Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-22
CONDITIONS There
ARE DESPERATE
Anarchy and Riot Reign Supreme
and Every Mans Hand Is Lifted
Against His Neighbor-- -MikddO
Encourages Continual
Disorder.

Shanghai, August 22.-China is al
ready nearer falling into the hands
OF rapaciouS Japan than the rest OF
the world imagines.
All that Japan wants is trouble.
She wants rebellion to break out in
China. She Is eager to see the dow
ager-empress off the throne, and she
Is smiling in her voluminous sleeves
at the thought of the uprisings that
are sure to follow. She is doing all
she can to disrupt China now, and
she is succeeding admirably.
In this she Is being nobly backed
by that huge society known to the
English-speaking world variously as
the "anti-monarchists," the "revolu-
tionaries,' the secret society men"
or the Boxers"
Local rebellions, riots. murde and
piracies have been numerous in every
part of China for the past six months,
and they are increasing in number
every day, more especially in the
Yangtsze valley. Many cargoes OF
guns have been imported. although
the government has captured some.
And Japan watches all this with
smile, assists 1t, encourages IL, al
most openly fosters 1t, because soon
er or later she intends to step in and
say to China, ''This must not con-
tinue," and to the rest of the world.
I'VE are civilized. We understand
selves. We Will arrange everything"
Public Murder and Execution.
And she will She will swallow
China whole unless she Isl stopped by
| one or more of the world powers
To show the state of the agitation
In China, II Is hardly necessary to do
more than to mention the recent as
sassination of one of the most promi-
nent Manchu officials by another Chi
nese official Of high mark. The Man.
chu was reactionary. He was hated
by the people.
His Excellency En- Min, the Man
chu governor of Anhui, visited the
Anking. accompanied by his STAFF
scarcely had he entered the COURT
yard when the assistant director of
the school, Taotai Hsu Ssi-lin, pro-
dueed Mauser repeating pistol and
opened fire on the governor and his
suite. The governor was hit several
times and subsequently died. Sew
eral members of his staff were killed
there In the courtyard. The Taotai
then armed some so of his students,
erected a barricade and killed a num-
ber of soldiers Immediately sent to
arrest him, and was himself finally
captured only after a desperate resist
ance.
He declared boldly that he had in
mind for years the overthrow of the
Manchus and added bitter words
about Japan.
A crowd stood upon a plot OF
ground some 90 yards square, enclos-
ed on three sides by a 15-foot wall
and on the other by low building
of fantastic architecture. On the
steps of this building stood numerous
Chinese mandarins in official robes
Of gorgeous silk and conical hats with
vari0usly colored buttons, small
spheres of polished stone, on top.
Behind these officials and all around
the wall stood crowds of blue and
white-clothed Chinese. In the mid
die of the square knelt the unfortu-
nate official, bound and almost nude.
his long pigtail held faulty out in
front by a sinister-faced individual.
Another figure stalked slowly towards
these two. He carried a huge, shin
ing, broad -bladed sword i'm his hand,
which he flourished dexterously He
was the eXecutioner. He came along
side Of the condemned man, glanced
casually at the silent group of man
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