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Show KEEP UP UNREST IN CHINA Fervent Believers In Evil Spirits and Kindred Invisible Agencies Source of Much Trouble. It Is a common belief among tho Ignorant Ig-norant classes of tho Chinese that tho Innumerable evil spirits of tho dead aro real and terrible demons. These demons are believed to bo able to subject tho relatives to the most ovll state of bondage and suffering. Superstition runs so rampant throughout China, In spite of tho sprinkle of education and advances made during tho last decade by occidental occi-dental commerce and missionary efforts, ef-forts, that tho average native firmly bollovea In tho existence of Invisible agoncles. Theso superstitious agencies agen-cies can mysteriously cut oft queues and bring about sickness or accident or other dlro disasters. Bccauso of this superstitious fear and belief In tho presenco ot evil demons, de-mons, many of the Chinese aro frequently fre-quently aroused to tho wildest, most uncontrollablo stato of excitement Theso latter outbreaks manifest themselves them-selves In different phases of public disorder nnd rioting. For example, In 1877 a panic broke out In which a qucuo-cuttlng mania occurred. The later Boxer outbreak was a gigantic gi-gantic Illustration of how superstitious supersti-tious fear can arouso tho average Mongolian. Mon-golian. Under tho stress of high excitement ex-citement and fover, tho averago Ignorant Ig-norant Chinaman, led on by unscrupulous unscru-pulous leaders, Is mado to actually believe be-lieve that all tho laws of naturo havo for their especial benefit been suddenly sud-denly repealed. Tho Ignorant, superstitious super-stitious mind of tho natlvo Is readily worked up to tho point where ho bo-llovcs bo-llovcs ho bears a charmed life and that his body Is Invulnerable to rlflo bullets, exploding artillery shells or other missiles ot war. Difficult as it is to bellevo, thero nro native fatalists existing today In China so wildly superstitious that they bellove no sword has ever been forged which can cut their charmed lives. Obviously, thoy havo never gono up against tho real thing In occidental oc-cidental warfare, but It Is with such sophistries that theso fatalists inflame in-flame tho superstitious minds ot their Ignorant followers. Tho 'disturbing nnd perilous element nmong tho Co-lestlals, Co-lestlals, with their wild superstitions, Is Impossible to estlmnto, but In spite of tho marvelous advances during tho last two decades, China Is still filled with such dangerous men. Ono of tho great needs of modern China Is some educational method whereby theso wicked and evil Btates ot tho Ignorant, superstitious mind ot tho Celestial Ce-lestial can bo overcomo. Clydo Wit-mcr. |
