| Show II Raids e on Russians by the Wild Riding Chinese Brigands h Who Destroyed the Manchurian Railroad 1 1 c IJ i S E reason r for the iho flue flUB reluctance to tor y It r r Into Inlo n rt war wal with I lot ui was wall the tho fear iJ or of i he Its czars govern t t Wilt mart that the limo Chi ChiV V Y ae brigands would Ian j si 5 i a the to tor t top 0 p ds u biCa r Mii w their Oil on t J and Manchurian e down from their a to 10 lino of Irin IaU trap that H cut tut the Iho lino IIno of ot Is I l now or w BO so important 1111 RIft to f n Wp pla Irl aul all I u detached inuring i distracting dl and ti praet the I lilY Kv nt have hll thew tears COrR won 01 ail a founded Not No auth tam hey hall I utter ler war Was do too OO II II were terror f a Ut IT oak Uhe intact i of INI rI near Via Vh 1 the fa 1 i t o and I 1 n who i r iu tae halt to o began Ban at ute Outlying t tJ Ir levying I rr up 1111 Ih the railroad try throughout lino Iho coup coun they J O Bass 11 aim rob n All ail the lit in the nI I fell 0 pr of China Chinn ill I torah ins r o or r lets les b by brigands ah M H III region of l toda tr Buchan 1110 now b control It thA of these lI iI hUn of hu l the tho liral do zd tenor ant o t ure re ut and at mil pr In hot force Corce The ei I r arc too tou by Id tIr tr the a terrible Co and sal or I h to 10 the Iho the tho czar to otter as gut ut ilia p ot of Rus flus P e With lie tho h rr Irl nf f tie fear lr tr tr II omit aYrl They and nil ns fearless ea arre Cou c rt Bur Urd for tor and hUtel s pho human lifo life The Thes Dail nee For are hand Its are aro su II by 10 t ll a r Nor rl lived geder te teo for far Plunder lit l pre not r Oe present ent Is lot who 11 or o f heul robbery rObber The Thc ay y have Ine NT II n all an c f t al 1 the tho nU all ad IU ot of u ot of IL a bridge age ien it and a er ot of the tho thea t I tit louM Tho ru nb rl rOt I i th 1 iii t ot of tit I in Into ha I has o tor or 0 the tho Mongol I a a from the curliest ages II lell They Thoy hate hale tho lino Cossack In ht that ho haa Interfered Interfere with their theil time honored prerogative of ot levy levying le tug hug tribute They hate hute him because they tho have had Ind to light him hlDI on numer numerous ous OUK occasions Tho The memory of ot Cler ky and his Is III nil Still fresh in the tho mind mimI and nov 11 Is tho time op Ope opportunity tot fOI or vengeance It was WitS In 1001 1901 that the time Fu san n gen general oral eral organized nn nil expedition and In It Invaded I ended the In 11 their moun mountain tain Strongholds killing In iii the neighs neigh neighborhood oC or 1000 of tit tho bandits and capturing 2000 more This was one of the tho fiercest little lUle wars witra that Russia HUN hl ever fought In Asia and and its hIli forces did not coma como out of ot It unscathed by b un uny ny means Ho no conquered for far Iho tho being It IL IH Is true but hut ho loft loit be behind hind him a flame of or hatred In ht Ito tho hearts h of tho time tho time of hl h U is now beginning to feel teel Nor Is II the war only gall gallone one ana Ito tho bandits have to t remember As recently us un last occurred nn an another other light t the t of ft l kerles with tho the cel J In hm which neatly robbers bit the tho dust ht 1111 ninny nanny more mora were hero Wounded and horses were token taken tn en With was Willi tho the famous cameos renegade nn an escaped Siberian C t tram from rain Sak Huk Sakhalin halin halm Another lieutenant was 1111 a n Chi unman called rUben l 1 hub been na as a it Sec CC ond Do Po Wet Vet Although ho lie wan as followed for fot by lIy n II largo large CO cl army ho succeeded In completely eluding tho time I mall main body bOlt crossing tho the ono one unguarded ford tord Into Mongolia Here hero a n portion ot or ortho tho the Iranian fustian force overtook him at tho ho I town o oR oC inn A pitched battle win IH I fought 11 rill on the tha night of pf Oct SO 0 old oM style stylo lly nV hiding themselves In tho ho I dark durl on 01 ili the outskirts of tho alto village tho lie soldiers succeeded In III wreaking grout daughter oil nit the thu robbers ax nil the tho latter were een by the tight light of two large lint hud been lit by V the ho Chi Chinese peso nese There DOr of ot time the brig In II fight of whom over ocr Including ln and nib Ids his two lieu lieutenants tenants escaped l and me Iro still nt III largo AH As 11 thin robber chief tin lips hud close re ro relations roo lations with tho thou Chinese government anent and Is II believed still to have backing from Peking ho Is III apt to prove provo ft a thorn In tho iho side elde of o f U I I I I I Ii 4 i f i till III it 1111 r 4 k 1 r f 4 I ct 1 t d rJ J 4 r 0 7 I I RUSSIANS DISPERSING CHINESE BANDITS tho The Slav hints has reason on to tau fair those people for tOI foIt It Willi their lr In III tho lie poisons of tho time Tartars that over mil nut mad and In iii the th elev olev eleventh eleventh amp 1111 twelfth centurion and hold held It until they thoy thu finally dropped away of themselves The Tho Tartar his life name In the tho Ural first r Instance o from rein tho ho riot fact that art as n a 1 robber and bandit ho lie northern China Ch I 11 much InU h In lit time the manner that his Ile descendant n tho ho raid mIll It today It Was 1118 es from this thiN section ot of Asia Dial the alto Until lions swept I Ito to lone It was the saute name race under I the tho famous terrible hl Khan 1 hon 1 that again Invaded Europe and that I made mado nil all nl China tributary to their pow power er or Later Lutor Khun I a 1 descendant of ot extended tho the bounds of the groat prom Front thus this same mime people cumo cume tho Iho fierce warrior that built hullt ids hla tower towar of ot human skull Korea Keren toll felt the tho sweep of ot those thelo Invasions ns as did also fin oft Tibet t At n a 1 still Tutor date the tho who IM aro uro nn till offshoot of ot the lie overcame China Chinn und raid Korea Koren rounding founding the IIII dynasty that lial rules the tho Cel umpire empire Sprung from tram stock ns as this the thO robbers mud lid though they bo be have no 10 mean fighting blood In their veins from uny standpoint of ethics tho Tar tarn tare were ware no better than bait time the they thoy tho simply operated on flit n a larger scale They made tho lime whole world tribute their modern levy lov only on a few provinces Tho The big thief I In is called n a conqueror whore the little thief Is rather disrespectfully termed u a l brigand The rue hava that nut and smooth oath tacos straight black hair und and olive complexion They ore uro desperadoes of the most t daring type not nOL hesitating to attack tho ho largest cities They The sweep Veep down lown like a n 1 whirlwind strike and are aro areaway away Iwa One Ono of their points ot of attack Is the tho Imo port on the tho peninsula Ordinarily they thoy tho o month ot or January when whon Uia UI river that the t through the tho city III IH frozen trOlen Cross Crossing CI lug InK on 01 the lea Ice from the oho northern side they extort money from ruin the t plc 1110 o attack the thu to foreign guilds shoot nu patrols U It necessary find and suc Bue succeed by threats throats or oven oen by murder launder In hr securing considerable money and und booty 1 Other provinces cities and towns ate alo made to pay tribute In iii tho hit same nuin tier ner tho the take raids being committed under tho ho very efY noses ell of time tho he Russian Hussion army The rhe blowing up of ot tho thu I railway bridge tho the destruction of the tho I track the depredations around Via J p o t J evidently only mark tho time lo be 1 beginning ginning Inning of operations on the part of I these Irregulars The Tho war with Japan presents an un opportunity o not to be over OU overlooked looked Fired with hoped bOI of booty boot and of at revenge the tho j n g cne ned l by h hostility hOlt lilt to o their pelt Slav i fl among the tho themselves era are destined to give KIo tho time groat bear bour trouble t r tso so long UN its tho the conflict lasts Not Nor Ol arc uro those all 1111 tho marauders that hut i are aro H to till the Bt St 11 Petersburg government There chore are aro tho the red bearded brigands further author to tn tho the I north And other oth r bunds bands to the south that hilly setae ole tho the to grow IIO unruly j i jAll All 1 China Is 18 Infested by b robbers In Iii some seine of ut the tho provinces 8 men mon who work i int nt at trades traded during Grin aurin tho ho day lIay bataka them hem solves salves II 0 to tie the mountains nt ut night whence they the sally ally lall out on plunder bent bont t tIt It Is I wild that the original purpose of ot the was VIlS to prevent such lIuch raids In the district lI Later tho time little lUh better than lain hun t lUll hits themselves and by 11 the tho way WIl It IH Is not at all Impossible that they the may ma bu lIu I hoard houll rain from before the present Imbroglio l Is hI China h Is IR very 01 poorly and I loosely governed and uprisings ot of any I nature uro possible there With tho feeling Russia existing among limon j i j ithe jI the I he vast hordes of the tho yellow races Inces It Itcan t tt can t bo ho conceived that limit even oln though the tha Chinese government Itself attempts to remain rem alt neutral the tho Irregulars trout from t tautly many sources may 1011 pour over oer the lie fron froll frontier frontier tier Iler to tames harass the Iho Russian camps and t settlements Tho The action of General Mu f i ilu j In lu siding Hilling with Japan and unit tho Iho marching I j of or time the Chinese armies toward the limo Man Manchurian j frontier would Indicate that I I Ithe the brigands ot of the Iho mountains may I have hlo powerful assistance In their tight light against the great bony bear 0 o WOODSON QUEER END TO A DUEL f The Tho sublime und anti the tho ridiculous w ro very 01 nearly connected In n 1 recent duel In Trance I Two To young men man fought for forthe the Ihl sake of nC a m fair lady ludY but hut wore wora such bad Ind shots that though neither adver alver adversary I 1 Ius nary sary was us touched n 1 stray bell ball killed an unlucky row grazing near MIr rho Tho i lIa of honor holier turned Into a u dispute e i I IuS us 1111 to who should pay for tor tho the deceased f fI cow cO and 1111 both bolli combatants lied led IgHo I I from tho the field nelll 1 k W IM J r |
