Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-15
THE yellow Terror.
How John Chinaman Acts When
Pirate or Boxer.
DESPERATE BATTLE IN JUNKS.
Capture and Execution Of Tho Surviving
Pirates What Europe Might Expect II
These FendS Ever Break through the
BayOnet Bauor-A Slaughter That Would
Teuliy Tho World.

Our friends, the Washington Chi
nese when on their native heath and
addicted to piracy, are a bloodthirsty
proposition. To see their mild, al
mond-eyed mugs in a laundry one
would never suspect the amount Of
real deviltry the Chinese coolie char
acter is capable Of when turned Boxer
or pirate. Here is a recent little story
Illustrative of our text and descrip-
tive Of a pirate battle and the subse-
Quent execution of the captured pi-
rates:
Owing to the Boxer troubles in the
north Of China. piracy reached such
pitch in the Gulf Of Pei Chill, and es'
pecially near Yang Kia Kau at the
mouth of the Hsin HOang Ho, that ma.
tive merchants became afraid to send
their cargo in junks along the coast
for distribution at the various posts.
Application was made to the governor
Of the province of Shantung for pro
lection, and instructions were wired to
the Tao Tai at Chefoo to man and
equip the steamship Chen Hal, an old
wooden gunboat built in the 70s at
Foochow, and send her in pursuit Of
the pirates.
The Chen Hal had been away for
about a fortnight, when she returned
to port with four iunks I'm tow Three
of the iunks had been captured with
out firing a shot, but the fourth, the
largest, proved to be more aggressive,
and opened fire on the Chen Hal with
ina Ia Ffm a q
of any use, the pirates were advised by
the head iunkman to hide in the hold
and he would try and persuade the
captain Of the Chen Hal to believe that
he was an honest trader. The captain
Of the Chen Hal, however, told them
to send their crew on board his vessel
whilst the junk was being searched.
The head junkman stated that the
iunks crew consisted of 13 men, but
In the meantime IA men had boarded
the Chen Hal. whereupon the head
junkman informed the captain that the
fourteenth man was the pirate chief,
which he did not say before he had
gained protection. The captain Of the
Chen Hal was also warned against
boarding the junk. as there were still
a number Of pirates concealed in the
hold who were well equipped Acting
on this information, the Chen Hal
opened fire on the junk, one 4pound
shell killing three men. The gunboat's|
crew then boarded the junk and fired
on the pirates in the hold, who sur
rendered were bound and brought on
to Chefoo. The pirate chief, whilst be-
ing placed into one of the sampans to
be brought ashore, jumped overheard,
and was shot through the head whilst
I'm the water
Thousands Of Chinese crowded the
customs ietty to witness the transpOr-
tation Of the pirates from the gunboat
to the Tao Tai's Yamen. OF the 80 pi-
rates, II confessed to having plumber
ed iunks and killed the inmates, and
one small boy, 16 years old, Dragged
of having killed % persons. At 81
o'clock on the morning Of May 2S, a
large crowd of Chinese had assembled
on the old customs ietty to see the exc
cutlon Of II pirates There being no
public executioner in Chefoo, ordinary
cattle butchers were hired to perform
this duty, and were so excited by the
excessive indulgence in samsho Cna-
tive wine made from willet) that only
one mans head was Topped of at the
first blow, all the others receiving five
or six hacks with the sword, which,
being Of very poor material, was badly
bent and dented. When the execution,
which took about 10 minutes to per
form, was over, the eXecutioners and
guard retired, and the corpses were
left to public view till noon, when the
trunks were removed for burial and
the heads put in lime, covered over
with mats, and left on the place Of ex-
ecution, being subsequently exhibited
in cages.
Well may the Caucasian dub these
iends the yellow terror" and should
they ever break the Gordon of Euro
pean bayonets they would overcome
every nation in Europe. The Globe IA
yors their exclusion from the United
States absolutely.