The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-08

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nations be defeated Prince Ching
should lose his head, and if China be
defeated he should lose his own. on
account of occupation of the foreign
forces the empress dowager was fright
ened and had an intention of negotiat-
ing peace, so she wanted to appoint Ii
Hung Chang to be the viceroy of Chill
again. However, Prince Tuan, Prince
Chuang, Beilo Lien Duke Ian, Hsu
Tung and Kank vi forcibly prevented
her doing so, for they firmly believed
the heavenly volunteers, as they We're
called, could sweep over the world,
which would be very easy when the
time should have come.
AN imperial edict appointed Prince
Chuang and Kang vi as the leaders of
the boxers and Duke Ian and Wing
Men to assist them. The British lega-
ton sent letter to the Tsung Ii Yamen
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quested the Chinese government to ex-
cuse him, for there had been no mis-
understanding between Great Britain
and China for many years. In the
night the boxers cried loudly: Burn
incense; don't pour water, and don't
sleep with clothes taken Off
Five hundred of Tung Fu-hsiang's
soldiers died and were wounded during
the attack on the French legation. The
boxers could not burn the Catholic
church at Hsishiku, and cannons We're
necessary to be used. Two forts near
the church were made of wood sticks.
The boxers could not take the church,
which was plain to everybody, but it
was strange that these mobiles still be-
lieved them, The Tsung Ii Yamen was
afraid that boxers would destroy it's
buildings and asked Prince Tuan to
send some boxers to guard it against
the soldiers from plundering the treas
ury.
"a proclamation was issued by the
metropolitan COMMUNICATIVE of in
fantry, in which rewards of fifty taels
of silver for the capture of a living
foreign man, forty for a woman, and
thirty for a child were offered.
con the eighteenth day Ii Hung
Chang was appointed to be the viceroy
of Chilli and the superintendent of
trade for the northern ports 1t was
reported that foreign troops reached
Tungku, and that Me Schieng, the
COMMUNICATIVE chief of Chilli, was
killed in the battle. A report from Yu
Lee said that he and the other COM
manders could hold Tientsin not more
than ten days.
On the twenty-third day an imperial
decree was issued, in which the en-
press dowager regretted the death of
the German minister and of the Japan
ese chancellor, and ordered the viceroy
of Chill and the metropolitan project
to find out houses and things which
were destroyed before the fighting, and
also ordered the local authorities to az
rest the banditti and protect the lega-
tfOns, and to allow the missionaries and
merchants to return home. On hearing
this the boxers said the foreigners
would soon be all killed, and that she
was a weak woman.
"On the twenty-fourth day about
forty of the superstitious religion were
arrested by the red boxers, who, when
they were escorting these 1awless peo-
pie to the office concerned, fought with
Yellow boxers, on disputing about the
merits of catching these people. Seven
of the red boxers were killed and six
were wounded by the yellows with
quick firing guns. Prince Chuang,
hearing this, sent men to capture some
of the yellow ones On the twenty
fifth day the empress dowager ordered
the Tsung Ii Yamen to present some
to the foreign ministers.
The boxers seeing this, became very
angry, and said that was done by the
Yamen privately, but it was not ordered
by her majesty.
"On the twenty-sixth day forty peo-
pie who believed the superstitious re-
ligions and who had been captured by
red boxers, We're beheaded Among
them there were an emperor, his three
wives, a communicating and some
other officials, as they called them
selves. The boxers in the Tsung Ii
Yamen caught a secretary of the first
degree of the board of revenue and his |
family whom they wanted to kill, so I |
and some of his friends declared that |
he was not Christian, so he and his |
family were released. From this |
found that they could not distinguish |
Christian from Buddhist, but they |
could only kill any they wanted The |
reason why this man was caught was |
that he had once quarreled with one of |
altar when they were neighbors.
"On the twenty-seventh day III Shan
was put in prison, for the boxers said |
he was a good friend of the chief mis-
sionary of the Catholic church at |
and there was a ditch under
he ground which connected the church
and his house, through which he sent
provisions. The imperial decree asked |
he foreign ambassadors to go to Tien-
sin for the present, but they said they
would not go unless their government
ordered them to do so.
"On the twenty-eighth day, In the
siege of the Catholic church. the SOL
Tiers and boxers were charged to fight
separately. The red boxers fought for
hree days; then the yellow boxers
ought for three days; and then the
j6lders fought for three days. Duke
Ian appointed some boxers to watch
he east, north and west gates of the |
imperial city. They were mostly coun-
ry people, so they could not disting-
lish what men be admitted, and what
nen should not, therefore they did not
LllOw any person to go in thus many |
hicials delayed their official business.
con the twenty-ninth day Changln,
former vice president of a board
onn I, |