Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-06

of them, for the White Lotus had as
man.. members on land as on sea or
rivers. ana no one dared 20 incur their
enmity
Another secret society Of fearsome
rgnown Is the Ko-Lao-Hwcy or League
of the Elder Brother The MOhamme-
dams IN China have o secret society,
numbering 2iOII0NN called Hwy
HWy-Jiu This Is considered more Of
q religious fraternity than a political
union but when $50 many are loagued
together they become q power for good
or evil.
Just now the Tai-Li-Hway has It's
headquarters at Tieu-tsin, and two
others are known as Tsze-T wan
heauu and the Tan-Pel-keaou, ana
their secrets are absolutely unknown.
All the Chinese associations I'm this
country are branches of the parent
ones. and the members pay their dues.
which. after paying the necessary ex-
penses 30 this country are sent TO the
head ot The order Boo China, II Is
claimed by some English and other for
eigners that the societies resemble the
treemasous 90 90 marked degree, and
many OF their symbols are exactly the
same. The Tlen-T-lINry means the
HNl'N VI U'hN'N .|..l NlIf NlINl tue
triangle is its symbol Man is repre-
scented as the base and the apex God,
and all together is t0 show the unity
of God and mankind
All the Jaws Of these societies
sound most noble and moral and de-
mand that the members live simple
and moral lives and are charitable and
compassionate. And they must for.
give. The Sam Hap society is called
the Triad This society and probably
also the other last named society use
much moral suas.Un such as the IA
theirs OF the inquisiti0n ana 10 Spain IN
the old days 10 guin adherents. II is
claimed that gaining converts and new
members goes 0n aI the time. The
more recruits the more money for the
fund Of the society " a man Is asked
90 join and does not Doe Us from then
marked man and may soon expect all
the Calamlties 20 befal him. among
which are terrible btatlugs arrests ON
false accusations or possibly IL the
case seems TO warrant it. he Is seized
and carried to some spot whore his
cries are not heard and tortured and
decaptated.
No tales invented by the enemies Of
Freemasonry can match the actual
facts of the fortunes and horrible mu-
tilatlons inflicted on those deemed in
imlcal 90 the safety of the different 500
cieties. and many have persisted most
miserably Ii Is impossible 10 know
the workings Of Chinese justice. ham
pered pc IL is by the secret power Of
these societies. one part OF the oath
is a command 10 mind each his own
business, and next he Is ordered under
penalties OF death and muu1tion never
To- tell any part OF the secrets belong
ing To- any Of these societies, and one
NJ them sentences him 20 the most !
cruel death II he calls upon any officer
OF The law or judge or magistrate of !
any kind under any circumstances !
whatever. II a Chinaman ever goes
Into court, II is because Tor purposes OF |
its own an officer Of the society 10 |
which the man belongs orders him TO |
go there FOR his own reasons Every |
member OF all the societies Il obliged |
to refer all troubles and disputes 10 the |
council.
This puts a power into the hands OF |
these societies impossible 10 explain or |
Imagine. They hide each others crimes |
ana help the condemned 20 escape. and |
often hapless Innocent men are behead- |
ed or mutilated and tortured beyond |
recognition. After one Of their uprls- |
Ings over 3 900 men were beheaded I'm |
one day and II Is asserted that the |
most Of them We're enemies TO that So |
'iety, taking unwilllngly the places Of |
the real offenders At one time an ef- |
fort was made 10 crush the Wu-Wel- |
keaou, and after months OF fighting so |
many thousands We're taken that the |
'iceroy offered liberty to those who |
would break their vows against meat. |
Some did this but they might better |
have been beheaded at once. as they
)ne BY one paid the penalty OF their
broken oaths by the Ling Chez method.
Dne affair would have been amusing |
had IL not been go tragic. II lasted |
several months and seemed almost like |
magic. and at last the whole p0pula-
ion was thrown into panic. This was
'aused by the dropping off Of their |
ligtails. After several months Il was
discovered that men Of the society of
Wa Wel-keaOu were doing these sacrl-
egiOus acts bv means OF small sCls-
Tors and some drug which caused the
lalr 20 rot and fall of by its own
weight, and they were arrested. and
,s soon as the government found ont
Who had done Il an they promptly
Quelchel the investigation. The K0
lao H"ey is strong, and IL Is more
han probable that this society more
han any other Is the power behind
he present state OF affairs They
ave headquarters In Human and Ho-
IAN, which are the central provinces.
The society Is mostly composed Of sol
Hers who are said 10 be vicious and
'loodthirsty and 20 claim their de-
cent from the true imperial line This
s considered by those In a position TO
NOW 90 be military conspiracy n
las caused several disturbances the
worst being in lSlO-l, when it was
heir intention % blow up the powder I
magazine.
The control which the Six Compa.
Hes exercise over the dostinies Of the /
'hinese I'm this country. and particu.
lrly on the Pacific coast. Is well |
nown. but little understood. AN we |
.now is thlt the Chinese have their |
wn courts OF law and Justice and |
an receive and bear their own pun. |
'hment without the knowledge of our |
uurts, and they are condemned 10 |
cath and executed los their own exc
one day I'm Hongkong five |
l'u were behealed one day because |
hey We're members Of "a secret So
Ietv plotting against the peace Of the
mplro. and 10 was afterward asserted |
hat not one of those FIVE men was
uilty Uf belonging 90 that society.
nd 10 was five prisoners In jail FOR
mail n1euses whose heads We're cut
~ one young Chinaman was not
nlv beheldel, but mutiIated IN the
most horrible manner. and his eNecu-
1n was given out as punishment for
a'Iug Killed hls stepfather, whereas
boz real truth was that he was sus.
ectel of telling the secrets OF his 500
lefty 90 am English doctor