The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-06


The civil work ON which the late Lord
Loeb was first engaged was not in any
sense less adventurous than the work of
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l" iuiA eS' anu III southern RUSSIA hao
naturally directed MS attention to ques-
| lions of the Far East. In 1856 the situation
| in China WAS not altogether unlike the
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year Tue ihcioehl kno~u as tue iorcna
Arrow" incident took place. II became
necessary to insist upon reparation of the
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Michaei seymour sent home request that
| 5000 troops might be despatched to Hong
| kong A military eynedj,ion was under
taken to Canton and at tho sam. time
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III. .oen career ne accompanied Tue
eSpeuitioh 10 Iahloh ana was present al
the capture Oh the notorious Chihese COM
missioner Zen, VINO had peen the moving
spirit IN the policy OF aggression against
the foreigner. The opening of China be-
came the interesting question OF the day,
and Mr.. Loeb took part with his brother
in-law Sir +. Nicolson. and Capt. Osborn
in an exploring expedition up the Pei-Ho
River The Treaty of Tientsin was con-
cluded in 1883 and when in 1860 Lord
EIpin undertook his second embassy to
China Mr. J.och accompanied him In the
canaci,v NJ nr,v..a secretary
The e,nerience which he underwent in
rho course Of this second eyneditjon was
ono which NAV fortunately he described as
,ni,.a in ,bc annals -, dinIomacv The
refusal Of the Chinese authorities to ratify
the Treaty. of Tieptsin and the armed re.
sistance offered in 1859 to the execution of
that clause in the treaty which granted
the right TO maintain a British resident at
Pekin made 1t necessary to despatch an
expedition in force to insist upon the exc
cuuon of the conditions of the treaty.
Lord Elgin left England In April OF 1860 as
Ambassador to the court OF Pekin. There
was some delay IN the concentration OF
the troops necessary Tor the purpose OF
Forcing the passage on tne fei-Ho Inc
rhsLisn army uhaef 81. nope urant' was
feauy III June. Inc rrehen troops VINO
aeee. WIN Us were noe ieauy unti jury.
IN aususl Ieh.ane SUNNI anu tne lahu
, , Were oceupieu III s"ir. Succession.
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at Tientsin IN the chinese and after soma
vain pre,ence at neeotiation in which the
Chinese authorities displaved evident had
faith, the advance on Pekin was ordered
Under the pressure of the advancing
armies, the Chinese commissioners again
signified a desire TO negotiate, and ap-
peared to yield absolutely to the terms of
the allies.
The terms OF convention was drawn up.
1t was arranged that the allied armies
should encamp at a given position within
ten or twelve miles OF Tung-chau and that
the Ambassadors with their escort should
proceed unmolested to Pekin. Some slight
details alone remained to be arranged. and
Mr.. Parkes and Mr.. Loeb returned with a
small party OF Sikhs and a few European
officers to arrange them. They then dis
covered that a Chinese army had been
;..;acealed in ambush on the ground which
had been Indicated as the campinp-eround
of the British force They were them