Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-06
REBELLION IN THE ORIENT.


Tacoma, Wash, June5.--The steam
snip Victoria bring Hongkong ad-
vices to May 18th The spirit of rebel
lion and riots seems to pervade many
parts of the Orient. Five thousand
robbers are assembled In one band in
the mountains of Loyang, Kinhcow
district, near Canton, Three thousand
are natives Of that district and the
balance comprise groups of maraud
ers from other places. They commit
crimes of every description plumber
ing, robblng and killingas their fancy
dictates. The local officers are ter
roriZed and dare not cope with them.
Recently the house of an influential
mandarin was robbed, and the robbers
who met no resistance, We're able tc
do as they liked. The mandarin was
very angry and offered rewards for the
capture of each robber. Seven rob-
bcrs were caught, but the mandarin
then refused to give the reward. The
dishonesty Of the mandarin has made
the robbers holder and more cruel than
ever, for all poor people have made up
their minds not TO interfere with their
plunderings, because they know the
rich cannot be trusted. The Canton
authorities have offered rewards for
the capture OF men known to be sup
plying arms and ammunition to the
robbers.
ON April 26th small band of brig
ands attacked the yamen of the
magistrate of Running. They carried
away valuGbles worth $4,000 and re-
leased the prisoners confined In the
yamen.
Four Chinese mariners were fatally
burned by an explosion aboard n small
Chinese gunboat, which was pracu-
cally blown up. The gunboat was neal
| Kuchow. bound from Marking to Can
| ton with pay for the Chinese troops
! Coming to locality infested by pi'
rates, the captain ordered his men Il
| load all the guns in readiness for al
them not to smoke opium near tbs
| powder magazines. This warning wal
| dsregarded and the result was an eX
| plosion OF the magazines, by which
| all the guns We're discharged stimuli
| taneously. The captain succeeded II
| rescung three wounded men VIII
| jumped into the river. Another wa
! drowned The hull Of the gunboat wa
| badly damaged.
The rebellion In Formosa has beef
| confined largely to the central ant
| northern parts OF the island. Now al
! uprising is expected in the southern
| end, according to a correspondent 70
the Hongkong press, who writes tina
the feelings of the populace there have
been wrought to the boiling point b,
the butchery of innocent children b,
japanese soldiery in the HOGAN dis
! trict.
A company of japanese soldiers fol
/ lowed n band of Formosnn robbers I
their lair In the hills twelve miles from
Hozan, but the robbers escaped b
means of secret exit from a big cav
In which they took refuge, after firini
into the soldiers and killing several
Maddened by defeat the Japanese ar
said to have vented their spite fo
blood upon the peaceful village q
Ioonahtieng several miles distant.
is alleged they set the village on fir
Mt night. and when the villager
rushed out they We're shot down by
Gordon of troops surrounding tn
town. Twenty-four men, two wome
and four children are known to hay
been killed. only half a dozen house
remain of over 200 which formed III
village.
Three thousand black flag soldier
arriver at Wuchow on May 9TH in cor
sequence of dispute between so
der and n Chinese employe of III
| imperial maritime customs officer
These soldiers hate customs oilicer'
Turning themselves into mob the
attacked custom-hose and wen
driven back by the projects soldier
The soldiers belong to an anti-foreig
secret society. Much alarm prevail
ut Wuchow over the reports that n
foreigners there are to be massacre'
America VIII Not Agree with This.
ST. Petersburg, June 5.-The Novost
commenting today on the supposed II
tention of the Spanish government
appeal to the powers to lnterven
SAYS: ut is fun time to end a sensi
less and criminal war. SPANS appei
I is sort of capitulation, but on II
other hand, America must VOLUNTARY
submit her pretcnsions to tribunal
the powers
america cannot avoid doing this,
her position. with two long and e.
posed coast lines, Is not such as cou
withstand the combined fleets of tv