The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-16
THEY EsCnEw ALL MEATS.
Members Of n Chinese secret society
Are strict NeEetnrians.

From the New York Tribune
The vegetarian sect which is saH %
be supporting the boxers" Ia Swallow. g.
the second largest secret society In China.
II Is thought u has a century or two
OF history behind %. aud has not spread to
foreign countries. like BE- better known RI
val. bat within China Itself 10 Is quite as
much feared. aud Justly SO. for the or
genization has accomplished wonders 80
certain directions.
The society - Of religious origin and
keeps up this character much more con-
sistently than do thc Tuads II Is a.so
political. and has Tor is OBJECT the res
toration OF the prc-Manchu dynasty Of
Ming It's real name. Wu-Wel kiaou. is
translated as the Do-Nothing or No
Hypocrisy league. It's members are vege-
tarians ana the higher officers dress iu
white. The head OF the society has Also
lutte control over the members wherever
they may be and Is regarded not only by
members OF his society but boy the Chi
nese To- general. as the possessor Of awful
magic secrets. In the existence Of which
oil Chinese believe. And. indeed more
than one OF their performancss slvors Of
the uncanny. Early iu the century the
society nearly accomplished is purpose
Of overthrowing the Manchu rule. A
| great plot was laid 10 blow up the palace
d a. NhAAA anu AAAIRAAN uAtANfAas lNA-
| haps thousands. were concerned IN the
affair so perfect was the discipline that
the whole plot was kept secret until the
last moment At the minute OF app ing
the torch. fear overcame one q the con-
/ spirators. and by crying out that they
were betrayed he alarmed the sold.ery
and brought on himself and hiS compan-
/ ions the fate he dreaded
/ But the perfect organization q the so
. aHa.Uaa A. HH
? the affair Of the pig ails This sounds like
/ the title OF a comic story. and. indeed. tt
is intensely humorous from the occidental
1 point OF view although serious enough To
| a Chinaman. The cue OF a Chinaman is
/ the symbol OF his submission to the Mon
| chu conquerors. Hence the necessity Of
l his preserving IL as he would his life. To
/ cut Il or Is tantamount 60 saying Down
/ with the authoriticsr' ana the powers that
\ he In China may be depended upon 20
/ visit the offender with such summary JUS
1 tce as will forever prevent repetition Of
the rash act. Imagine. therefore. the con-
sterEation on all sides when. without any
| apparent reason. pgtails began TO fan on
/ on every side No one was safe. The pre-
cious appendage would disappear like
magic at the most unexpected times
while eating. while sleeping. while talk
ing with friend while doing nothing az
! all For a time there was a reign q Ter
ror. Every respectable Chinaman kept his
hand on his cue, realizing only too clear
\ ly the close connection between that ana
his head II snip went one chop
/ would go the other.
Al last when this hai been going on
for weeks and even months the anair was
explained The Wu-Wei Kiaou was doing
&C. special kind of scissors had been
made for It's members Of small size and
easily held IN the palm OF the hand. with
I this ingenious weapon and little deN-
. terity IL became easy TO cut cues on every
side. as a warning 20 the government that
the spirit OF hostility 10 the Manchus was
not 10 be allowed 20 die. After this dar-
ing act the Chinese people conceived for
the wu-Wei Kiaou a profound and en-
/ during respect