The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-06-10
NoNs oF MIssloNAIIEs.
Tow tho Old Hatred OF Them nreak.
Out in China.

E 'no oia Hatred OF Them HreaIxs
, Out in China
r Shanghai dispatch to the I,oa,lon
! .11''''adrd ' has the following: Just now
mere IS arecrudescencs of the old fanat.
J ical hatred of Christians in Chin, ,,,,..,.
particularly in Szpc' .uen. where :. ,,'ss
sacre OF Christians occurred a few vreel,.
ago. of which we have ONLY inst 90 Z
particulars, though the scene is onIv q
short distance from Chun Khing. wbicl,
Is now treaty port. The converts OF
'he franciscans and Lazarists are yerv
numerous IN Szeciiuen, and we fire..
queutIy near of trouble between tI,en,
AM the followers of the popular re-
nsiohs, Confucianism, Buddhism. and
iaulsm; but it is seldom nowadays tI,at
the Ianaticism of the prosecutors rre-
ceeds as far as killing its unfortt,nate
| onJects, as was the case with the small |
Christian community of Longti Tsin. In |
the la Chu prefecture. The CIlristians |
~ tiis district are not recent converts
| Out nave Inherited their faith for several
generations Tie spread of the Western
,eiigion has long heen opposed by a |
Drotherhood or league among the fol.
lowers Oh the three scots above named.
VINO are coyertly encouraged by the
mandarins and openly befriended nv tLe
lterati, although tne Ko Lai.hai. as tLe
society is termed, has been interdicted
as an illegal organ zation.
This society held q great feast recenti,
IN nonor of be tuteIary-aeity. VIII
whom -2sssf ciated a famous ota,iia
After the elnious ceremony the eI,Iets
OF the society inquired of the oracae il
whether 1t wonld De safe to make n rid i
lpon the unfortunate Christians. and
there was great joy when the oracle
which may be taken to represent the
views oil the literati. gave a favorable
aspiy, Tor the Christians of Loonoti
Ism, unlike most of their fellows In
otNer parts of the empire, are a wen TO
90 class, and their property affor,Jei, 81
tempting object for pIunder. In the
,hiduie OF the night an attack was made c
Dy several thousand of the worst dreos t
oi the popuiace, infuriated by fGnati- a
booty. 'e' =. 9 iien I !,
lhey raided the houses of so or 60 p
= ellristian families, set the buildings on f
tls, III, ana carried of everything port s
Inc wretched owners We're pow f
-..sss 70 save their homes from the ma il
.auuerss who openly feasted in the vii a
- Tor four or fiye days, at the expi- a
'atIon of which the oracle was a-a;, M
consulted, and tie result of it, ady;cs III
vas that more bloodtlIirsty and fanafi- D,
al spirit was infused into the mob No 1;
ives had been taken up to this, but now in
he iiercer passions of tile rersecutors c.
we're reused. and the mission premises
Fere surrounded and burned, amid tl,e
owls OF infuriated villains, who threw
number OF CIiristians into the burnino
niidings. where they perished in the &c &c
lost horrible agony, Which proceedinos %
ere watched with devilish pleasure bv q,
heir erstwhile neiglsbors. The murder s''
Is seized upward of 20 more victims in 90
ie neighbortood. and butchered tlen, ~
) cold blood aud with all tile revolfing us
nnements Of cruelty which the pIacid I''s
oking Chinese understand so we'll
ost Of the bodies Of tie murdered neo- oe'
9 were hacked or cut to pieces and -e'
roWn into tic river.
During al this time the odlcfs,s ,~st..
visible and tie impression L, well
quartsiE IS that they kept out an
the way on purpose The sI,., tr.t.. !.
T. chu kept himself locked ri6 if lie ''' tio'
meus though fe knew what "a. co. \
on ontside. 20. he [.'.f ...'. a'.a,