The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-24
ARMY To
WAR ON BR|GANDs
Chinese Government Determined
to Extsrminate White wolf
and Other Outlaws.

PEKING, China, March e5.--(Asso-
ciated Press by Federal wireless) -
The government is preparing TO send
the entire northern army on an. expe.
dillon 70 wipe out the bands or brig,
ahds who are rayaging al sections of
the north country. Several Of the
more notorious and blood thirsty bands
have associated themselves recently
with the band Of TIE notorious outlaw,
White Won, and are numbering, rob
biug and burning property in an diree-
tons. The latest outrage was the
soaking and bnrning Of nine-tentha Of
the buildings in the important market
town OF Siangyangfn in the province
q HpPsh, running the population a
naneialIV 49,
Numercps stories are going the rounds
abont q White Wolf,sv past history.
Tho most curious tells that he Is a
acapegrhee son Of President Yuan and
that this accounts for the Presidents
failure 70, deal with him. As far a.
can be learned, this u a rather far
fetched Ratification.
The STA Han Pao's, recently print.
ed an account Of TIE sewolf's'' psst
history. Which & interesting and which
agrees with the story sem BY q
Port, correspondent some months
ago, a least IS 70 the main pOipt
that the " Wolff Is man with a big
grievance. Here is the eta Han
Pao 81 accounts: ~
sswhita wolf's was . .eouneiilor 10
the northern sixth division under the
late Manehu regime. When General
wu Lo-ehen was assassinated during
the revolution, he left his post and
Joined the bandits.
Soon he became 4 prominent leader,
the only one that could compete with
Wang Tien-chnng. Wang was brought
ever by the governments and was high
ly honored, @
The Honan troops, seeing the grow.
ing activity Of the t'White Wolf, y ar
ranged to win him over with promises
Of kind treatment. When the arrange
ments were fully made White Wolff
discussed the matter with his associates.
He said to them, "There would be no
use in our submitting. Should we 90
togeth@uCNe should be entrapped and
extirpatea without any means Of re.
venge. Z It would be better for some Of
YOU to 20 first and we would follow If
the government fulfilled ITS promises.
In case of any trouble we could take re-
ycnge for you. I"
Then some petty leaders delivered
themselves M to the troops, and they
We're despatched TO the Tutuh, who in
stead OF fulfilling his promise, ordered
them all to be executed. The military
body demanded that faith should be
kept, but the Tutuh took no notice Of
their plea. FN,.
When the "White Wolff heard os
this he Became desperate and started
his work Of destruction vigorously.
Once his men were teleaguered in a
city for . long time and prov sions were
nehrIJ exhausted He gave previous
notice TO the regulars that his men
would IRISH through their lines on a
certain day, and at the appointed time
they did so and got out Of the city
successfully. After that time he be-
came more active and powerful. He
has a number Of former officers netting
as his advisers. and his men are mostly
disbanded soldiers. They can shoot
over their shoulders at their enemies
when they are defeated. He directs his
men quite in an organized military
manner ~ 80
Once his sedan chair rarrier was shot
to death by regulars, but he remained
untouched.