Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
FAITH WAS NOT KEPT
CHINESE REBEL CHIEF ANGERED
BY MURDER OF HIS ENJOYS.
He Had Accepted Terms of Peace From
Viceroy's Agent, Who Was Killed
While Denouncing Outrage.

Consul McWade at Canton, under date
of July "a, has sent to the State Depart
ment detailed account of the insurrec
ton in Kwangsi province, from which it
appears that in a number of engagements
the rebels defeated the government troops.
The rebels are reported well armed and
well drilled
Viceroy Tsen of this province Mr.. Nc
Wade says, has been doing his utmost to
Quell the instruction. In his endeavors to
defeat the rebels Viceroy Tsen has not
been as successful as he predicted before
he left Canton for Kwangsi. The consul
general says:
News comes to hand from native and
other sources that during a recent engage
ment between the natives and the imperial
braves of the On Yung regiment the latter
were defeated and fled. upward of 200 Of
their number being slain. The survivors,
despite the threats and entreaties of their
commanders, continued their fight to WI
chow and 1t is claimed some have returned
to Canton. The fugitives declare that the
rebels are well armed, and that all fresh
arriving troops are attacked by them from
the mountain tops or steep hills. whence
they pour murderous fire on the bewil
dered braves. who scarcely know which
way to flee for safety.
Terms Offered to the Rebels.
Noting the strength and fearful of the
further success of the rebels, Viceroy Tsen
commissioned LUX Kin, recently a lieu
tenant under Col. Yang of the legation
guard at Shameen, to propose terms of
peace to Ii Lap the rebel chief.
LUX Kin was at one time a noted rob-
Der chief, and 1 remember well how, when
he was arrested with other brigands during
the viceroyalty of the late Ii Hung Chang,
that the latter, struck by his bold and I'M
daunted bearing and his audacious forays
on the villages and towns adjacent to Can
ton, said to him when LUX Kin was brought
In chains before him: You are brave
man. If you agree to serve the govern
ment as faithfully as you have been siren
uous in breaking it's laws I will forgive
your past offenses and will give you a post
in the army. where you will have an oppor-
tunity of military advancement and of
achieving renOwn.'
LUX Kin promptly accepted his offer
and was at once enrolled under Colonel
pointed one of the latters lieutenants He
proved faithful and Jealous so much so
that when Viceroy Tsen was leaving here
for Kwangsi he was selected as one of the
viceroys ablest and most trusted assistants.
Peace ENJOYS Killed.
LUX Kin cheerfully undertook the dan
gerous commission, and, penetrating the
rebel ranks, presented himself before Ii
Lap, to whom he, with some eloquence, pre-
sented Viceroy Tsen's offer of peace, assur-
ing him that the past would be condoned,
that he and his lieutenants would be given
high Offices and emoluments in the imperial
army, and that his followers would also all
share in the general pardon and be enlisted
In the army with full pay, etc. After some
hesitation Ii Lap agreed to accept Viceroy
Tsen's offer and detailed two of his prin-
cipal officers to return with LUX Kin and
discuss the terms of peace with the viceroy.
While they were passing through Kwai
Ping, on their way to the viceroy they
we're arrested by Chan King Wa, the dis
trict magistrate who despite the energetic
remonstrances of LUX Kin, ordered the in
slant decapitatiOn of Ii Laps emissaries.
LUX Kin vehementIy denounced the magis-
trate's action, whereupon the latter's SOL
diers riddled him with bullets.
"As soon as The viceroy heard of this he
ordered the immediate Imprisonment of the
magistrate, with view to his immediate
trial and execution. Lii Lap. exasperated
over the act and indignant over what he
supposed was the treachery of the viceroy,
has resumed hostilities with redoubled
VfHOr."