The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-09
HUMAN SOCIETIES
Text of the Document Which
Caused the Recent Riots.
SPIES OF THE FOREIGN DEVILS
They Are Those Who Do Not Worship Con
fucius-The Document Filed With Fanati
cisnl-MOney Subscribed for Troops

Especial to THE HERALD-Exarnlner Gable. |
SHANGHAI. Dec S.-Here is the full text of
the famous agreement entered into by all the
Human societies-the document which was the
direct cause of all the recent riots and blood
shed. 1t reads as follows: Each clan shall in.
vestigate its own territory. Should any per-
son, whether scholar, agriculturist, artist or
merchant, be found who does not sacrifice TO tie
spirit Of the most perfect, naOSthoky ancient teacher
CORticius and to the spirit tablet of his own an
cestors, it is certain that he is one who has
been bewitched by
THE SPIES OF THE FOREIGN DEVILS
and has the religion of the hog Jesus. He is to
be dragged Immediately to his ancestral tenn
pie, to be severely dealt with by the clan, and
TO be compelled to forsake his depraved heresy
and return to the right way. Should he dare
dlsobey the whole clan shall take the entire
family of the pig-goat-devil old and young,
male and female, and drive them out of the
place. Moreover, the names and numbers OF
! them shall be printed ana a list shall be sent
all over the surrounding districts to the prefec-
lures and sub-prefectures so that everywhere
THEY SHALL BE DRIVEN OUT
They shall not be allowed to live within the
borders OF Human. The names of the pig
coat-devlIS shall be erased from family
registers
2-If in the whole province there shall he one
clan that does not act stringently in the man.
Rgement OF its affairs, so that from carel ess
ness or iaYoritism or underhand abetment
even one pig goat devil shall be allowed to live
| IN IL When the neighborhood has found it out
tnen besides driving out the pig-goat-deyil ant
his family, the clan itself shall be called
THE PIG-GoAT-DEvIL CLAN.
II anyone has already entered into matrimonial
| alliance with that clan. he shall not be allowed
! 10 nave any further intercourse with it. Hence
forth no one in the neighborhood shall entel
into matrimonial alliance with such clan anC
agriculturalists will not be allowed to enter this
clans service and traders will not be allowed
10 exchange goods with it. Should such claI
have small pig goat-devil who wishes Il
! enter for the civil or medical examinations NJ
undergraduates shall act as his guarantee anC
no graduate shall support his name.
Sin case OF travellers coming to the province
as traders, doctors Or fortune tellers, it is diff
! cult 10 insure that among them that there ma,
! not be pig-goat-devils. They shall make
| most rigorous search that such persons shall
not carry about with them the
SPIRIT TABLETS OF THEIR ANCESTORS
that it should not be made cause of blame bu
| they ought on the first and fifteenth of ever,
month, or the three festival days OF the year. Il
sacrifice to the spirits, and on the anniversarie
OF the births and ceaths in their families, AM
II they don't observe these occasions they ar
| to be suspected They must be asked in tina
case If they worship the hog Jesus, or not, 1
they eat flesh of Jesus or not II the reply i
eVasiVe or prevaricating, let all unite in driving
them out. They are not TO be endured
lit is reported that recently among officials
both civil and military, there are some who
having blinded their hearts and lost all con
science. have rehounced allegiance TO the mos
holy and ancient teacher, Confucius, and tn
emperors OF our dynasty, and have submitte
themselves to the pggoat-devn countries
and moreover are now aiding the pig
goat,reli2lon and constraining virtuon
people to follow foreigners, changing to devil
and worshiping sin and guilt These fellow
Will ind II difficult to escape the law OF tn
cl1Stlgpmtnt n mr. pbO1
province having sworn not TO follow the for
eigners and become devils nor worship the hos
even should any of these fellows come /
Human, how would they dal attempt to col
must memorabilia the throne, praying that hi
majesty Will decree such punishment as will
ROOT OUT THE PLAGUE FROM HUMAN.
5-Should the foreigners dare to show an
desire TO Cypress the country and from an
cause create trouble, then the moment th
Emperor's command to chastise and exteI
inmate them is received the clan elders of th
entire province will themselves lead their ablt
bodied men TO the call for troops. AS to thos
who shall
GIVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THIS SERVICE
to their county the clan will unitedly provtd
money for their burial and funeral rites, and #
the support OF their parents, widows and chi
dren. Should any clan timidly shrink frol
going forward in this manner or should ar
clan refuse 10 contribute towards the respos
| OF the spirits OF the loyal ones and who sha
lose their lives, then the neighborhood she
ostracise 1t and treat 1t q pig goat devil ar
} should II dare TO show special desire to man
fest luminosity to our Human and stealthity i
wade our boundaries then the large prefecture
ana districts shall provide U,00J men, the m,
dunn sized ones Is, % men, and the smaller on,
7 10000 men. We will unitedly subscribe for IL
, support of the troops and the cost OF weapon
j OF war and we will ask the authorities to after
TO tho distribution of the troops so as to at ont
proceed to fight the fOr6iQnpra