Tenghsien, Sung, Mar.
Almost thirteen years ago, the little city of Lincheng, in Shaniung, was thrust upon the attention of a horrid fled world through being selected by Shantung bandits os the place to stage a holdup of the famous Blue Express, They killed one foreigner and: kidnapped 27 others, most whom were held on a mountain top for 38 long and weary days of suffer ing and anxiety.
'A few days since, a village near the same city was the scene of another disturbance, much less notoriow: than the first one, Thus far, it has been absolutely impossible to obtain reliable and detailed information 2s to the cause of the recent episode. Every local Chinese has his own version of the affair. Perhaps one man's guess Is as good as another's. It seems that the mast probable story about as follows, 'Two wealthy and prominent gentlemen have been living in the country' northwest of Lincheng, about five miles from the city. For some un. explained reason, one of these gentle: men became angry at the other one, and Inid a plot to accomplish his downfall, He accused his enemy, sai to be named Sen, of forming conspiracy to overthrow the government of China and make himself Emperor. This would seem to be a rather large and ambitious undertaking for a gentleman from the agricultural distriels, The Tenghsien Magistrate is said to] have heard of this conspiracy and to have ordered the chief of police at Lincheng to call on the leading conspirator and dissuade him from his programme. The chief of polie= and twenty of his men went othe village to call on the gentleman concerned. Instead of "receiving the callers peaceably and disclaiming any evil intentions, Mr. Sen gave them jan unceremonious reception. For Jgome time past, he has employed a Small Knife Society expert to teach the villagers swordsmanship and Incantations to render them Invulnerable. This man is supposed to be a Taoist wizard.
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