The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22

honest country people whom the SOldferS
had attacked and maSacred without right
or warrant.
THUS at a single stroke" writes Henry
d. Porter, of P'ang Chuang, in the Out
look, ''the governor paralyzed the action
of every official, making it impossible for
them to act as they clearly saw was best.
The leaders who had skunk away after
the fight quickly discovered that the gov
ernor was. on their side, and within two
weeks every man of them was in his place
again
/, e.,- CAMPAIGN OF .PILLAGE.
Mr.. Porter, who is a well known mis-
sionary goes on to say that in the dis
tricts Of 4Kao=T ang and P'ing-Yuan there
began a campaign Of pillage, arson and
murder which is awful to recall. The
whole country west of Chinanfu, in this
province, and as far north as Shen-Chou,
In the province of Chihli, famed up into
an anarchy at once, and the track Of ruin
was widespread In many counties Of
Shang Tung every Roman Catholic home
was swept clean, and hundreds Of Prot
estant Christians suffered. In response
to appeals from the missionaries the mis-
creant Yu was suddenly removed, and the
famous Yuan Shih K'ai, a friend of Ii
Hung Chang, was sent to be the governor
Before the authorities in Chihli could
be made to realize the real import of the
struggle a hundred Protestant families
had been looted on the borders of the
Yellow river, west Of the provincial cap
ital. An equal number of Christians Of
the London mission in Chill had suffered,
and fifty or more Congregational families
had been attacked, despoiled or multed
of money under threats of loot and pill
lage. The most serious Of these were at
Chang-Ssu-Ma, in Chihli, and Ho-Chia-
T'un, in Shan-Tung. In the former the
native pastor was driven from his home
while the chapel and school were gutted
and despoiled. Four families were driven
from home, and the neighbors dug up the
concealed treasures of books and medi-
cines and scattered them to the winds
At the Congregational mission, In Ho-
Chia-Tun, a band of 200 rushed into the
village, gutted the station residence and
looted the chapel and the homes of the
+ helper and his brothers, besides robbing
the adjoining home of wealthy neighbor.
The terror was continuous for months.
MURDER OF YOUNG BROOKS.
AS climax to these outrages came the
murder Of a young Church Of England
missionary named Brooks, a smooth
faced, cheerful boy of twenty-one In
going to join brother missionary in
Shan-Tung he passed through a village
where a band of thirty-five Great Swords
were at dinner. He might have passed
through In safety had not little girl
raised the cry Of Yang Kweitze!" Or for
eign devil.
Instantly the rebels were upon their
feet and had surrounded Brooks. They
pushed him about, called him vile names,
and, at last, while some held him, others
thrust a hook through his nose, to which
a rope was tied They pulled him about
here and there, to the immense amuse-
ment Of the mob. At last the unfortunate
boy managed to extract the hook and
break away from his tormentors. He
started to run from the village, but three
Of the rebels got horses and rode after
him. They soon succeeded in overtaking
him and then killed him with their swords.
1t was this tragedy which aroused the
British government to acton, although
the war in South Africa has doubtless
operated to prevent the more energetic
protest that would have otherwise been
made. The new governor has not yet sue
ceeded in suppressing the Boxers. A few
heads have been cut off and hung up in
cages by the highways to servo as a
warning to evildoers, and q number Of
perpetrators of minor offenses against the
Christians have been hauled before the
court Of righteous Judgment and sem
fenced to such punishment as wearing
the cangue," but the reign Of lawlessness
still continues. If In less violent form.
said to have taken part, and In which the
powers threaten to send troops to protect
the missions unless the Boxers are sup
pressed.