The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-04
THE REVOLT IN MANCHURIA.
ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY BANDITS
OUTSIDE THE GREAT WALL
Msssscres BY whoIesale-Meu Hmprisoned
and Burned to Death-Tho Terrible Re-
venge or the Victorious Chincse Army.


and burned TO Death-Tho Terrible Re-
venge or the Victorious Chincse Army.
Ban Francisco CAL. Feb. 3.-Eyewitnesses
OF the suppression OF the recent revolt in
Manchuria have reached Shanghai. and the
steamer China brought letters giving a vivid
picture OF horrors such as haven't been known
since the Mahdi captured Khartoum. Last
spring tho bandits who roam over the country
Just outside the great wall OF China joined
forces and entered upon regular campaign
OF plumber. They were armed with repeat
Ing rifles. and. being mainly composed OF pro-
scribed Chinese criminals. fought desperately
and defeated oil local troops sent against
them. Some OF tho large bands wero led by
Buddhist priests. One OF the most famous
OF These priestly marauders was Han Chan
Chung lately killed In an engagement with
the Viceroy LIS troops at Mo Wo Kun. about
200 miles northeast OF Jehol.
TWAS he In company with another member
OF the church militant. who led the attack on
the large city OF Che Yang when It was cap
tured in November. On that OCCASION which
was tho most important incident in tho re-
bellion. the rebels mustered force OF some
1900 men. Twenty or thirty ordinary bands
joined together for the occasion. Horrible
atrocities were penetrated b, those despera-
does. who showed unusual daring nd ferocity.
Eyewitnesscs tell of the massacre OF almost
entire villages. the burning alive OF children.
the brutal treatment OF women. and the carry
ing of Of everything from the houses Of the
wretchcd people.
In a large Manchu village in the Jehol dis
trict SEQ marauders swooped down in the
night. captured all whom they did not kill out
right carried Off all the women. and then put
sixty men in II corn storehouse. securely fast
ening the doors. after which they set the build
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few women. who had escaped into the sur
rounding hills. could hear the shrieks Of the
fathers. husbands. and brothers as they were
being burned alive. This village was Kutulan.
In the Jchol prefecture 1t Is only one OF
dozen such Incidents.
Tho rebels are not particular whether they
destroy Christian or heather villages so long
as they get plumber. They generally indulge
in peculiar and revolving deviltry when their
wretched victims are known to be friends Of
the religion Of the Foreign Devils. and they
have gone great distances to wreak their VEN
geance upon professors OF the Western faith.
At place called Taljow which has been
Christian for two centuries they massacred
nino Chinese Sisters or nuns and burned an
orphanage with its sixty little inmates. Such
amusements as piercing the bodies Of victims
with heated bayonets and spears. gousng out
eyes. disembowelling. or burying alive can be
heard OF wherever these outlaws have passed.
One band is said to be led by an Amazon who
rides astride like man. and is reputed to
drink blood tn maintain her courage. Ii Hung
Chang takes the credit for promptly suppress
ing the revolt, but it was really the extreme
cold which settled the rebellion. The robbers
couldn't endure campaigning in wintry
weather. and they retired to their businesses in
the hills Their power is broken. however and
spring will not see them on the warpath again.
The imperial troops showed no mercy to tho
conquered rebels Many prisoners were taken.
and tho punishment meted out to rebels was of
a most revolving character and executions
were conducted on q wholesale scale.
Men were beheaded in hundreds and
entire trunks OF trees were utilized
as blocks along which the prisoners were
ranged in lines. and their exccutioners simply
moved Off their heads when the signal was
given. Generally in China condemned per-
sons are ranged in small knots kneeing be-
fore the eNecutoner. but hero tho wretched
miscrcants were too numerous for the usual
rules to be observed and they were seized by
the queues by soldiers from the other side OF
the improvised blocks and their heads Topped
of. They were not even tied. The heads
were hung in long rows on polesns a warning
to others. and in a very short time the intense
cold froze the bodies stiff but not before tho
camp followers had stripped them Of clothing.