Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-14

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/, irlajorityica,ry Mauscr ii f1es or big bore
| s3Vinchesters. Some have Russian pls-
tois,8and many have ia pareses YEA pons
! which they have collected from tile bat
| the field or have gotten hold of
, some way or&otheF during the war
Their ammunition is Of European make
| and some of them have cartridges of
slt1okeless powder During the Ghina-
| Japanese war they bought or stole a
quantity OF rifles from the runaway
t&Chinese soldiers, and got additional
arms in 1900, when the nrsenals of
North China were looted and the arms
Edistribited gratis by the officials. rhey
have captured some guns from the
Russians during the past few years and
they have altogether a splendid equip
merit: Fl
a BIG ORGANIZATION.
am told that these bandits have eX-
listed as an organization TOR ages. but
that they have never been so sassbciat-
ed together as now. Their resorts have
been the mountairous regions Of Mon
goia and Nanchllria, from Where thsy
have gone down regularly o8prey upon
the people OF the sloWlands. The words
5I1uang Houtze mean red boards. 1t is
said tbaasthese outlaws sometimes We
their hair5as,d boards red &and that thus
nous With the devil in the minds of the
northern Chinese. Understand that
each bind has one chief, with several
minor chiefs who form his body guard.
There are about 80 of these head men
ina band. and each has 10 or 20 bri- 4
ganls under him the whole making a
gang of i ,0G0 or more. Such n band will 4
take charge OF ~ certain part of the
country, similar hands being located
in other regions. The brigands have a
system OF INSTRUMENTATION by which
they can combine and (which the
guarantee OF one company Is respected
by the others.
Every band has its secret agents In
the locality where it operates. These
men know all about the business of the
towns and villages. They notify the
bandits what cargoes of goods are to be
shipped and, as far as possible. the
wealth and standing of the shipper.
They are said to keep books, including
the rolls of the bandits names and tho
ray they receive. as well as the profit
.of8each robbery and It's disposition.
TAXING THE VILLAGES.
The Huang Houtzes are taxing the
OF Manehurias The chief of
the band holding the right tocertatn
territory keeps track of the wealthof its
and She makes almost every
man pny for protection from the Huang
Houtza raids. Villages are taxed as
such, and in these cases the brigands
agree to keep off other robbers. They |
station guards about the
towns; and in case of attack come to the
aid Of the police In such places the i
Huang3 Hautze agent furnishes the |
nags. to travellers. and this is done like
wise in the larger cities.
Take. for instance, Newchwang,
which is the chief seaport of Man
churia. 1t has n Huang Houtze agent I
who has a regular office where any one
may go and buy a right to travel over
the country. 1t is only recently that 1T
has been necessary for foreigners to
have such protection, but now, all peo-
pie going alone will do well to get
Huang HoutZe flags. Just the other
day q young woman. an English girl
who was going across he country in a
cart, was swooped down upon by a
band off15 mounted Huang Houtzes.
They robbed her of all her belongings.
including even her shoes and stock
ings, leaving, her barefooted and bare
headed BY the roadside. She had only i
$40. @,
HELD TO RANSOM,
IN this case the young woman was
a missionary and the brigands knew
that she was probably poor. Had she (
been rich Chinese lady she might
have been held for ransom. This has
been done With Chinese merchants. Not
long ago, q silk trader was caught