Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-11

may be a member In distress. He may
nave been ciubbed by a policeman. or
cheated by his landlord. OF had his teeth
last IN a gutta percha mushroom used to
garnlsh the dishes at some of the north
sihe restaurants. The American world will
PROBABLY never know how distressed or
IllIafiouS was the man who started that
scrap OF paper Oh its travels"
ORIGIN or THE ORGANIZATION.
Now for the history of the zee Hing.
during the unhsppy reign Ct Suen Che
me Imperial throne was lettering. Rebel
lion was fomenting in every part of
China. The Emperor sought allies in all
directions with i'll success. Treachery
enVlr0ned him on all sides. A scheme
was discovered TO disembOwel him in his
own palace. His situation became criti-
Cal III the extreme. In this dire emer-
gencY messenger reached him from a
band OF Buddhist priests who inhabited in
peaceful repose a holy institution amid
lhe businesses of the Nunghng mountains
thal SEPARATE China from Thibet. He bore
10 the Emperor from the head of these re-
cluses plan by which his lost prestige
could be restored. 1t was bold, diplo-
matte scheme, and wore the stamp OF
originality aud wisdom.
A BOLD SCHEME.
"All the glories of the imperial throne
could be restored if few of the leaders,
who were named, could be hunted out Sc
cretly and dispatched. The plan appeared
hopeless, however, because Of the time
amt patience required to perfect it. Ia
despair he accepted, promising the holy
order rewards inuumerable. The secret
messenger disappeared, and at the hour
of noon next day every conspirstor men
TONED died violent death at the hand of
hired assassin. In several instances
the deed was done hundreds Of miles from
the capital, showing that the killing had
been prearranged, so sure was the
Buddhist chIeftaln of the persuasive influ-
ehce OF his commissioner. Members of
The brotherhood at once appeared, as il by
magic, among the disatfected imperial
troops, modified them, inspired them
With enthusiasm and loyalty, and, assum-
ing command in robes OF g0lden-bued silk,
led them VIGOROUSLY against the frag-
mentsry remnants of the conspiracy. In
two months all disa6ectiou was crushed,
and the sun Of Suen Che was again in the
zenith.
when this was accomplished the
Buddhist heroes, 600 in number, appeared
at the imperial palace and crayad an an
dience. They had resumed their old garb
"a bit of mating tied about the waist and
cloth turban. They declined all worldly
compensation, gave the Emeror some good
advice, and started on the return to their
lonely mountain home.
IMPERIAL BAsENESS.
''Before they had been gone an hour the
treacherous Emperor sent a body of pro-
fessonal murderers in chase, who, over
taking the struggling bands OF priests only
in deserted places, killed nearly every
man. The Emperor thought them too
brave and powerful to live, and feared
they might seek his overthrow. Only
twenty eight out of the 600 reached their
clnister. There they decided on policy
of revenge. They portioned out the prov
inces Of the empire between them, and
abandoning their seclUsOn forever be-
came working propagatOrs Of their order.
1t lost all its religious character. The
beautiful, gentle teachings Of Gautama
were cast aside. These men preached fire
and blood. They traYelyed on foot like
Buddha; that was the only similarity.
Thus grew the zee Hing, until to-day its
members are counted by millions. They
are over the wOrld-even here in Philadel-
phiaD