The St. Johns herald., 1894-11-29
A HATED EMPEROR.
III Feeling Existing Between the Chinese Ruler and His Subjects,
The Speedy Downfall of the Present Dyn- asty PropheticaIIy AnnOunced-The Country to Be Divided Into
 Three Kingdoms,

Reports of a serious revolt against the present Chinese government in Manchurin and the issue of proclama- tions by the rebels declaring that the Manchu dynasty is near its end have created a great deal of interest among the foreign colony in the treaty ports, says a letter from Shanghai. News that bears directly upon the reported disaffection in many provinces of China comes from Nanking. It appears that all up through the great valley of the Yangtse finely written prophecy of the approaching end of Manchu rule is being circulated. It is almost impossi- ble for foreigner who has not lived in China to understand the importance that is given by the gentry to anything which is well written or carefully printed. If such document does not strongly violate the probabilities it will be accepted as Gospel truth.
 This prophecy, says the Chicago Tribune. appears to be firmly believed by all the Chinese who have read it. It purports to have been written by Huan T the downfall of the present govern ment It shows considerable literary ability, but anyone who is skeptical may readily see that the author has thrown in local detail to clinch his prophecy.
 The sketch of the emperors of China is very well done, but this historical in- troductlon appears to have been writ ten merely to lull the suspecions of the reader and to induce him to accept the sensational statements about the com ing ruin of the Manchu dynasty. The prophet declares that the great prov inces of Yunnan and Kueichou are the first that will abandon the empire. After this China will be divided into three kingdoms, but this will not take place and permanent peace will not be secured until the woods are cleared from Purple mountain and the waters of Lotus lake are dried up. The spacious nature of such prophecy may be seen when it is stated that about all the forest has been cut off of Pur- pie mountain, while in dry years one may walk over the bed of Lotus lake, which is converted into solid ground. Any season of drought may therefore be taken by the conspirators with the assurance that the two main items of this prophecy will be found fulfilled.
 In Human there is deep feeling against the present dynasty because of its favor shown to foreigners. Human is the seat of a set of fanatics who would rejoice to see every European thrown out of China. In this province have occurred the worst outrages on Christian missionaries, and anyone journeying up the Yangtse retains vivid recollections of the showers of stones and obscenity that descended upon his house-boat from the neigh boring banks. Intercourse with foreigners seem only to intensity the popular hatred of the European inter- lopers, who, they think, are encouraged by the young Emperor and his advis- CTS. The worst feature of the situa tion is that the central government does not dare to rebuke the insolence of the Human people. This has been shown repeatedly in recent years, but the most conspicuous instance was the failure to punish Chou Han, the author of the infamous Human tracts against Christianity, which caused all the peril and suffering of missionaries in the Yangste valley, This man was proved to be the author of these tracts melt ing people to murder Christian mis- sionaries, and the very blocks on which they were printed were found in his house, but he escaped on the spacious pretext, trumped up by the governor of Chang Gnu, that the man was insane, and therefore beyond the reach of the law!
 Again in the recent Suneku massacre of two Swedish missionaries the viceroy of Human was first insolent, then procrastinating, and finally, when forced to act, cunningly made scapegoats of some of the best native friends of the missionaries. He then dilated on the thoroughness of his work and the impartial punishment dealt out. Everyone recognized the mocl1ery of the thing, but as no European could follow out an investi- gation his report had to be accepted. Since then elaborate protests have been filed with the Taung-h Yamen against the injustice of the proceed ing.
 In any other country than China such acts would have resulted in the degradation of the guilty officials, but the governor of Changcha and the viceroy of Human are both in ot1ice and complacently defy their foreign critics.
 It is from Human, therefore, that we may expect to see the first uprising against the present dynasty. There are already rumors of serious trouble, but no one can ascertain the facts, be- cause the province is closed to Euro peans, and the few native Christians dare not tell what they know for fear of the vengeance of the officials.
 Hetty Greens "Extravagant Eoy."