Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-05
BAD WORK In CHINA
Unparalleled Feroeity Shown
TO Rebels by Their Captors
BUTCHEReD BY The HUNDRED
IN Revenge for Wholesale MAs2eres-
Thsy Are Beheaded BY Scores
Stories Of Tsrrikle Atrocities.


SAY FEAsctsco. Feb "A Shanghai
sorres Eoadent gives details of ter
rlsls atreciIy committed by Chinese
rebels on the border Of Manehuria aud
. II equally terrible punishment in
nieted ~ government troops upon the
captured rebels These rebels were
lrd by several Buddhist priests.
and they we're especially savage
against natiss Christians A. one
place they 6urned sixty ehilaren and
butchered nine Chinese nuns. At an
ether they ersmated sixty men whom
thsy Imprisoned IN a barn Their ex-
peditloas were solely for plunder and
without political purpose. Vieeroy Ii
sent large army against them and
heir strength was broken Hundreds Of
prisoners were taken
cshesaed by Hsndreas.
The punishment meted out 20 the
rebels by their CONC usgoTs was most
revolving and the executions were con-
duetcd on a wholesale scale. Men
we're behe AIDED BY hundreds. and entire
trunks OF trees were utilized as blocks
along which prisoners were ranged in
ttLF1 iA+A tA-AA rAEIAL4Onrf-
moved off their heads when the signal
was given Generally in China the con
demned are ranged ia small knots
kneelinz before the execationsr, bat
here the wretched miscreants were too
numerous for the usual rules 10 be OBJ
served and they were seized by their
queus by soldiers from the other side
II ths lately improvised blocks and
their heads Topped off They were not
even tied and the heailess trunks fell
against the block or tGmbled back
ward or 20 one side when the fatal
sword severed the neck. The heads
were hung in long rows on poles as a
warning To others
The Rebels Led by . Priest.
The rebels, il appears, were mostly
bandits Who roam the country just
outside the wall Of China. Last spring
they joined forces and entered upon a
regular plan of campaign of plumber.
They were all well armed, aud being
mainly composed OF prescribed Chinese
criminals they fought desperately
whenever pitted against the Chinese
troops, and for long time always de-
fcated their adversaries One OF the
most notorious of the priestly maraud-
ers was Han Chan Chung. who recent
ly lost his life at Mo Wo Kun, place
about zoo miles northeast of Keehol,
during a 6erce engagement with the
Chinese troops. He was for many years
enshrined in Mongolian tenn pie as the
living Buddha 1t was Han Chan
Chung who led the main attack on the
large city of Cho Yang when il was
captured In November last On that
occasion. which was the most important
incident Of the rebellion, the rebels
mustered a force of over 5000 men,
twenty or thirty bands joining to-
gether for the event. The most horrible
atrocities were perpetrated by
these wandering desperadoes Eye
witnesses state that aim ost the entire
population OF villages was cruelty NAL
treated and murdered. The burning OF
children alive. the brutal treatment
and murder of women, the carrying off
OF everything from the homes of the
wretched people. was the general line
OF conduct OF these inhunau fiends.
scores burned or Buried Alive.
A case in point IS the occurrence At n
village called Kutulap, in the Jehol
prefecture. MareAur.L 4 band OF 500
maranders swooped down upon this
place ia the dead oi night. captured all
whom they did not Kill outright. and
finally carried away with them all
the women. Before going they put
sixty men in large barn. securely
fastened all places Of egress. and Sc.
are Ia the placc. The shrieks Of those
being burned alive reached the ears OF
q few persons y ho had escaped 10 the
hills The scene was frightfal in the
extreme. This. however. ia only one
Of dozen such incidents. The
rebels raided and destroyed
Christian and heather villages
alike. but 20 captives of the
former places they acted in a
particularly fer0cious manner. At
Tahiow. ~hich has been Christian for
two centuries, they massacred nine
Chinese sisters, nuns, aud burned the
orpbanage. which contained sixty little
inmates. rhs piercing OF the'bodies of
the captives with heated bayonets and
spears. the gouging out Of eyes. tbs
disemboweliDg or baryiag alive Of We
TINS were among the atrocities prac.
ticed by the rebel&