The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-13

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whor1. want 20 Se understood as say
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TIE cnuacrT 70 .rtsTs-a1t the Chinese
czSltc1ty. tsok ire STATEMENTS q t1s
Chinese officials. Ef11 we're fl sezg1ze with
Ire Bcxe-S. that the lScsi r4itr.z had
tzzti1z for the purpose q furnishing pro-
faction ard tnsrsf1rs ID rot treat the
matter sertcuSsy
Their 6egzr our trsusIsz. The IDEAL
Militia Unes- ne Elg1reoEz Earuo1y
First socssty fax began 70 outrage Ia
ezs5eis sorres ass q-sarte-s sestroysd-
reports 20 sflEfsts- conger. telling Ein
aserv a Hs ~ n a za.tsr IS Wis
the Chinese foreign of4rs, cEz- receiving
the same ASSURANCE as before, took an
cstinasztle visE. and reported to tire gov
gsrsted ~ fear
Conssrs warning Unheeaed.
by this time the feeling sEasnss Chris
,,sns BAD gown tatsnse. an s.slFaEes
eoat get 10 relief from Minister Goa
ger, We began 70 sezd corcun aaAc4fs5ns 20
Consul Fpvier al ChstOo. He rad long
people. Therefore. after hss snves-ixs-
tons he vas noe hoodwink.1- he saw a
crisis Was arsrosehizg. ans 80 aaTfse5
tsntton had sesn pasa 70 Consul Forser
~ ne governments az home. the Ni1tn
trftet States Infantry would have been
4r4fr -
Rot have oeeu worth 80 little IN Clf1s
during the pazs few na6nths. Americans
in CAfra pur their trust IN Fowler. for
hina useful On the other hand. Minister
Ccrger has been rsfsied 81 Chinese
da1iesty. ard only realized L when i
IT w.s chrissnuas. 1850. tia. Nr. Brooks.
British missionary and very dear friend
% mine was Ezrgtsre1 IN snansEng prov
q the Righteous Harmony Fist Society.
Then the order hal grown bold. under
the patronage q ,ks imperial throne.
give them ccnafence Prior 10 that they
had been AFRAID 20 murder foreigners.
SPREADING Of Boxers
~Fron TIE date Of Brooks murder. the
Boxers began to srraad- B.sxsr enissar-
Opium eers and too ali corners ~ the
rrovfne@. charged with snliztfax recruits
These men showed IN each and every
rE%Y
worked. corses OF an imperial decree an-
tfsaFfxfng eritstn1euss They told 81 how
foreigners were EsHrptng the rights %
China. ard unless crushed, w1rff soon
own everything Then heran their IN
csnratio.s, consisting Of Burning incense
~ an altar and Knocking the head On the
noor fn frpnt of the Idols This the poor
misguided creatures were told would
make them tnvuinerah8e and proof against
the x1ns Of foreigners To Demonstrate
the truth of their assertions. these Boxer
Srrc fux-4 sfxr-
ers loaded with hianx shells They show
81 tbs toaded guns TO the people and
saen oesan nrfng az their own breasts
posed bnlIats. At the conclusion OF ths
operation. they would exhibit a handful
q lead. Witch they represented as hav-
not pierce their bodies Imagine the re-
suit Thousands focked 70 totn the or
Or. and 30 II grew with wonderful rap
The murders Of foreigners and Chris
tan Chinese became more n1ruer0tls ard
ros.o~ry was high-harsesf. but the Chi
local militia would Ne zhie 10 suppress
u. when as a matter 81 fact II zas re
militia or soners thar was hing II All.
OK H. But the end was coming fast
First sfxns of CStsfs.
On May ~ last. tire Methodist Enss-
ssss. Foreign ard native preachers eznze
bringing their wives. On she jaurrev
from Tsunhua 20 Pektnx my Colleagues
and myself noticed that many AZ rn@
stations along the ils@ from TT4ntsin were
Burning, and "a TIRE cities mary ar4s
gsre raging. Tas Chinese imperial srooxs
were stationed every where bat did nos
seem 20 - making any EFFORT TO prevent
the depr~1Afionss goe on the train ant
asked a Chinese officer why - M not
70? TIE destructive work % the Boxers,
and he repsied. We can't kin them TYrsy
are bullet proof When I toia rim \.
anew better than that, he admitted thar
ne did noe Care 20 harm a Boxer ~
zsla no was there TO Keep order only.
through HIS sngerfers. ant they ~ inn
peFiai edsct They were OF the Rax@rx
,aenseiyss. "a the only true way 10 tell
the story
We continued our journey 10 pektsx
am the conferences began It's work We
Rad hardly started when bad news h1xar
% feacA Us EolFters arriving from the
interior brought word thar mission chan
rs were oesns burned. oar worksrs wern
Boxers ssrs Ia control IN the provtn~.
q SnAntun&, Refugees began coming -
ana repeated the stories. addlrg rntsch ~
me aorrih4e Details. You can imagine
shelter Released Refugees.
To cap the climax word was received
ina; two British missionaries who. besng
hard pressed by the Boxers in the In
terror sought refuge in the Shaa,ang
yamen. 90 Official residence % the PROV
ince, were refused admission Then wa
began 20 get anxious. fer al realized that
tha crisis long talked % Was al hAad.
Nhlch adjourned Sunday. Jana I and on
Nou9ay morning nay colleague ard uFe-
pared 70 start Tor horae. imagine our
s,isFrlse when. presenting ourselves Al