Show natures fortress it seems scarcely possible that in any part of the habitable globe th there ere all should be baa a natural refuse refuge wherein cilmi criminals nals can 0 openly defy tho the law anywhere and ana where I 1 ib t ia s possible impossible m for crime to receive punishment Ilow however evor lax we roily may beat be at times in our judicial proceedings still we know it Is possible to lay hands on the ovll evil per though wo we desire not to punish them in the island of formosa however nature herself has formed a fortified fortl fled home for bloodthirsty criminals crim inala formosa is an idland about ninety miles calles off the coast of china from which country it la Is separated by the channel offo keln kein it was unknown to the chinese until the year 1403 and in 1631 the dutch established a settlement there but after 28 years of peaceful residence they were wars expelled by the famous rebel C 0 xi 91 whose successors ruled tho the island until 1083 1683 when the chinese took full fall possession then the population was from to now it has boa dwindled down to little more than although only miles long find and SO 60 miles in breadth nothing Is known by civilized beings 1 gj of the interior portion lor for it ad Is Inc luned by an enormous volcanic range and it la Is within that fill all the aborigines now herd natives native have a slender form olive complexion long hair and blacken lil icken their teeth tooth 1 hey have no written language and their religion reli eion ii i i con lined to tort a superstitious belief in demona mona find and sorcerers no wonder then that they are easily governed by some of the more advanced ds de odthe of the rebel Coxin amany of whom have taken falcon up their heir abode agodo with them and ade lift thoy they lead they take advantage or of tile hie asylum offered bv this belt of 0 country to make organized expeditions for purposes even go so fr far as to arrango d doben alve operations operation against tho dwellers on the thabet aoa crat u a vire text for the levying of more than 1000 casesi cases of murder are committed by these cheso people every year and the chinese authorities lire are completely e et t at defiance tile the mountainous nature or tb the 0 country anil and the large laree numbers to bo be dealt with preclude prec ludu all success of tho the chinese sold soldiers lera against them tho the bri brigand gands know every loophole and can get outside whereas the the others are unable to find their way in th the a alp policy llcy of the present governor of formosa BOOTH to tit be to a draw all tin tile natives outside and away from their associates a mice i at on this plan has partly succeeded but there are ro still of at least oo natives datie es I with the brigandi brigan 14 end anil no na jureld urn lofty volcanic anlo wall atilt ro re main maln a i portress tress impossible to storm tot ut vasily easily held field iv bv thoe red handed san aan cati call |