The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-11
CHINESE IN The HILLS
Thew Are Leading tho Lives o.
Bandits.
THE TONG HAK REBELS
They are Now said to Number
I,OOO.OOO-Not Deserving OF
Sympathy-The Leaders
Head Identified.
THE TONG HAK REBELS

TOXIC, Feb. 10.-It is stated that fuliy
Q 600 fugitive Chinese soldiers are con-
cealed in the hills and other out-oI-the-
way places in the vicinity OF Port Arthur.
These men have arms. They 1.-Two by
marauding, but as they never appear IN
bands of any size, 1t is extremely dlillcult
10 hunt them down. Placards have been
posted intimating that If they surrender
peaceably their lives will be spared. a
few have taken advantage of the oiier.
but the majority prefer TO lead tho exist
istence of bandits.
The Tong Hak rebels in the southwest
erly province, Chhollado, OF Corea, are
now said to number n million. Cav oil ."
procedures in the province, % have been
compelled by the insurgents to become
partisans of the instruction. The long
Haks have erected Chhollado into a sepa-
rate kingdom. appointing their own
sovereign and administrative OIL
cjals Were these people hghtlng
for freedom they 81 ould deserve sympathy,
but having submitted quietly for decades
TO the yoke of China. their armed oppo-i-
ton TO a power undertaking to relieve
them of that yoke is inconsistent with any
reuuine love of liberty. They are merely
political tools, agitating IN the interests
of the Ming family, whose members liud
TINT the reforms introduced by Japan cut
at the root of their eNtortion and corrup-
ton.
The latest intelligence from the dis
turbed district says that the people them
selves have killed the Tong Hak leader:
that his head had been identified by the
Japanese sent to quell tho instruction,
and that the rebels have dispersed. From
Port Arthur, Chinchow and fallen comes
news that the Chinese civilian inhabitants
have become perfectly recpnciled TO the
situation, and are carrying on their usual
avocations in peace and contentment.
The diet resumed its sittngs, in Toxic
on the Sth of January, after the New Year
recess. II is plain that all political par
ties in the diet are agreed as 10 the ex
pediency of avoiding any scmblancc OF
discussion at the present crisis. The diets
session will pass quietly and uneventiull,
for the first time in the history OF Japan
csc parliamentary institutions. Al the in
stance OF Count Inouyc, Japanese repre-
sentative in Seoul, the king of Corea has
made solemn oath before the tomb of hi
ancestors TO observe IL pledges.
His majesty promises to abandon all re
lance upon China and hold firmly 10y tn
independence his kingdom; To enact
law of royal succession, clearly distiu
gushing between the sovereign house an
it's branches; TO supcrintcnd stat
affairs in person with the advic
of his cabinet, the queen, any q
her relatives, or any court lad
being rigidly excluded from participate
IN the business; to draw a distinct line q
demarkation between the court and IN
administration; TO decline the duties an
competence of tho cabinet and Of the Il
partmcnts OF state; 10 limit taNatlc
strictly TO the imports prescribed by Law
and TO vigorously interdict any cNtI
levies; to codify the laws; TO rctrcuCh an
introduce order IN the national and cou
expenditures; TO introduce the system
military conscrip,ion, and to abolish 4
d s;lnctions OF classes in appointing AZ
promoting public officials. Ii needed n
the tact and firmness of the Japanese re
resentat!vc to bring about the taking
this oath. II the king keeps il bright da
are in store for the people of Corea.