The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-10-31

NA-TUNu,
Vice. Premier in the Manchu Cabinet,
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with this dynasty that only "Tsen
Liang,n or land tax, should be paid.)
These taxes that were to be collected
were to be placed against the money
raised for the Szechuen-HankOw rail
way by the szechuenese. When this
happened, the Viceroy, evidently re-
garding this as an open act of rebel
lion, issued an order for the shops to
be opened, taxes to be paid as usual
and no militia to be raised by the peo-
pie. On the fifteenth Of the seventh
moon apparently tile viceroy arrested
the ringleader, Lo huen. This led to
an attempt to rescue him, and some are
said TO have been killed.
The writer, in company with an
other family going home on Through
! and some five other missionaries going
( TO ChuHgking, eft the city at noon ON
September (the fifteenth of the sew
enth moon) so that no can not speak
( with personal knowledge Of what fol-
lowed.
! Revolutionists Are Menacing.
The danger of the situation, as far
rs the writer is able to Judge, is this:
The revolutionary party is hoping to
take advantage Of this trouble to pro-
mote its own aim; secret societies are
watching their opportunity to rise, and
/ the local rowdies, whose number seems
ad lib. in Szechuen, will surely make
use of this chance to enrich themselves.
A missionary travelling between Ching
I tn and Kiating one night anchored Mt
a small village, AT midnight band
of robbers, fully armed, attacked the
local gunboat and took away all its
guns and ammunition. They saw the
missionaries boat but did not attack
it, saying. "They are the Gospel Hall
1 people. Do not touch them.
AS the writer was passing q small
village below Wanhsien, he saw about
$50 men drilling very early in the
morning. Later on he heard that in
that district the Boxers were rising
their number being given as 1000.
These are the elements Of danger
and unless strong measures are at ones
! used, trouble viii surely arise, but il
the Judgment of the present writer tn,
people of Szechuen are not ready for /
rebellion against the government. They
have their grievances, deep and press
ing, but as a province, they are moi
ready for such a drastic movement
The fact that Tuan Fang has gone OF
mission of Cancellation and that II
E.. Tsen has been appointed viii have
great effect upon the people. Tit
wiser ones viii hope for a settlement
which they can accept, and the peopl,
as whole stand in mortal dread of H
E, Tsen.
Missionaries Keep Armed Watch.
a private letter from Chungking dat
ed September %, says:
Today tells of the Viceroy havin
still very much the upper hand. II
seems to be hiding his time till he
strong enough to settle affairs, an
then, won 4 there be some head chop
pingl Reinforeements are reporto,
to To coming this way, and Chao ha
drawn in some of his old soldiers fron
Tibet. The whole affair is still a bi
serious in that the show is now an anti
; dynastic one; and the inability TO i'm
,; mediately crush the trouble at Chingt
has let loose all the lawless people, wit
the result that robbers are a bit NOR
bold than formerly.
Here ON the hills Opposite Chung
king) we are in an ideal place for be
in attacked by robbers, but we ar
ali armed to the teeth" and nigh
after night we take turns of Waitin
by tree with our rifles at the 'tprt
sent " ready tO....... TO be continue
in our next.
The settling down of so man
strangers is causing no end of tai
among the peaceful folk of Chungkinl
: and II ever we have trouble here
! will be because Of things done to kee
! the refugees from starving. The res
problem is what to do with our unen
, ployed missionaries. The problem
; proving almost too much for our fol
. here.
The outlying districts are rather dir
tnrbed, and all the more 80 beeaus
the Foreigners have cleared. There ca
be no doubt Of the possibility OF gen
eral uprising, but not any more so tina
We are living near all the time