The suburban citizen., 1902-09-13
CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES.
they Consider Tartar and Caucasian Ma
tural Enemies.

they Consider Tartar and Caucasian Na'
tural Enemies.
The following excerpt is from an ar.
icle by Frederick Poole In the Ere
Magazine, entitled "China's New Re-
iellion:"
To give n full history of these secret
,ocieties as they exist in China now
would exhaust the labors Of score of
.nnalists, and Of hundreds Of investi-
,ators. All are sworn to feud against
he Tartars, and the majority of their
members are declared in opposition to
he white races. Tartar and Caucasian
re classed as common enemies, dan
,erously allied. Race pride and pa
riotism in these men of the pure blood
,f the ancient soil have combined with
persistent apprehension that the for
,igner's only aim is the more complete
ubjugation of their spirit and the per-
,etration of dimly defined atrocities
Ipon their bodies.
Among the societies, some stand
bove their fellows in strength Of num-
,ers and in the power of closely knit
rganization. There is the Ta-Tao Hui,
the society of the Great Sword,
whose sole purpose is the expulsion of
he white man from China, with the al.
ernative Of determination. Another is
he I-Ho-Chuan, or the league of the
United Patriots, which was formed
wo years ago. 1t is the company OF
he men who use their dsts, and the
world beyond has given them the ef'
ective name of the Boxers. Among
hem all. the strongest society is the
Triad. Its sign is the hair grown long,
is the shaven head and the queue are
violence of submission to Tartar rule
md fealty to the imperial family. All
# the societies perpetuate the memory
,f the conclusion of the rebellion in
$40 which they attribute to the slay-
ng of the white foreigners-devlls,
whose blood, righteously shed, ap.
)eased the wrathful gods and gave 10
China some measure of that kingdom
VI peace which was aforetime hers.
l. ut AOANl AFhNAAAOAl VI wv NtAAa
go took its popular name from that
VI the most picturesque among the So
ieties that engaged in it; but the Ia.
Tao was allied with the I-Ho-Chuan.
rhe history of that outbreak, with all
is scenes of horror, and all its untold,
,loody narratives, is still too recent to
equire recounting. All that need to
)e done is to point out its intimate
md cogent relation with the rebellion
# the Tai Ping. and its identity in
rigin with the revolution which now
,onfronts the imperial family upon its
| 'eturn to the imperial home
The Chinese peasant to-day is hay
ng the obvious thrust upon his vision:
l tyranny, such as in effect the Chinese
| government is, exists so long only as
t appears to the tyrannzed to be
Imnipotent. In all their relations with
he civilized world, whatever were
heir failures and however humiliating
we're their defeats, the first solicitude
# Chinas rulers has been ito save
heir face" before the gaze of the sub.
ect peoples. The foreign demands for
Indemnity, necessarily complied with
n the light Of Chlna's absolute help.
essness, has made clear to even the
mmblest Of the Chinese that the i'm.
}erial family, reverenced as deities
ire human as themselves and as liza.
DE to humiliation by superior force
The additional taxes which have been
!xacted in order to discharge in cash
he blood debt incurred two years ago,
lave brought home to the people OF
he country, as was never brought
home before, the terrible power which
IAN be exercised by those foreign white
men who were dreaded even while
hey were despised.