The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China

Foreign ministers, and the Court still remains at Hsian, nor is it definitely known whether it will even yet return, although the. Bulk of the Foreign troops have been withdrawn. Latterly the Powers contented themselves with exacting a big indemnity, some of the claims being most extravagant. The Chinese Commissioners willingly agreed to all the demands, although it is pro bable that when the question of payment comes up matters will not go quite so smoothly. In the meantime the money is to be raised by loan, each power guaran teeing its own share, a plan which seems worthy of China. Although present indications of any permanent good to either Foreigners or Chinese being the out come of the present complications are not promising, it is to be hoped that the ultimate result will be the awakening of China, and the bringing of its out-of-date customs and methods in line with the requirements of modern civilisation.

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Excerpt from The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China

In view of the dramatic events which have transpired in China during the past few months we have thought it would meet the wishes of the readers of the "Mercury" to reprint the special articles which appeared in our columns describing the various acts of the drama which has passed before our eyes, and thus permit of their being preserved in a more permanent and convenient form than is possible in the columns of a newspaper. There has been no attempt to specially prepare the articles for publication in their present from and they are printed as they originally appeared. We have to express our thanks to all those, our correspondents and others, whose contributions are now republished.

While it is perhaps impossible to fix any date as being the beginning of the Boxer trouble, the announcement of the burning of a station on the Lu Han line on 17th May, which appeared in the "Mercury" of 29th May, may be said to have been the first indication to the general public that a rising which had for its object the expulsion of foreigners from China had really broken out.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.