New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-25

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While the attention OF tlo N,,t +. 1,.c
strongly attracted to the socia. ,4Joiea .r
Chinese Immigration, C.o VASE c,....t f-.
which it flows is in the midst O. r,' il
revolution which may possibly rsa,t 'H 10
overthrow OF the rcigning dynasty. The J. b.
details Of tho war are given in the Sldrrlai
letter which we published on Saturday. 1hs
remarkable successes which have AZ ended tho
rey0l. OF the Mohammedan populations "A
Koran, Shcns and Eansuh, haze scarcely p
cciYcd the notice they merit So much bas
fortune favored the rebels, that thcr leader
has actually made n formal dcmcnd of tho
Chinese Emperor that he shall quietly ccdo 20
him the three provinces above mentioned,
under penalty Of q g'ncal declaration 0. war
against the remaining potion Of the Umpire.
Some familiarity with the peculiarly sde.'d
character attaching to the ruler 81 China, Who
is looked upon as the \iceregsrt Of Heaven
for the government Of the black haired race
is necessary to realize fully both the audacIty
eyuccd in native eyes by such proposition,
and the profound shock which il has caused
to the Pel,in authorities. Good authorities as
sort that greater une?s'noss is at present OK
hibii.l than hls ever before been unaffected,
and the state OF affairs fully warrants such
feeling.
The history Of Nohammedan intercourse With
China commenced under peaceful auspices,
and has, after more than a thousand years.
developed into danger Eenacifg the iAtog-
r.y Of the Empire in most ca RS tie fiery
follower OF the prophet first carved Bis vay
by the sword and then degcncrated, in tho
course of centuries, into the comparatively e.
fote and poWeless Mohammedaa, such as Ve
see in Turkey and India In China, the land
of contrarieties, he is manifostng for the iiist
time, that spirit OF conquest which Jed his
forefather3 to the battle-feids Of Arabia and
the Holy Land. The first record Of Mohamme
dan intercourse with China is found in tho
year .J5. a. D., when a notorious rebel, one
Ngan Luhshan, rose against the Emperor ling
wang and drove him cut Of his dominions.
The MChanmedan crown prince Yam, having
been applied to for aid, put himself at tho
head OF 100000 troops, AID assisted the CHI
ncse Emperor in regaining bis domilons, de-
feotinc the rebels with great slaughter. In
consequence OF this marriage was contracted
between the Chinese and Mohammetan Royal
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permitted to reside at the city Of Chanpan, IN
the Chinese Territory. In the course Of years
Immigration from tie Mohammedan states Dor
dering on China became so extensive that tho
"truc believers came to form an apprcciable
portion of the population. at the present
/ moment there are nearly a million IN tho
various provinces Of the Empire.
1t was not, however, merely by immi grafton
I t1,ot fI. s. ~ a.
/ medan subjects. In addition to those III China
proper, a vast number owe unwilling allcd-
/ ancc TO the "dragon throne from conquest.
! That disturbances in such communities should
| be common is no matter Of surprise, and We find
constant records Of petty 1ebellions on their
part in Chinese annals Only about twenty
or thirty years ago rising in Tur.icstan cost
,hc lives of hundred thousand people, in adj
dition to those of forty thousand Chinese who
fell in suppgessing it. So delighted was Tao
kwang, the last Emperor but one, at the cap
ture of a rebcllious chief in that county, that
lie ordered a large portion of his Cabinet to
witness the hewing to pieces of the unfol-
tunate leader further directing that the sons
of two officers slain in the insuIrcc,ion should
attend to receive the heart OF the vio,im when
cut out, that they might present it to the
names Of their fathers. Such being the style
Of the repressiye measures adopted, there il
little to wonder at in the intense hatred felt
by the Chinese Mohalnmedans toward their sub
jugators and oppressors. Centuries Of deSpOic
persecution have at length aroused the pas
siOns OF the oppressed, and the war-cry Of
Allah-il-A llah again rings 10 the heavens "a
the spirited tribes of MOhammed victCriousiy
charge the tiger shields" Of Cathay.
The defeat of the Imperiglists in Shcns;, con-
firmatiOn Of which was given by Thursdays
kilograms affords a striking instance of Chiaese
treachery and the vigor Of their adversarics.
The Imperial troops were commanded BY a
Gen. Lew, and thcT number, led the MoLamme-
dan chiefs to fear the worst Their own soldiers
being, in comparison, mere handful. They
accordingly entered into negotiations with the
Yiccroy, Tsoh TsUng Tang, sdpulatinS FOR an
unm0lCsted retreat to their native districts.
During the progress of these negotiations a
less strict discipline was preserved than usual.
and Lew thought the opportunity good one
for taking them by surprise. \ spy however
informed the MOhammedans of LEWIS intended
treachcry, and the result was that the would
be victor lost his own life, while his troops
were literally cut to pieces; their cannon and
baggage being captured, and the intended
victims placed in full command of the entire
province. What the end may be, it is of course
impossible to say. But it is undcniablc that
the integrity OF the Chinese Empire is now
mcnaced in such Il way that the result may
powerfully affect foreign intercourse with that
people. Further Mohammedan successes would
probably result in throwing open the nitro
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