Show foreigners OBJECT OF HOSTILITY many secret societies in china would do away with them and native dynasty washington april 5 russia has teen informed by the united states that so far as the american minister at has been able to find out the reported anti foreign movement in china are not unusual in extent or character the russian government recently requested secretary hay to inquire into this matter which was a cause of some anxiety at st petersburg mr conger says that during the past year ne received information at vai ou of the existence and activity ot certain in different provinces the societies have existed during the whole period of the manchu rule and as a rule local rely occur nearly essry year the aim of the society mr conger says is the overthrow of the present man anu dynasty and at times they have attacked the foreigners before receiving his instructions mr conger already had called the attention of the chinese foreign office to the reports in circulation and had been assured in a note that rumors as to shu ate were baseless that a society of bandits had been discovered at tsu chou in the province chill and several of the members arrested and that the governor of hunan had informed them of tho arrest and execution of two members of the society of any ang in that province concluding his mr conger said 1 I have the honor to that in my opinion while more or less dissatisfaction exists throughout the country it is not unusual in extent of character tho secret societies aro chiefly antl dynastic in their aims but are also hostile to foreigners and were they able to effect a general rising undoubtedly would attack foreigners as sell as the imperial officers civil and military but these societies are scattered over an enormous extent of country are widely separated from another and are not working in harmony every effort to create a disturbance has been futile so far except in kungel and there the rebels held nothing but their mountain fastnesses fast nesses |