New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
TYPICAL STREET SCENE IN PEKING.
FROM A CHINESE DIARY
STORY OF THE BOXER OUTBREAK AND
THE SIEGE OF THE LEGATIONS
rRY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BuNE.l


Victoria, B. c. Aug. 2S-'The North China
Daily News" received by the steamer Empress
of China, publishes the following DIARY Of
Events in Peking," from the pen Of Chinese
official holding a high position in one Of the
six Boards in Peking, embodied in a letter to
his family living in the vicinity Of Shanghai:
To give you all at home an idea of the trend
OF events which have led to the present debaCle
in PekiHg, you must know that the Boxer or
ganization had its origin IN Shan-Tung Prov
inCe, where also the first disturbances began,
and whicn gradually spread into Chill Prov
lnce during the spring Of the present year.
News reached Us IN tEe middle of May last
that the Boxers had seized the city Of ChO-Chau
(Soue fifty miles southeast Of Peking), murdered
the oIlclais there, ana mad begun 10 tear up ana
destroy the railways. Our Emperor, on hear
ing of these Outrages, desired TO suppress these
boxers Dut me hlgn Ministers IN power al
Court were devOut believers in the potency or
the Boxers, and strongly stood UP for them be-
fore the Throne On May 81 TIng Fuh Slang
had audience of the Throne, and upon being
questioned, stood up and accepted all responsi-
bility in the war Of determination Of foreigners.
on his ability IN successfully combating the for
eign Powers. The result was that, inst sssa It
ordering the suppression OF the Boxers the
PoIcy OF the Government was suddenly changed
and an Imperial decree was Immediately issued
appointing kang VI and Chao Shu Chiao I'm
perlaI High Commissioners TO organize the Box
ers in the vicinity Of Peking and bring them
under Government control
During this crisis the various foreign Powers
Peklng TO protect their legations
BY June the Boxer outlaws had begun to tear
up and destroy the railway between Peking and
llen-IsIn, and from that DAY also began to
enter the city walls of Peking. crowding at the
rate or a thousand a day. Affairs cor gathering
places FOR recruits, etC) were erected by them all
over the city at this time; also these outlaws be
gan the wholesale slaughter of Christians and
burning Of churches outside Of Fexfng until
none Of the latter had been left standing As
many as could escape among the Christians then
poured into the capital, taking refuge in the
lao 1c7~rr tod
otherwise known as Legation-st. This state Of
affairs, may say, existed in the capital during
the first days Of June, from which time began
10 Jot down the following diary of events as they
occurred before my own eyes and were per
sonally experienced by me.
While number Of Boxers were at the Yung-
Ting gate OF the city telling the gaping crowd
what they We're gcing to do with the foreigners
an officer, General Yao, a native Of Ngau-Hoe,
who in official hat and robes riding past.
having come from Shanghai for an Imperial
audience, attempted 10 stop the braggadocio Of
the Boxers, and cried 10 the popUlace.
Don't be rash! China and all the Powers are
at peace. Such deeds can never be-"
For rep'y the Boxers pulled the unfortunate
General from his horse, some smashing his hat.
others tearing his robes and many striking him
with clubs and sword hits. Immediately they
dragged him 10 a neighboring altar Of the Box
done with the blasphemeT. Death replied the
oracle. minute afterward the unfortunate
General was headless corpse OF the thousand
horrorstrlcken bystanders around only one man,
a military officer. named Lii of the permanent
garrison at Picking attempted TO save the Cen
erals NE Inc Boxers tried 10 get hold OF him
also and he only saved his life by the swiftness
OF the horse he rode This was the first act of
bloOdshed by the Boxers
On June II occurred the murder Of the lana
nese Chancellor Sugiyama, by the Boxer broth
ers-Tung Fuh Siang's Kansu troops. The
lucky Chancellor attempted to leave Peking by
the 1unR-Ilng Gate IN order to meet Admiral
Seymour's relief force, which was known 10 be
on its way to the capital from Tien-Tsin, and
which was apparently expected 10 reach Peking
that day. Sugiyama rode in a cart with broad
red band around the body. denoting that the
occupant least two hundred rank
When he arrived a the Yung-Ting Gate he was
accOsted by number Of Tung Fuh Siang's men.
who We're guarding it, 1t seemed thai Prince
Tuan had that day given secret orders that no
foreigner was TO be allowed either to leave the
city or enter II. He was therefore stopped and
asked who he was. Sugfyema told them he was
a member OF the japanese Legation
Are you the Japanese Minister"
mo; am only Chancellor of the Legation"
Then what right have you, a petty officer like
that, 70 ride in such a high officials cart?"
So they pulled him out of his cart and began
TO rob the unIucky Chancellor. Sugiyama then
demanded 10 be brought before General Tung
Fuh Slang
What! You 70 speak to our great General.
Why, you are TOO insignificant 10 have such an
honor"
At last. however a red-buttoned Kansu Of
fcer appeared on the scene. TO whom Sugiyama
appealed for help Instead OF giving aid the
ruffian merely ordered the Japanese Chancellor's
head 10 be struck of as a sacrifice TO their war
banner and stuck near the gate for trying 70
break out of Peking." Sugiyama was the first
foreigner murdered inside Picking.
The great mass OF the population Of Peking
were greatly alarmed these bioodthlrsty pro-
ceedings. and all were expecting that the En-
Tress Doyyager would show some disa approval OF
the murder Of the JapaneseChancellor. belonging
70 a friendly State and the member of En-
bassy but the Mancnus. one and all, were Jubi
liant when they heard Of the murder Finally, the
official seal of approval from the highest quarter
for this dastardly murder made by Prince
Tuan. who when he met General Tung Fuh
Slang the next morning, slapped the latter on
the back and raising his right thumb called out
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