The Portland daily press., 1900-07-07
TWO SAMPLE BOXER PLA-
CARDS.
some of the RemnrI1abIe Anti-FOreign
Campaign stun Posted Every where
In China,

Campaign stun Eosted Every WAoAN
in China.
A Tien-tsi letter to the London Stand
ard, bearing date of April 30, gives an &C
count of the anti-foreign propaganda
then in progress in northern China. The
I writer remarks that similar literature, "
as politicians would call it, was circu-
lated largely in HUMAN ten years ago
and led to the serious riots Of that period
SAT the present Time" he continues,
1--WE are having a not dissimilar, if less
violent, recrudescence of anti-foreign
literature of which the following are
very good samples. The first OF them is
in rhyme of peculiarly attractive form,
the meter throughout representing two
lines of seven characters. This is pecu-
liarIy easy to memorize. / know some
Chinese Christians whose families can
repeat it by heart after one or two read
ings, and they assure me that it is q style
of placard which would be universally
memorized, whereas the prose placards
are read, but make no lasting impress
sion. 1 append literal translation of the
poem without any attempts at rhyme, for
fear of destroying the etfect-
Gods assist the Boxers,
The Patriotic Harmonious Corps;
1t is because the Foreign Devils disturb
the Middle Kingdom,
Urging the people to join their religion
TO turn their backs on Heaven;
Venerate not the Gods and forget the
Ancestors.
Men violate the human obligations;
Women commit adultery.
Foreign Devils are not produced by man. !
kind.
If you doubt this,
Look at them carefully;
The eyes of all the Foreign Devils are
blush.
No rain falls,
The earth is getting dry,
This is because the Churches stop the
Heaven,
The Gods are angry,
The Genii are VeXed;
Both are come down from the mountains
to deliver the doctrine.
This is not hearsay,
The practice VIII not be in vain.
10 recite incantatlOns and pronounce
magic words.
Burn UP the yellow written prayers;
Light incense sticks;
no invite the Gods and Genii Of all the
grOttOes (HalIs }
The Gods VIII come out of the grottoes.
The Genii viii come down from the
mountains,
And support the human bodies to Drac-
t1ce the boxing.
When all the military accomplishments
or tactics
Are fully learned,
1t will not be difficult to exterminate the Z
Foreign Devils then. I
Push away the railway tracks, I
Pull out the telegraph poles.
Immediately after this destroy the steam s
ers, q
The great France
VIII grow cold AMI downhearted; 6
Inc English and Russian viii certainly
dispense. !
Let the various, ''Foreign Devils all be u
killed, q
May the whole elegant Empire of the .
Great Ching dynasty be ever prosper S
Gus.
The transaction of one of the prose
placards is as follows:-
The relatives and friends of all around
notice recently that members Of the Pro-
testant and Roman Catholic religions
poison the wells with poisonous powder.
and that whoever drinks the water have
their lungs and intestines rotten within
Is days. Two men have been arrested bv
us at Liu Ii Chuang, and we find that
they have poison all over their bodies
They are silent when questioned and
bold when tortured. Those who smell
the poison will die immediately. You
must be very cautious in drinking the
water Those who see this notice must