The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-11
OF
THE BOXERS
Society Has Existed
For Ages.
PURPOSE HAS CHANGED
Originally for Law and Order But
Turned by Leaders Into a
Band Of Cutthroats.

TO Chinese merchants OF this city, the
Boxers-the rebels who are now plunder-
Ing the missionaries. destroying railways.
looting and burning all things foreign.
and who are marching on the Chinese
capitat-form no small organization. The
Universal Society Of Boxers-to give them
their fun titie-number no less than elev
on millions Of Chinese. out Of the four
hundred millions Of the Celestial En-
pire. The war cry of the Boxers is
Yang kweitze." which In English is
Foreign Devils and this briefly tells
OF their object-to drive out the foreign
devils.
Although the foreigner now seems to
be their chief enemy. Il Is not only
against him that they have arisen. They
also propose Il down the Manchu dy-
nasty. which since centuries past has ruI-
ed China. IL Is with this object that
the growing armies OF the Boxers are
marching on the Chinese capital.
The Boxers when first founded were
not organized TOR the purpose OF raising
the standard OF rebellion. as they now
have done. on the contrary. the society
was founded for the preservation OF
peace. a. "A law and order society. aft
or the fashion of tne early California
vigilance committees. Crime was ram
pant and no home was safe, and the So
ciety was formed for protection-but the
remedy now seems TO be worse than the
evil.
Ia IL IN ali ...t.t.. s....,, .,
ago-none OF the local Chinese can give
any date more definite than "a long,
long. long time ago. many hundred years
think" At arst Il was known In Chi.
ma as the TIA Tao Hive" or the "socie.
~ OF the Great Sword" IL was wher
known as this society that the member.
fell from grace and piliaged the house.
and missions of the foreigners. Their
edicts we've made against them mt Pc
King and Viceroys were given orders e
suppress them.
The order was soon reported suppress
ed by the Viccroys. but all that had beer
1 suppressed was the name. The rebeli
had simply csaangcd their name TO tina
OF the Universal Society OF Boxers-an,
the trouble continued.
The Christians, both Protestant an,
1
of the greatest objects OF their hatred
IL was due 10 tnis fact that German,
camo into the possession OF the land sh
now owns IN the northern province O
China. Shangtung-the theater OF tn
present disturbance.
The early part of the present decade
II was is01-two nuns were killed by tn
Boxers, and then for years native Chris
tians were beaten. their houses destroy
ed and looted and considerable damag
ldone. About three years later they car
tured and killed some German priests 4
the province OF shangtung. This &C
brought calls for vengeance from EmpeI
or William and led 10 the seizure O
Kioa-chou. the headquarters OF German
J In China.
China. though. ala not make any NOV
20 put down the Boxers. despite the trou
bles they had caused her. for IN
NiCcroy OF the province. Iu Hsien. wa
In sympathy with them. The Empires
Dowager, the usurper who has depose
kwRng Hsu. and who occupied the Ch
nesc throne. was appart 1tly In sympath
with them and pandere1 20 tDeir object
but she now realizes that she has nul
tured n viper In her bosom. which gre
up. as II were. for they are now marcl
Ing on Peking. intending. II they M
not prevented. to destroy the ancler
capitaL
1 Ef'NAff naA-HfaNA'u tiOIAt WtIt InHt
n few years ago TO put them down. whe
/ they were creating trouble. A batt
was fought In which n hundred were Kill
ed, but they soon rallied and with N
officials IN sympathy with them ar
numbers Of the Imperial troops as men
|. lbers. they were soon able again 10 10,
. and destroy.
Thus u has gone on for the past q
years a period OF destruction and mu
der. then of auietness. Now they see
10 have organized for the great effor
as n were. the struggle they have ior
a had In view Of driving out the foreigne
and downing tho Manchus. For u
past few months they have been crea
ing veritabie reign OF terror In u
a provinces OF Che-n and shangtung. M
. hundreds Of native Christians have be,
! killed. and numbers Of missions destro.
= ed.
. The act. though. that brought the
a more prominently before the notice
a tho world of late was tho atrocious mu
!, der of Rev. Mr.. Brooks. n young En-
' iish missionary. while travelling throuI
=. Che-li province. 10 where he was 81
n toned brooks was passing through
x crowd OF assembled Boxers, when su
!. denly n child threw n stone and rails
n the cry Of "Yan Kweitxe"-foreign dev
@ The Boxers then set upon Brooks. put
:. hook attached TO n long rope through
= nose. and led him through the villas
= The unfortunate missionary broke aw
A. and ran into n temple. but the cro'
Ia dragged him out and cut him to piec
" with their long knives. His renal
ix we're throwns into n canyon. where IN
IA we're afterwards found. China was ma
10 pay an indemnity by Britain Tor
outrage.
n IL believed by Chinese here IN
he now that the Boxers have risen. tne II
tie Knifo Society" n rebel organizati