| Show CHINESE CONVERTS AT WITH THEIR AMERICAN TEACHER REV PERCY GRANTLING TRAVERS 1 If T 1 r C a t W Wr t r 4 Y j jI I gym II r I t tk r F I IF k These good ti 11 of Ir the relentless hatred All the hostile Mongolians detest foreigners but their abhorrence of oC the compatriots whom they regard as renegades renegade cannot be expressed In dental phrases Y police pollee leave the affairs ot of the Beggars Guild severely alone The kin king need tear fear no Interference with the of his functions by pollee a II tie le Is but bul seldom Beldam seen Been by his subjects subJect nl Ind he stands In close contact with time the of the empire With these thue ht he helee lee not deal personally but rd protector ot of the present prent ne ot of the seven ven princes of the iron hOn own or of some lome Manchu fiefs which had been In the present dynasty to the ap throne The headquarters ot of the rk care ate Guild is III to be found In Int it i inese nese town veer near the gate which On he f 6 Ion of an p se seThe The whole city la III divided into o a 11 number of r districts which can be only by a number ot of beggars One elf it the greatest breaches ot of beggars elic tie to ii 11 to venture Into a 11 strange t tand and severe punishment awaits the tender fender I ANTITRUST MENDICANTS Usually uch a 11 breech la II committed by the false brethren that thatis at atIe is Ie beggars out outside of at the oOl antitrust mendicants For many the Beggars Guild has hOIl ob communistic principles Every beggar turns In his hla receipts Into a corp comp mon treasury and the is J The temptation to ep 1 rIch ones onel self at the expense ot of the communistic principles however Is great greal and In spite ot of the remarkable honor which le II said to exist among thieves the beggars of Pekin are R a plague upon the rest ot of the Inhabitants They terrorize the population I I lation In a manner which lea leaves tag Ing for tor the unhappy victim leUm but I Ion The police are entirely and themselves make to the guild Every house houle Is II as al and every householder ha has to topa pa pay a certain tax lOX to the guild o 0 his income Woe Wile unto him It if he reo ro Cu fusee The next day h he will find a horde hordo ot of beggars blocking the street and demanding money with threats Finally he ha has to give In or his hla house houle will be burned before dawn More than the loss lose of his hll house the Chinese house holder feurs cure lIe threat of the beggar benar to commit near hIs hie door There le II nothing more dreadful for tor a China Chinaman man than that Anybody commit suicide through him For accordIng to the marvelous laws laWI of the Chinese empire pe e who driver another er I v not one out 0 of a thousand n J ot of these b beg beggars gars deserve deen the least shadow ot of pIty The They are the bulk of at the p patients treat treated eel ed at the French hospital an and 1 they have never shown time the faintest tr ot of gratitude for tor the treatment them The They are put past masters In fraud and In thieving They turn up totally naked at the portals ot of the In and or are given some BOme clothes before beinG accePted for tor treatment The foreign d devils 1111 then them find that at once after atter receipt ot of the garments a 11 number nee hoe to the nearest pa pawnshop Others stay two Iwo or three days and then die appear In the middle ot of the night with anything they lay their hands on Their simulating talent le II simply Imply In incredible credible With their re reel I defects of at body and mind they combine the most mOlt remarkable ability to simulate the most mOlt repulsive diseases From their earliest days daa they practice this art and they could give ghe pointers to the most mOlt skilled masters of simulation In Europe or America Their depravity is II simply be beyond yond ond belief bellet There le II nothing hums huma about them beyond a certain similarity In shape with the human being They undertake otter raids raldA Into th the neighborIng villages and after having t thoroughly cawed the poor peasants and thorn them or of their th the RIng king treats with the chief chlof of the village l I and for a remuneration marshes on onward onward ward Their depredations can oan orI be compared with the caused by 1 a swarm ot of locusts BEGGARS DAY IN Twice a the spring and In the Beggars day ay II a celebrated In J Pekin From sunrise to sundown the beggars may help to a handful or of mice lice from huge tags gl pled up outside of every store The emperor makes a present of a yellow suit to every applicant They I leaf ff about In their yellow ellow garments and then Ihen pawn the they may not sell a Garment With an imperial sealand gar gamble their earnings away or spend It Il In drink The These e hard hordes of oC beggars have proved at various loUI times Imes a menace menaco to the ce of the capital Especially In times of trouble war or rebellion the they have I shown themselves from a very ery denger I OUR OUI side In 1110 when the tho French were marching to Pekin the beggars bergar became so o threatening that tbt the emperor was obliged to sign an ignominious treat treaty with their king When In UN 1891 It rumored that the victorious army anny was waa advancing adv upon th the |
