The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-17
ORIGIN OF THE BOXERS.
Rev. DIR. Anderson Takes No stock
in DR.. Young'S story.


DR.. NJ. F. Young, an intelligent China
man in Kansas city, in an interview in
the Kansas City Journal. says that The
Chinese name of the Boxers, is, literally
translated, Bad men who fight with their
fists" III is nof very far" he said, from
a literal translation of the name of the
order TO the free and easy pun, Boxers. d"
There are about 100000 of the Box
crs' said DR.. Young, "and they were or
garized recently for the sole purpose of
exPelling foreigners. They live in the
northern portion of China and are loyal
to the Empress, whom they blindly fol-
low. They are for the most part very ig-
norant believing that the invasion of
China by foreigners means the destruc-
ton of all the Chinese. A new religion has
been set up and new gcd created. When
a person becomes a member of the order
he takes an oath to assist in The exter-
mination Of all foreigners and after beng
a member for a certain length of time
he is assured that the god which they
worship Will protect him and will prevent
any harm coming to him from either a
gun or a sword; that the only harm that
can come to a Chinaman will be from the
fists"
The religion" DR.. Young said, rs a
peculiar one, and its name is not capable
Of being translated in English 1 have
tried to get an English phrase which
would be intelllgible to Americans, but
cannot find anything in the language that
expresses it. The idea is that no one
not born In China, can enter this partlc-
ular gods heaven. Against this very
bigoted and ignorant society, q reform
I'd
there are 100000 members and they have
collected $1500 100000. The reform party
is kindly disposed toward all foreigners.
and is the progressive party of the Celes-
tia kingdom They wish to make Kwong
Su the Emperor, one of the most inteili-
gent men in the whole empire of China,
who wishes to place his country on the
standard of the more enlightened ones
of the world. Many of its adherents live
in America, France and England, and in
the cities of China where the foreigners
are in control. The Boxers will never
gain the day. They have no idea what
ever of the strength of the foreigners
or the reform party, and their mode of
warfare-with the flsts-is simply ridicu-
lous"
When Rev DR.. ID. L., Anderson was
shown the above story he found room for
disagreement with almost every conclu-
sion that had been arrived at by DIT
Young. The translation given of he Chi
nese name for the Boxers, bad Men
Who Fight With Their Fists" he regard
ed as absurd.
As a matter Of fact. he said, all of the
Boxers are armed and some few of them
are well-armed. They fight with their fists
only when the small arsenal they carry
about with them is lost or taken away.
As to there being 100000 of the society,
Dr. Anderson thought the statement be-
yond the reach of credulity. There is
nothing like so many he said.
The figure that is reproduced In the
Kansas City paper as representing the al
legged new god that has been added TO
the teeming Pantheon of CONTIGUOUS, -
DR.. Anderson said represented nothing of
the kind. 1t represented Mohammedanism.
a religious cult of which millions of Chi
namen are followers. If DR.. Young had
thought for a while longer IAN English
phrase that would be Ineligible to Amer
leans" ard that would have representa-
the signs he drew would doubtless have
occurred to him.