Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25

After eeaseless preparations for ten
years, scores of premature reVolts'
large importations of arms and the
secret drilling of men even, 1t Is salu'
In the United States, warning has been
conveyed to the foreign legations In
Peking that at last the great Chlnese
rebellion may be Imminent.
Although the Tartar Manchus nave
reigned at Pelxing for six centurieS
they are still regarded as foreigners bS
the Chinese, and inhumerable efforts
have been made in the past to drive
them from the country. Concerted ac-
tion was never achieved, however ana
1t was not until Or, Sun Yat Sen, the
organizer of revolution, began to form
his plans for. welding the people into a
nation and establishing Chinese re-
public after the model of the United
States that the dynasty was seriously
threatened If the anticipations of
Europeans in China are correct, he has
now perfected his preparations for
overthrowing the dynasty and sweep
ing the whole posse of fnandarins and
officials out of existence.
1t Is by means of the vast orga1lza-
tion of secret societies with which
China is honeycombed from Mukden to
Canton that he has conducted his cam
paign. Every Chinese rebellion and
riot for the past 800 years has been in
spired and aided by one or other of
these societies, and they are all bound
together by common sentiment and IN
terest. All are violently anti-dynastic,
and all are equally ahti-foreign.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen has declared his in
tention of throwing every port open to
the world when he becomes president
of the Chinese republic Of which he
dreams; but the watchword of the So
cieties is ''China for the Chinese" and
the recent riots In Human prove that
any general movement will at once
imperil the lives of Europeans In the
country.
Greatest of all the secret societies is
the SanhUhu, or Triad, of which DR..
Sun Vat Sen Is believed to be the
'head center" Some authorities esti-
mate the number of it's members at
2, ,500,0 900, but others declare 1t includes
at least 10000, 900 of the 50,000,000 adult
males in China. It's power reaches as
far as Liverpool San Francisco and
Sydney, and no delinquent member is
ever safe from its emlssaries.
1t was founded in 1874, and its name
signifies Three United" referring to
heaven, earth and man. When these
three have united to drive out the
Manchus and ali other foreign devils,
its members believe, the perfect tri-
angle will be formed and universal
peace will follow. Another name of
the society is Thiantihui, or Heaven
Earth league
It's avowed object is to seek more
light, or "ming." but Ming was also
the name of the previous dynasty, and
this ambiguous phrase never concealed
the fact that its object was solely po-
litical
Membership may be said to be com
pulsory, for when any one is likely TO
be of service to the society the local
officials, after the manner of Silver's
"black spot" send him a paper bear
ing their seal. He is warned to pre-
sent himself for initiation, and threat
ened with murder if he should reveal
the message. If he shows signs of
hesitation he is attracted to the lodge
,bv a ruse and once he takes the oath,
terror ever afterward prevents him
breaking 1t.
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