The "Heaven Gates" have rot tated to employ bandit tactics! fand to seize men for the sake of] ranugem when it suited their ar expected rive in this Taichow (Che.) Dec. 18.
How thankful we would be if it were possible to write trothfully and say that all is peaceful throughout this district. Taichow is a queer jure. Tn.a day's walk one meets with some of the most friendly and obliging people with whom one rea sonably can wish to have anything, to do, and passes through friends solemnly warn you ant after dark, Some of the marauders are not without a mia sense of humour, though their victims find it difficult Some time ago, a and. as he went aver a lanely pass, a was walking home, Honan front southern bio. das' ed successfully with Yen ist-shan's burder patrols for tye weeasions Ten niles 506 town the Tai Hong number of vill man name joining County of I tional the Society. whicl Departments or -Boards, Forced him hand Intnlle of notes taboot $30) carefully tied up ina handkerchief, and ax he hi aver. with a few arse anced territories hardy and indoy these vill lives a man called Han Yi 1h Tanul, taxes, Tiki tot tune "fat least half a million make is significant that half of this amount is ex ly said to have from been ilerived unmarried sister and his very ancient but dilapidated temp, and both of these have figured in the development of his strange The Meaven-Sent Seal Long ago the temple is said to have sheltered an old priest who possessed an ancient seal hearing the legend,—"Ling Pao Ta Fa Shin" When the. priest died his cal was Tost and buried inthe ruins of the temple until one day, when, digging up some building stone, Han Vu-ming scratched it out. "The falsehood which he then concocted has had a strange out cone and has cost many lives. He Agelared that, when chiselling stone, this Heavenvent seal was found bedded in it and that, the same ime, Heaven had imparted te. him the secret of using it to foretell thy future, to heal disease snd magically to protect himself and his. friends from bullet and sworl. Even th imprint of the seal on parer, 1 authorized by Han, could manifest similar eficncy.
Unfortunately the "Superstition" which destroys all other superstitions has not yet become a dominant factor in the life of Bast Vu-ta'un and before many months, some scores of men were thoroughly con= vineed of the truth of Han's preposterous claims. The agitated condition of all Honan minds—acainst their military oppressors also help-draw. them together in a defensive league. At least twice in 1926 military attempts were made to suppress them.—first by] one of Wu Pei-fu's Generals, Chen Teh-lin, and afterwards hyn brigade of Shansi border troops. Both altairs were encourag to the ''Nen Men Hai men, who tured some machine-stuns and a con siderable number of rifles.
Thereafter came the per of ox: pansion and _aygeression.
Many hastened to jain them. try and others with interests protect or axes to yennd flattered them and sought their favour. Tach incoming army from north of south sought, at least, their newtrality if not their active help.
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