. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. THE IlllJJllIXES. 251 While Koxinga was i>rej)ariiig to dev^astate the Philippines in return forthis terrible treatment of liis countrynieii. lie fell ill of fever and rebellion soon followed, and Formosa, falling into the hands of theTartars, became a part of the new dynasty of the Far East. In sjiite of the opposition to tliem, the Chinese soon began to come tothe islands again, until in 1755 it was resolved to expel the race entirelyfrom th
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. THE IlllJJllIXES. 251 While Koxinga was i>rej)ariiig to dev^astate the Philippines in return forthis terrible treatment of liis countrynieii. lie fell ill of fever and rebellion soon followed, and Formosa, falling into the hands of theTartars, became a part of the new dynasty of the Far East. In sjiite of the opposition to tliem, the Chinese soon began to come tothe islands again, until in 1755 it was resolved to expel the race entirelyfrom the Philippines. But as before, the only merchants were the Chinese,with the exception of a few Europeans and a dozen Asiatics. With thewelfare of the Church always in mind, it was decided to exempt all Chris-. NATIVE BOATS OX TASK; AllOVK BRIDGE OF SPAIX. tian Chinese. This caused many to espouse the Catholic faith, but overtwo thousand were banished from Manila on the 30th of June. 1755, anda more rigid censorship was maintained over the entrance of Chinese intothe islands. Seven years later, when the Chinese became involved in the trouble ofGreat Britain with the Philippines, over six thousand of them were mur-dered under the order of the notorious Simon dAnda. Yet once morea wholesale slaughter was attempted, when great numbers of the nativeswere dying of the cholera in 1820. The Chinamen and other foreignerswere accused of poisoning the drinking water, and not even the exertionsof the priests and most inlluential citizens could disabuse the rioters of 252 THE FAR EAST. their mistake, until many of the Chinese and a few British subjects hadbeen killed in and around Manila and Cavite. Notwithstanding all this opposition and o])pression, the Mongol race haspersisted in coming to the Philip
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