ying, with the main body of the]
Tnughing, As soon as the, "Little ral heard the particulars, he ordered 0 forced march 10. avenge Leaving Luching at pain ted Ets miles to Minchowt on Jam Resting few hours to eat and feed. their horses, they left again at 4 pam. and went sixty miles to Tsochow old city by 3 pam, on Janua ne bundyed and ten miles back in 47 hours, im zero weather, over mountains and feet high, is not bad for an army 10,000 men, The reniainder erin part of the province just as] army."
We received us eour- his army stayed in. various parts had, if not Kansu. This ly eighteen years of Minckow district. of a two months" raid Siw" raid! by" Gerce in someway peezarcen "tha, cent Mohammedan 25,000 thous- dence und nfection of the 25,000 or The Febcla mercilessly massacred and strong, ai ded Uy local criminals mure men the constitute his army. the surrounding Tibetan villa id lawless people. both Moslem] He it wax who really began this] Mem, Women and children—oting a El ce-operation with terrible rebellion, When his great] #"d burning their homes, until their army who had deserted 3000 solders uncle, Gen. Ma. Chichi, commander) thirst for Sengeance ws quenched the Kuomiin-|f the Sining-Tsinghai department the blood ne wun in Shen: ian invaded South) of Kanso, refused to head the move-[ hundred and forty-three Kansu last July.
There is no that the Go-|t Hochow with a small body of] rent, his ox went from Sining Were destroyed.
ernment troops serad daube. that the ceidiens and Taised standard of yee] wed x0 Minehow avd mae Some time afterward they {eine Novem it rho [ion ery tine, a their hendawarters, The numbers to e*sh This uncle joined Lil" abode ust. neress from us and visited us frequently of the Hangchow depart-At first they suspected ux of hare en evils louring some Government ficers heir armies ce-oper ment of 'Kan made a thorough search, fed in a move surround the Moslem troop one, they' became quite friend. the revels and destroy ments, main body of with us, the "L eral" com: same time offering, inge over every few days to hear amnesty to, 11 ho deserted, the piano and play with our chil the end of November they were jeneval), as} dren. To sce him tossing a tat ready to defi iver such n crus! and laughing, one would never suse blow that it seemed the rebellion pect that he had caused the deaths he ended. of nearly half a million people thix A Devastating Raid year through war, pestilence and were at once ushered into famine, This eighteen-rear-old boy Just how it happened 1 do not ud invited to sit on the kang with never could have raised this rebellion rebel Tenders He assured us we had nothing and wrought such terrible havoc Gene) whatever to. feat; Secretary arrived he wi on as his there net been a reap and just ould grievance against the Kansu Pro ate amd cre of the impending) Peeclamatiens on our Mow, but flependence. can be commanding: hiy officers an nad men {0} Sineial Goverment, "hat seievane trid fs rans unit red on the it word, Anyway, the] 1 ect us. They would she nearable taxation the yan. of aod of their dan ously cluded the nly a few day's, as they mined conquest ein ere deter, splat if rom freon march passes 12,000 ft. high, thro ut Gen, for ud cantinaed under the rule of the Kuominchun to. the pres Tibetan and Chinese ars, i Tac. shone district were: tally unten jirepet sed hes bone for this horribly oppressive taxe there would Have beck no exiaiee
ove Okie eon woul bel ion, and the reason fur the ints. Next day the meclamations we sre posted]
fand were effective securing the protection of Rife and property.
While the army required 1 he people After their return te: Minehow, ness were the rolely settled down to enjoy imine, which themselves. They knew they Tauas Killed. plenty of time before the They mad Temple was wing, hemiselves at home overs where; very ich, looting and ug blocks of he only ret ess. the Tibetan When all her 10 took 3 ast and on Decer luchow without jew days before. The Keading Merle of the misinformed him, The First Cheek me into the people's "home mies had) shops, they took everything Fiked, destzeyed much Say of carrying off, Selbee and their horses food they could find, maltreated the lenten and made servants the army at] How fast the grain They often fed their horses on wheat, poar= ing bushels of it into the feed trough, the animals wasting what they could not cat, And they kill-quite a number of people th time.
Nine women and children did Friends ured flee, but we ad its and others so we stayed. meet the ade snd all apr wwe them possession and sign of any they: poured resistance anywhere, nin to the stree gates, and raised the siege and drove the re-rick kiln, When they the rebels ale smoked them all to death.
Any. man who this forhingg daunted, the "Li isle General" marched down the ver Valdex before in inet practically all his army £ SCE SP & district as mounted, ly could di is set ap a district government of of the mee hie Changhsi pomp, Wuskan, Fuki we, Tsinan, Tsinxshuly and numerous tune and blurrd. mostly without retance, but at Tsinchow he ws ware: the capacity of the soldiers. again repulsed, ced West throu) ove arm casing chur allegiance nye the reasons of their rebelling and_Luching, the eastern par'
Kansu Government, was Imanded in, a report also took Hsiho and Chenghsien, s0 came that Covermart trope were eppreaching.
Cgmmander 28 id Yoon as he Feng's Men Even Worse mary 20, the
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