The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-28
There Has Never Been Cordial Feelings from the
Chinese TO the Foreigners-The Official Cores
pondence Between Foreign Countries Was
Captured and Was Held Under Seal.
The Dissertation Practiced By the
Chinese Was Only Second to That
Practicedb the Allied Troops.
The Japanese the Most
Astute Hunters At
Ter Money.

ern lands that 1t is almost Impossible Tor
an Occidental to comprehend 1t. 1t can
be gently led. but it cannot be driven. IL
The reforms of two years since nad come
at suitable intervals, with time to pre-
nare the public mind for them. there
might have been no riots and no serious
reaction AS il was, being delivered in
loads of forty tons each on the deck
of the ship-of-State. they we'll nigh upset
it, The reaction once having set in, 1t
carried everything before it., and the
latent hostility TO railways, telesTaphs,
electricity and all the new fads. took
tangible shape as soon as an opportunity
occurred.
THE BOXERS.
Even previous to recsnt conditions there
have from time to time, been serious
collisions in and about Pellin, between
the natives and foreigners. These were al
ways adjusted, but in some cases, es-
pecially the attack upon railway en-
ployes in the autumn of 1895, there was
sting left which could not be extracted,
l3,lt ~ the silcrti.ng of more blood. The
Society of Righteous Tor Public Har-
mony, briefly known from their use of
the word fist as Boxers. spread from
ShuDt1ng into Chihli. and from the
South to the North, being left i'll Pao-
ting-fu early i'll the current year, and
working rapidly northward Without
dwelling upon its history and antece-
dents. II is sufficient TO observe that this
organization WAS d combination of ma
tutal and supernatural in sud- a way
as to deceive the major part Of those WIN
heard its claims. What is moro effica-
clous tnan prayers 10 the Spirits? But
the Boxers were specially protected by
spirits OF all desr es Of mower from i'm
pact of bullet or thrust of sword. These
claims were Substantated in public to
the satisfaction and delight of thosands.
II an occasional youth was blown into
fragments by the discharge Of a cannon
within two feet of him, or if the cut of
sword slashed open his abdomen. these
incidents merely showed that the divin-
ty had not yet protected his whole body.
and while the experiment failed but the
principle remained the same, all were
sa tised. even the friends of the de-
ceased. who were paid a handsome in
dennity out Of the societv's fund.
ROYAL RuFFlANs
When this orsaniza ton reached 1'eking
about the first of May, it was already
under the patronage of the highest no
biiity in the Empire. It's headquarters
was at the palace of Prince Chuan, near
the northwest corner of the Imperial
city. ana its great and powerful patron
was Prince Tuan, father Of the youth
who was recently made Heir Apparent
and whom the Empress Dowager seems
TO have blindly followed There seems
good reason To suppose that the greater
part of the Manchu and MonSol princes
lent the movement their active aid, and the
rest must have acquiesced, for it does
not appear that a single note of protest
was raised from any influential guar
W. rTi n
was lost in the general madness of the
hour.
HOSTILITIES OPENED.
The murder OF the Chancellor of the
Japanese Legation, outside of Yung Ting
Gate. on the 18th of June, was a first
sign OF the coming battle. 1t had been
preceded, however, two weeks by the de-
struction OF the railway shops 1ocoomo-
tives and other roling-stock at Fenstai
the junction of the Picking -Tien-Tsn, and
Picking TO Potinsfu lines. This was east
~ accomplished, as there was no foreign
guard defending the place, and it was es-
pecially useful as convincing to even
the easy-going residents Of Peking that
trouble was impending-a fact of which
they had long been warned, but TO which
they turned ears tina were deafer than
those OF the adder As an important and
ln1pedlate result, marines were at once
ordered from the war vessels lying off
Iaku, and without the presence of these
marines. all foreigners in Picking would
have been exterminated within a week
from that time
DESTRUCTION OF MISSIONS.
On ne 18th of June the first attack was
maze IN Pekin on the property of for
eigners and made in an organized way such
as 10 show the breadth and comprehensive
ness OF the movement. Beginning with
the American Methodist Street chapel near
the Ha-ta Gate and extending In widening
lines, all foreign built or foreign owned
houses in the city were destroyed. either
on that night Or those which immed;a te-
ly succeeded. This Included all the
properly Of all the missions-American
Board. American Presbyterian. Anglican,
London Mission, (east city ana west citv)
Christian Alliance Mission, Murrav's
School for the Blind. as well as 1nany
dwelling houses and buildings belonging
to the Customs. situated at distance
from the sphere OF influence of the for
e!gn guards. The large premises of the
American Methodist Mission, being guard
ed for the time. escaped
THE RAVAGES OF THE MOB
From this time EDWARDS the ravases
of the flames were continuous and ter
rible. They include the Russian estab-
lishllent in the northeast corner of the
CITY, Almost Two hundred years old, the
Eastern and the Southern Roman Cath
Ollie cathedrals 1.-THE Northern or Peitsang
being bravely and successfully defended
by Monseigeur FaTier and forty marines
for more than two 1nOnths,) the Imperial
Chinese Bank. tie Mint. the Electric Light
Works. the Russo-E Chinese Bank ana the
Austrian. Belgian. Italian and Dutch
as well as many other estab-
rnen,s, and private houses, and more
important and significant than all else, the
Imperial Maritime Customs house and
offices. and the new Postoffice. This was
not only the property of the Chinese Gov
but It was the artery through
which considerable part of its financial
fe- blood flowed. To destroy this meant
# there is any meaning Il, insanity, IA de-
termination IN the government to sever its
own juguiar vein.
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