The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-05

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-The Herald
this morning publishes the following
correspondence from Shanghai, under
date of July 4:
Brief particulars have just reached
me of widespread and very threat
ening rebellion in the northern part
of this province, joining the borders OF
Shantung. The district is that gener-
ally known as kiangzeeh, which is al
ways noted for the turbulence and law
lessness of its inha bitants. For some
time past the members of two secret
societies, named King Lung Tsae
Golden Dragon Rebeis) and Ia lao
Hwei (Brethren of the Great Sword)
have been very uneasy, and about
fortnight ago they broke out
INTO OPEN REVOLT,
surprised the slender and inadequate
forces Of the local mandarns, CAP
tured several villages and then directed
all their energies TO eXrerminating the
few scattered communities IN their
neighborhood Three communities
surrounding the Jesuit missions at
Sin Tchu, Tang Shaw Teen and Su
Tsien were attacked with savage ruin
lesSness, the houses of the Wretched
people torn down, their little house
hold furniture and farm Implements
being promptly destroyed or carried
OH by the rebels, the miserable people
beaten and treated with the usual oru-
tality of a Chinese mob unGeStralIled py
fear Of authorities, and two at least Oh
the native Christians were fouly
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.
The mission houses were attacked
and destroyed and the two French
priests in the district barely escaped
with their lives These two gentle
man-Rev Fathers Thomas from Ton
gohan, and LIE Biboel from Su Tsien-
arrived here yesterday to report fully
the dangerous and alarming state OF
affairs at the headquarters OF the
mission, as there was nothing left lot
them to do at the scene of their Ia
bors in Kiang Peh, all their fiocks nav
ing been scattered and driven away py
the rebels. Before they left they had
heard that q German father, one OF
Bishop Anzers' mission, had been XIII.
ed in Shan Tung ard what they could
learn on their journey down only went
to confirm this grave news. Tele-
grams have since been received by
Bishop GARNER from the disturbed re-
g-ion. via Shan Tung. cit is Impossible,
owing to the disturbed state OF the
northern part of Kiang Zeeh to tele-
graph direct showing that afIairs nave
assumed 4F
MORE ALARMING DIMENSIONS
since the two fathers left. The Kiang
Tung Tsao and the Ia Tao Hwei are
exceedingly incensed against Bishop
Anzers' mission, by reason OF MS nav
ing lately complained to Pekin Of their
treatment of his converts, anG' it is
believed they murdered the members
of his mission out of revenge. When
the two priests left their premises,
which are strongly built and defended
with four watch tcwers-one at each
corner. to resist the approach of ban
dts. who habitualiy3 roam over the
country-they were in the hands of the
npandaMn's soldiers, who were armed
and apparently prepared to defend the
building against the rebals; but a tele-
gram dated the 22nd ult,, and sent by
courier to Chinanfu in San Tung,
whence it was dispatched to Shanghai,
has Just been received stating that the
troops had been obliged to
ABANDON THE MISSION.
From this it is inferred that the rebels
were too strong for the local authori-
ties and drove them away from the
mission, as they had previously sue
ceeded in doing in many other places.
The authorities were, in fact, taken
everywhere by surprise by the sudden
ness of the outbreak, and, as usual,
were all in a state of unpreparec'ness
and terror when the rebels rose against
them The rebels numbered several
thousand when my informants left the
scene, but were only poorly armed,
some unknown circumstances having
apparently forced matters to head
and obliged them to commence opera
tons before they were quite ready.
But, judging by their success. they
were quite as we'll prepared as the
authorities.