Taking into consideration the fact that a great deal has been said in the newspapers of late about the Kolan Hui, and other Chinese Secret Societies, I venture to call your attention, and that of your numerous readers, to the fact that after all no one appears to have sald, anything about the reason why such societies exist and flourish in China.
Having myself lived for many years, as a solitary foreigner, wearing my national dress, in various parts of China far away from Treaty Forts and gunboats, surrounded by thousands of soldiers, the majority of whom were members of the Telad, and Elder Brethren Societies, I may possibly be supposed to know something about such associations; but as a matter of fact, being a Chinese official, and Secret Societies being forbidden by law, it was not an easy matter for me to acquire much that is worth knowing about the internal organisations of the societies. Nevertheless, I did succeed in acquising much Interesting information about them, in one way and another, and some of that information is especially important at the present time.
It is, 1 presume, Important to know that Chinese Secret Societies were not organised for the purpose of preventing the spread of Christianity in China, nor for the expulsion of foreigners generally; but they were originally organised to support the weak against the strong, to maintain truth and justice between man and man, and to espouse the just cause of the father less and widows, whenever suffering from oppression of any kind.
To the manifest injustice with which Chinese soldiers are habitually treated must be ascribed the principal reason why these societies exist and flourish. Men who have placed their lives In peril to fight for their country against its enemies deserve to be treated humanely and justly, instead of which the Chinese soldier is Ill-fed in camp, l-treated everywhere, ill-cared for when wounded, brutally treated when sick or infirm, badly housed at all times, poorly paid at best, and generally flecced by everybody who has anything like authority over him. The Chinese soldier has proved himself amenable to military discipline, brave and reliable under foreign officers; and such distinguished states men as Lo Ping-chang, Tso Taung-tang, and Tseng Kuo-fan were not slow to perceive this and to behave accordingly. Such mien as Treng Kuo-fan, Tsa Tsung-tang. Tang Cheng, and Peng Yü-lin, would be a credit to any country; In the treatment of soldiers and peasantry; but In China, where soldiers and peasants are habitually treated with the grossest injustice, their names are venerated wherever they have been on service of the state, and they may possibly be deified by succeeding generations, which will have an opportunity of reading the many good deeds of these heroes, that have been privately and publicly recorded by thousands of grateful peopic.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1891.
naught. Now after more than three weeks delay, we had of all the scores of original arrests only a few have been sustained, and the crowd of rioters is being filtered down to the dregs of a beggarly and mathematical two, while looters and those who beat and kicked the ladies and children have appareally been allowed to go Of course the yamên underlings have not allowed the golden opportunity to slip, and heavy ran- soms have had to be paid as the price of words and acts on the fatal night.
are nothing short of foaming mountain torrents. violence frequently, hot the establishment is The bridges, therefore, must be made of great still there as large as ever it was, Every strength, and the englacers, to do the work as itnative one meets in that district ""knows should be done, will require actual, not merely about the R.C. mission, but one does, not virtual, control. If not the bridging of these come across many who have ever seen the rivers will not only take a very long time to fathers, or who are acquainted with their complete but will cost the Government full teachings. In spite of the fact that foreigh double as much as it otherwise would.
priests had been resident there for over two centuries, I never visited a city where a foreigner was a greater curiosity. We had to anchor in midstream for n. week, on the occasion of our first visit, and thousands of people came every day, paying their boat bire, and, undertaking à good deal of bother, in order to see the great curiosity a foreigner was to them.
(To be continued.).
HUNAN.
A RECORD OF A SIX WEEKS' TRIP.
VII.
There is no doubt that H.B.M, representative in Hankow is doing and will do all in his power to secure justice; he needs all the moral support of his chief and his government in order to wrest it, if need be, from unwilling and dilatory Chinese. The future of residents all along the river and in the inland depends largely on the way the Wusuch outrage is dealt with. The present lull means that the party of violence is watching, and if there be any weakness or paising life against life, we shall see other disasters worse than those of Wuiuch. There is after all more and more evidence that the riot was planned. The victims were followed from their house by men with swords, ere they reached the crowd and their death. It is to be hoped that the Viceroy's and Consul's commissioners will be kept safe from the violence of the platters-handsome appearance and its situation is veryting times, to be discovered meant death or N. C. Daily News.
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heathen. In the Central provinces R.C. effort mesents the appearance of an old tree which has triumphantly withstood many a storm, and is still strong, but which under present circum- stances does not promise any great further development in form or growth.
There is a remarkable contrast in almost every point between the Roman Catholic system of From Siangtan to Hengchaw took us a week. carrying on mission work, and that of the Pro- Five below the latter city is the mouth of the testants. The methods followed by the former Liu river into which the greater part of the are old, very quiet, regarded as proved and per- unwarisbaand boats turn. It is from this river fected and hence stereotyped. One seldom bears that the best Hanan coal comes, both soft and abany new departures taken, fresh efforts made, hard, and the natives say there are tens of
or new places occupied by our R. C. friends. Thousands of boats engaged in the coal tradeAs they did a hundred years ago they are doing from it. It is also the direct route to the Canton to-day, and in the same places. The spirit of province. Hengehow city is built round an elbow the land" has completely conquered them. Their of the river which brings its whole fifteen / of system in the, interier may have been forced frntage under the eye at glance. It presents a upon them as a necessity, when, in the persecu picturesque. For ornament it can boast of a banishment, but now it is maintained from pure The Shenpao states that advices have arrived pagoda at either end, of the broad squat choice. They are still as invisible as they were from Nanchang Fu,, the capital of Klangsi, to kind; an Imposing college built on an then, The fathers do not personally preach to the effect that a mob had broken into the pre-island in mid stream; and many temples the heathen, nor circulate books, por carry on mises of a native Catholic father who had crowning rising ground both inside and outside medical work amongst them, nor educational in- established himself in Siahfulb as a preacher, the walls, whose pay porcelain roofs framed institutions for them, nor come into contact with The doors and windows were all smashed and the brilliant green of the spring-clad trees gave the people generally in any way. They live in a the place was wrecked; but as the telegram life and colour to what at any season must be a
state of mysterlous seclusion which the native mentioned nothing further we are at a loss os lo striking picture. Before we reached the city we vainly attempts so penetrate, and about which he where Siabluih is situated.
knew that all the students from seven Asiens invents most wonderful stories. They have me- were collected there for the examinations, andthods of their own by means, of which, if the had made up our minds that perhaps the wisest fathers do not seek the heathen, the heatben are thing we could do under circumstances was to Induced to seek the fathers; but on the whole past quietly on. With their followers they were they are but mildly aggressive on heathenism. After a long delay, and only when the Chlaese sald to number 10,000; far-too many for one Being mainly occupied in discharging the offices officials had exhausted all their resources of foreigner to deal with. From Hengchow we of their religion on behalf of their Christians, procrastination, the port of Chungking at last intended making for Pao-ching Fu, 250 distant from the fees for which indeed their support is core in the customs returns, and we have to the evening and slip away early often quietly in partly derived, they fill a position more analogous record the arrival of the first Foreign carried cargo early next day, while to that of a home clergyman, whose congregation from that distant port. To Messrs. Batterfield the enemy would be still asleep. This pro-demands all his time, than to that held by the Swire, says the Shanghai Mercury, belongs gramme, however, was upset by the pomen. Frotestant missionary, who' considers that bis the credit of opening the port to Foreign before we arrived, and concluded they could
The authorities knew all about our intentions time and effort must be mainly devoted to the trade by junk flying the British and plying between Chungking, and Ichang, improve on our ideas considerably. Immediately thus establishing the first regular connection on our putting in an appearance a brisk official between Chungking and this post.
gentleman mat us with the Information that it first foreign-owned junk from Chungking, was all right, and every arrangement had been under the terms of the Chefoo Convention, concluded for our moving on without delay to left that pert on the 15 June, and arrived at Panching, The despatches were already written, Icbang on the 25th ultimo. Her cargo consisted and a gunboat waiting to escort us to Chirang, of some thirty bales of silk, of various sorts, and
a city five days further up the river, on the direct about twenty packages of Szechuen wax, which route, as he said, to Panching. We objected that were there transhipped, our Ichang corres- according to the geography of the province, as
wonders how much the writers know about these pondent tells us, to the Anshin Mars and the we had learned it, we should find ourselves further matters; and how they came by their Inform C. N. Co.'s steamer Tehhsing. The latter vessel away from Panching at Chiyang than we then etion. But, while saying nothing about this, Tang Ch'iung is the only one of the above
reached Shanghai last Wednesday, and so we
were; but this we were assured was quite a there are, I think, a few points in which it would four named worthies who still lives. He has have to chronicle the arrival of cargo from mistake, for there was no other road. Their profit the fathers to copy us-for instance, in been thrice most undeservedly degraded, and Chungking in the short time of fifteen days, the object, of course, was to keep us on the water our constant and intimate fatercourse with the twice narrowly escaped being decapitated quickest, transit on record. No doubt the out of their jurisdiction; so we had to tell people at large; in the great proportion of our through the machinations of his enemies at opening of the port to foreign commerce, even
| them that road or no road we would continue our
efforts given to direct aggressive work; in the In Szechuan, Kuelchow and Yunnan, if only junks are permitted for the present, journey by land. It was late before we got rid palas we take to find out further and better where he has spent the best part of his life in the will greatly stimulate the trade in Szechuen of this friend and were at liberty to make our methods of reaching the people, and the energy. service of the Government, he is most deservedly silk and wax, and other commodities will also
own arrangements, but we soon found we could with which we put them in operation; in our popular with all honest people. Were there probably be sonn found, now that ready means
do nothing. Not a single coolle was to be obefforts to make the native Christians independent Dany more like him in China we should not of transport have been established. Other junk them they would catch it if they engaged to the aur diligence in opening new stations and occupy- tained an any terms, as the yamada bad warned of us, self-supporting and self-extending, and In bear much of the evil doings of secret societies. Bring the British flag, including some chartered Such things would die out of themselves, or drift by Mr. Henry Hertz, and another owned by Mr. foreigner. One bold headman after driving a ing fresh ground. These are all points of strong into harmless institutions of a benevolent nature. Archibald Little; are already on their way down, bargain for double rates promised to find us the contrast, in which the advantage is on our side. As things are now, soldiers are forced to combine and we hear that the Customs staff at the new
number of men wanted, but he too failed to Let the two continue to run side by side, as at together, to exact their just dues from unjust port, who have long beca long kicking their obtain even one. This spoke well for the control present, for another score of years, and in spite superiors, and to resist undeserved puulshment at heels in idleness, are at last finding that they which the Hengchow authorities have over their of their long start it will become obvious to all the bands of unreasonable appressors. If things have got some work to do. We further learn city; there are not many places in the province men that our R.C. friends with their ancient, continue much longer as they now are, what that, although everything is not yet arranged where starving coolies could be kept from a unchanging, unaccommodating system are left are now mere bands of hungry marauder about the manner of paying lekin, yet a tem- paying job by a mere ramen warning.
nowhere in the struggle for bringing the Chinese will develop into dangerous bodics of
people to obedience, to the one form or other, of political insurgents, whose operations will not be the difficulty is met. This is done by paying a trary arrangerment has been arrived at by which
the Christian fattb, by progressive Protestant confined to the destruction of Mission property small tax, equivalent to the half-duty, in addition,
energy and life.-N. G. Daily News. but will assuredly be directed to the overthrow to the ordinary duty and half-duty on exports. of the present very unsatisfactory Government institutions, which will be replaced by something still more unsatisfactory, owing to the lack of ability and experience in such matters of the lo- surgents, The Secret Societies are sure to be blamed for all these disorders, whilst the real authors of the mlachief will probably go un- punished to live in a riotous manner on their ill- gotten gains.
Court.
Soldiers are of course indispensable, but they must be fed, clothed, Boused, disciplined, humarely treated when sick or infirm, and decently buried if possible when dead. The happiness and prosperity of the people can only be secured by the careful preservation of peace and good order amongst all classes of society, Another element of danger to the good order of society, is the lack of good roads and means of Irrigation, both of which are indispensable for
the averting of famine,
WUCHANG.
(From our own Correspondent.)
June 29th..
FORMOSA.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
June 9th, 1891.
We are so accustomed to having the works of the R.C. fathers held up to us in the press, and by writers on Chinese matters generally, as models for us to copy and admire, that one often
(To be continued.)
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After we had fully learned our own helpless ness, the next day our official friend put in an appearance again to ascertain whether we would go up stream or down. He confessed to having made a mistake about there being no road to Paoching. There was one, but it lay over high mountains, and through such wild districts that no one ever went by it, and thus he had never heard of it before. But that very morning the magistrate had sent for the head official coolie, and threatened him with the bamboo if he did The only completed railway in Formosa is the not furnish us with men; but neither the fear of Keelung Twatatis, which is a6 miles in length.. punishment; nor the love of cash would induce a Its direction is East and West, across the single coolie to attempt so dangerous a road. northern end of the island. It is of great im. We told him that they were still making mistakes, portance both from military and commercial for there was a splendid paved level road all the points of view, connecting as it does two for way, with inns every few fi, and plenty of coolies ified ports, the capital with the East coast port of to be had, but for their own prohibition. How Keelung and the coalfields; and, further ever, they must please understand that we would more, tapping tea and rice districis, and alluvial not go up, and we would not go down, but just gold-fields. There is, as stated in a previous stay where we were and sell books as long as they epistle, a lice in course of construction from the lusted. Then turning to my assistant I played capital, Twatutia, to the Southem extremity of our trump card. "Mr. Wang, please get the the islanda distance of fully 200 miles. It is, books ready, and bring me my big boots; we practically, an extension of the Kelung Twatutis must not waste more time. The officials here no fine, for they connect at the capital and are of doubt don't understand what they are doing; the same gauge-the 3' 6" (narrow) metre gauge. who-ever heard before of a foreigner coming to Rallway contruction in Formosa bas been a city during the examinations and willing to go attended with a good deal of unnecessary trouble away of his own accord, and they won't let bim ? to the Governor owing to unsuitable engineers If there is a great uproar now they cannot blame having been foisted on the local authorities. us.". This is generally effective At the present time, however, indeed, for the authorities to terus, and was so in the present past year or more the works are in charge of two case. Our friend begged far an hour's grace thoroughly experienced steady and energetic before we attempted anything so desperate; Civil Engineers; namely, Mr. H. Mathieson and at the end of the time the coolies Shanghai (Consulting Engineer to the Governor of were forthcoming. We bad still to pay the Formoss), and Mr. W. Watson, who is, practi- high rate we had praylously offered for these; cally; Executive engineer in charge of the con but the yamin threw in one chair, two yamin struction of the new (southern) Ime and. the runvers, and three soldiers into the bargain. completion of Kelung end (down to the water's The chair was to carry me through all the towns edge) of the Twatin-Kelung line. The and busy places unobserved, but nothing rolling stock is of inferior class, but seems than an iron safe with the keyhole in the Inside to answer the present needs of the country very would have been necessary to carry out this idea, well, though the day is not far distant when As per agreement we had to leave Hengchow Cape St. Jaros better carriages and more powerful engines will without attempting work beyond selling books bave to be put on.
for a short time outside the city. The people It cannot be said that Messra, Mathieson and are friendly, and I have no reason for saying the Watson have carte Blanche to do as to them may students may not be friendly also, for they never seem right in the interests of the Governor, Far on any occasion molested me there. For the from it. They are continually hampered by a Erst and only time on the whole trip I was asked gang of hangers on, who hold rank from general to produce my passport there, and then it was down to carpenter, and who, one and all, are" en found that the document which cost me so much the make pidgin Indeed it is a wonder that trouble to get, was not the one they wanted to so much has already been accomplished. It res. They had hunted up an.. old despatch certainly speaks volumes for the energy, for referring to me which described a passport of a bearance, patience and skill of the two English- different number and date. However, that matter men.
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It is now possible to see more clearly what is the trend of events as to the settlement of the Wusuch riot, and the sight is not satisfactory. A saying of the Viceroy Chang Chih-tong is bruited about among the people which throws light on the subject. Of course he knows, and the people know, that the Imperial Edict has come, and that the Tsung-1 Yamta presses for prompt local settlement, but he is stated to have sald "Wuho needs no loss of heads, Wusuch needs the loss of two." The fact that the Japanese who attacked the Czarevitch was not executed appears to have made a great impression on the Chiness. The distinction of petty and great treason, of attempted and completed murder, of conspiracy to riot and results are clearer to western minds, and minds following in the wake of the west than to the Chinese. The Chinese argued that if the man, who tries to kill an Imperial Prince is sent to penal servitude, the place which killed two obscure young Englishmen is well punished if life goes for life. By Chinese law, in the 'case of riot in which yamfar are burnt or mandarins beaten, there is no mathematical precision as to the number of lives. In confirmation of this idea is the news received from Wusuch that two men are in closest custody who confess to having had a share in dealing deathly blows, The Northern Road, it may be added, has There are at Hengchow two places of unusual each to one of the victims. There seems to be coit the Government about 5000 per mile, interest to foreigner. One in the ancestral the desire to execute these men, as likely as not which for, say, 26 miles equals 130 coom home ofFeng Yu-lin, late Admiral of the Yangtzo, less guilty than others, and to allow the rest to $680,000, roughly. In many places culverta It is a mean-looking thatched cottage, standing along..... go either free or with less penalty. Now it is have had to be re-built and the line sun round under a tree on the river bank opposite the city. most earnestly to be hoped that these infantile the foot bills, and bridges been reconstructed Humble and lowly though it would be, even for notions of moving two counters in game to owing to the Chinese officials having," in the a small farmer,, it was far too grand for His correspond to two counters already moved will first instance, insisted on the works being Excellency Peng, sa be had an addition made to not be allowed to be the only result of such a connected in a reckless manner. Cuttings, too, it more to his liking with ordinary reed mats. He tragedy. Should the high authorities really try upon which tens of thousands of dollars have died a poor man, and his grandchildren still live such a solation they will surely compel the stern been expended bave had to be abandoned owing in the thatched cottage. Yet he had only to remonstrance and compulsion of the Comets of to their atter impracticability. To sum up the the world. Were this to be the outcome, the situation it may be safely averred,and sey open his hand as others do, to become the people of Wuruch would naturally snap their practical man inspecting the line will agree pozzesier of untold wealth. This grim old fingers in the face of a dejected West, and some with me that had Messrs. Mathieson and patriot, and apostle of things primitive, had the neighbours of theirs in the near future would Watson been allowed full control of the works, reputation of having cut off more beads that any take other lives at a stilctly proportional cost. and not been "chiefs" in name only, His other man of his time. He could neither be bribed
There are signs of the usual bungling, and dis. Excellency Liu's Treasury would be the gainer nor deceived, Corruption trembled before him, Hongkong Observatory, 7th July, 1891. horest, way of working which we know to be by at least £2,000 per mile, which on the whole and evil-doers quaked at the very sound of bli characteristic of Chinese officialdom, but which line would amount to about $50,000 to $65,000, tame. He remained a fiery anti-foreigner to the we had hoped would be abandoned in dire fear Five English engine-drivers are employed on last, bat, notwithstanding, one could wish that in this case. The Kuangchi Hsien tried hard the line, at $90 per month. The southern lias is there were more of his kind in China. The other through cafoling, entreaties and threats to induce complete for a distance of 30 miles from the place of interest is the Roman Catholic establish the Romanist who was carrying the babier, and capiat... Trains run on it daily and carry, I ment. If in bult at the back of a low hill, on was the first cause of the riot, to assert that the addition to passengers, large quantities of ten the left bank of the river a 1tle way below the missionaries themselves set fire to their house, and other produce, Other 40 miles of city. There are not many of those who bear of conne to cover traces of their infamous baby, the line are nearly ready for traffic. the Christing name but must be glad to think killing, etc., etc. The Viceroy's commissioner At ne distant date two large rivers must be that from here, at least, in this dark province. put his foot firmly down in repressing the spanned by bridges, which have been ordered throughout all these generations morning and Enquiry into the origin ofthe are as areless, so from Europe. These rivers are at least 1,000 night, praise and prayer has been raised to the fant the Hrien's newardly dishonesty enmd to) jess wide as the aresting poin) and, in the autumn; | Chritian's God, it has suffered from mol
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AMEETINGOSHAARHOLDERS In the
ahove Company will be held at the Offices of the
Agents No 6, Ice House Lane, an SATURDAY, the 19th Instant, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Acciunts for the half year endlag 31st December, 1890.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 3rd July, 1801.
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE CHINA SHIPPERS' MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
A FURTHER CALL, at the rate of a Stg per Share, upon the Company's Shares of New Issue 6 at present paid up) will be made on the roth inst.
Shareholders are requested to arrange for their scrip to accompany their remittance, in order that the necessary endorsement may be made. ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co., Agents. Hongkong, Ist July, rĒof.
1943 THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED.
NOTICE. TO SHAREHOLDERS.
PENDING the arrival of the Acting Manager
the Completion of the Bank's Per- manent Offices, the PAYMENT of the SECOND CALL of (2) per Share has been POSTPONED until FRIDAY, the arst July, 1891.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
L. DOWNES. Hongkong, 18th June, 1891.
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NOTICE.
THE STORAGE BUSINESS of the Under-
Tigard has this day been transferred to
the WANGHAI WAREHOUSE AND Storage Co. Ltd.
MEYER & Co.
Г948 Hongkong, and July, 1991. THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE.
THE CERTIFICATE, of One Share in this
T COMPANY, Humbered. 1365, standing fo the Register in the name of Messrs. DUNN MELBYE & Co., having been LOST, notice la hereby given that a new certificate for the sald one share will be issued fourteen days hence, and that the original certificate, unless produced within that period' will thereafter be held by
D. GILLIES, Secretary,
help himself, or simply to shut his eyes and, of alumistad Amber Cut 166, Dufsorios Hyaing connection with Company's Mall the Company as null and vold.
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W. Donament.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
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Tharmonseter
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*** Steamer to ADEN, SUEZ,, FORT SAID, ** TRIESTE, VENICE AND FIUME.
HE Company's Steamship
"THISBE,"
Captain G. Costanzo, will be despatched as
Hongkong, 29th June, 1891.
NOTICE.
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GRIFFITH'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS
above on MONDAY, the 20th Inst., at NOON,1,Ice House Road are suitably lighted to (Taking Cargo at through rates to CALCUTTA, produce all styles of Portraiture in any weather. MADRAS, PERSIAN GULF, BLACK SEA, LXVANT,
CABINETS from §6 u doren, 5. and ADRIATIC FORTY),
Cargo will not be received on board after 3 M'prior to date of sailing.
Vær further Information as to Passage and Freight, apply to
DAVID BASSOON, SOMS & Co.
Agenta.
Hongkong, yth July, 1891,
CARTES DE VISITE kom 83'a dosen. LIFE SIZED BUSTS in Colour, or Black & White
IVORY MINIATURES, ÉG, ÉG Matkat, NEW VIEWS OF HONGKONG and the Court Parts are always ready,
Hongkong, 4th September, 15g01:
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