least and government has caused to

utmost to produce a better type ofį Wa Pei-fu with dienatrons results to that the schoci at Yingohow was function,

Surely, if the Legations, backed by these districts. with a

H.K.C.C. 2ND XI v. POLICE. upon adequate protection of their then went ou to point out 30ggested that anw houses should not

The following will repres. at the The foreign captives hive all been cationals, and hold Coins responsible that the ordinances did not apply to attested until plans we as pesad by released. Dit now safe for fofeigners

case of a recurrence of aarb the territories excepting in one or two a proper authority. It was his own Hongkong Cricket Club 2nd XI verans take up their work i to return to How to live azul to atrocities, as have of late monde-m ny instances, and want through the list impression that house plans in the Police on Saturday 20th January, Happy Valley, commencing doubt her ability to set her house in paragraph by paragraph to illustrate new territories were always submitted at To be sure, General Wu P'ai lu in order, not only will the safety of the statement. He remarked that fur inspection before the work of at 2 16 p.m. sharp. A motor coach commended. With will leave the Pavilion at 1 45 p.m.--- building was a recent telesram to the Shanghai Inreigners in China be as-ured, but people lived considerably longer in reference to the doctor's remarks B. W, Alderson: D. H. Banner, R. HF. Much damage was done to the mis. G-neral Chamber of Commerce, made Chica herself will be tho izat the villages of the new areas than in buildings, specialty at Cheng the assertion that foreigners not in beneficiary, and the Legations and they actually did in the large centres about tuberculosis and improved Chaloner, J. D: Crawford, B. Crowley, air space ip village house, it GM Dorkies L. D. McNicoll (Capt.) yang. Blers the brigande stabled the buds of the butts could now their Governments will learn the like Hongkong where supervision was Lutheran Misiva has a station, there. their homea in the missionaries' hotne pursue their usu 1 avocations peice eteraal gratitude of every patriotic made, ilo thought the, ordinances had always been his impression D. Rid F. C. Stevenson, 11. Spicer The station was looted and barned, and in the Church. Much of the fally and in safety. The facts do not and rightminded citizen of China.

the Colouy and F. N. Young, and the lives of the missionaries Church furniture was wantonly dear out bi- statement. While the

should be very carefully considered, that tuberculo-is in threat del. The missionaries tell

aud applied ouly, as far as was was almost entirely confined to Hong harrowing tales of what they had to windows, doors, etc, in the mission been described above, seems of loto to troyed, as was also the furniture, large band, whoa d predations have

reasonably necessary let the Leaith of kong. It was not rampant to the

same extent in the villages að ís was Mr. Too expressed the opinion that go through as the time. Neverthe rive house. Nearly fifty bullet have been comparatively junctive,

the whole Colony, and not merely to The agitation in Chinese ritoles in the urban districts.

in the larger and more crowded | the time had not come when these has the brigands were at this tie bole bave been counted in the roof reports of local banditry and diso der Shangbai to have the Sunshow Cro

The Hon. Mr. Perkins said there centres of Hongkong, Dr Koch bad ordinances could wisely be inflicted more humans than they have been of and ceiling of the Church. At Sibsien keep coming in almost daily.

rendered fit for navigation continues, was no doubt as to the desirability of hinted that it was for the Kowloon on tus people in the New Territories. late. De unmarried woman mi.. the Reverend E. Borg Breer and his sionary was carrie' off and reparated five year old son were taken captive. the raport that not very long agation suggests that the Whangpoit would have to be done in a most*Itra duties, but the duties in Kow,ignorant regarding sanitation as it was From Kwangchow, Houan, comes The Coal and Charcoal Dealers' Associ carrying out the idea, but he thought ledical Oficer of Health to do the The Chinese villagers we're quite from the others a few days. But She'War Boob zeiquard. It should ed, the following stations were all

Beside the three stations mention several large market, towns were Conservancy Board might even be a careful and modified way. He wouldn wir euch as to make it im understood by Europeans. They were thing, temporarily abandoned: Kwangcbow red. pare al sople killed, and areeks." is past all aid." It is pointed antes applied to the new territorice, be appointed in the case of the reaalu- and would probably think it a great

one of them completely loved to start operations, b fore the be sorry to see the whole of the ordia-perative that another medical officer not yet educated up to such a zavraty-five miles from, Losung the Kwangshan, Loshan Juning, Kiosban, outre carted off to be held for ransoms out that the ecution between Honan for this all tonded to make conditions tion going through. In conclusion, the hardship. headquarters rf General Wa Pet Sinyangobow was not totally aban correspondent from Saitens, the and Kianges Road Bridges is practic, uf. life uzturs on pensive. He had seen Chaian suggested to the meeting Finally the Chairman's amendment Many of the Acceditatis doned, altho' most of the missionaries capital of Houan, writing in the ally dry land at low tide, whito con- sanitation allowed to run riot; even in that before accepting the motion they was carried, the following being sp- took place within a short distance of came away for a time. The Boye Control China Post of December 28th, ultions on the Hongkow Creek are England and long country roads laid appoint a small sub committee to go pointed: Dr. Pearso, Mr. Alabaster, General Wn's headquarters. Wonder Middle School was wholly disorg-nized

with mains and pipes where the scarfully into the matter. has often berb expressed at the fact and the Girls Middle School was Olored tells of a party of Chiness being held still worse. that General Wu did not immediate

up by bandits not less than three| ly set out to suppress the bandits, and remained closed until nearly timea on a journey between Tangwan Christmas. Nearly forty adult fertig and Kwanyintang. He also tells Had he only act:d with decision. athers had to fee from the stations that just west of Loyang that time most of the subsequent out enumerated, and many of them are Rags could undoubtedly have been still unable to return to their work business frm reports baving been a Chinese agent' of a Britisbj Avoided.

Besides the regular work at all these beaten by soldiers for not removing But instead of putting down the stations, the two hospitals at Kwang his spectacles when auswering af bandits, or permitting General Frag chow and Kioshan were forced to creation pat to him.by the soldira. Yn beiang, who volunteered for close their doors. The hospital at The came orrespondent writes: this service, to do so General Wa Kishan on the railway war re opened the 14th instant at Kwriteb permitted the brigande to terrorite the first of the year. It is still un railway station practically the whole of that part of certain when the Kwangohow hospital matinied and killed their captain, eizty soldiers Honza which li sweat of the Peking may be able to re-open. Habkow Railroad, and also large nctima af 2018th at Horan,

his defeated soldiers and officers thereupon turned brigands, and have been the backbone of the trigand forces which have ravaged Iloost the past few months.

The prelude to their activities was the looting, and burning of the city of Lusiau in western Ionan towards

the end of May. The Norwegian

mited that Lashan is less than

Toward the end of August tho

station.

Luth ran United Mission were lasted Targetations belonging to the namely Sibiu Chengyang, ans Sai piag.

KIKUNGSHAN.

attacked,

L

afterwards running away with their weapons and ammonition, no doubt About one bus red forsigners, to swell the ranks of the briosade in that district. Sixty from Kweiteh

anglovers, car, a Frengimas and including the teachers and pupils at the other a Greek hot in the employ the American and Swedish Sebols

of the Lung bai Railway, were taken ware obliged to come away from centive at Shanchi getel Levang. Itikongsbon,

the city of Yucheng was infested by

audits about ten days og', and a

far as can be gathered the city is still |

or intreated in danger. We have just received They were Aut rovand until now! All connected with days before Christmas. But even fu thean School are noxiously asking word of a night of tortor put in by after there men wir kidingped Wu for me guarantee that it be made the missionaties ab Baichow just four Pella did not Brom to tretir bitoni Balo-ing them to return to Kikunjaban derangeburt fans weak aga

after the Christmas holidays,

mision compound at Aweiteh was to deal with the brigands.

FOREIGN TRADE.

bioken into by a band of obbers, What foreign trade has suffered and the workmen's quarters raided, result of the sunroby. One of the Chinese workmen was

We shall not fully? the brigands

step by step, but rather attempt in

brief d'impage to gifs a review of what art.”

in

and Mr. Tao,

The Call of The East,

Boy!

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