Church review . uelch this organization, but, ofcourse, they did not succeed, thoughthey contrived to capture one of theleaders, whom they executed withmuch circumstance of brutality. Themembership roll runs well into themillions, and it has its secret meetingsin every city of China. Its membersmust commit murder at the commandof the order. They are initiated bythe drinkiing of hot wine mixed withthe smoking blood of a cock, killed atthe time. The society counts among itsmembers a large number of armyofficials., and the .great Viceroy of Nan-king, who died not long ago, was fora time an active
Church review . uelch this organization, but, ofcourse, they did not succeed, thoughthey contrived to capture one of theleaders, whom they executed withmuch circumstance of brutality. Themembership roll runs well into themillions, and it has its secret meetingsin every city of China. Its membersmust commit murder at the commandof the order. They are initiated bythe drinkiing of hot wine mixed withthe smoking blood of a cock, killed atthe time. The society counts among itsmembers a large number of armyofficials., and the .great Viceroy of Nan-king, who died not long ago, was fora time an active member. The recenttroubles in the Shangtung provincewere backed up by the Koloa Hui. The oldest society in China is theTriad Society, known also as the SamHop Hui. It has its lodges, and thereare flags, banners and umbrellas con-nected with it. It holds regular meet-ings, and it forces influential individ-uals to join its organization if theyare not amenable to persuasion. Ithas the power of life and death over. COFFEE PLANTATION—Raised Terrace for Drying Coffee. ance of the Dowager Empress, and thetsung-li-yamen (foreign office) are hercreatures. The Boxers form only one ofmany institutions with which the Chin-ese empire is honeycombed. They areall actuated by the motives underlyingtheir motto of China for the Boxers made a great parade oftheir loyalty to the throne, and pre-tended that it was only the Fan Kwel(the foreign devils) whom they wishedto drive out. But the Empress Dow-ager knows better, and when shefound that the Governor of Shangtung(where they first broke out) was en-couraging them, that masterful womanpromptly superseded him. Last yearsexperience with the Black Flags wasdoubtless not forgotten. This society-is made up principally of the piratesand other wilder spirits who infest thecoast from Amoy down to are the men who organized tnethree great rebellions which broke outsimultaneously at Macao, Amoy andShanghai, just before the Taopi
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