It then comes to. the Dowager Empress and avers that her "grace is like the sea"—perhaps in its cruel moods is meant—that "the Dowager Empress is a Buddha, a really holy person." She "knows men" and " the crowing of cocks and the snarling of dogs do not make her afraid." She is tender towards distress. The famine moved. her to the disbursement of large sums, and the sufferings of the soldiers during the war touched her sympathy so greatly that she sent three millions of taels from the Imperial treasury for their relief. The people are then reasoned with and some advice is given to them; this amongst the fest: "The Christians are a good people and being of one body should not be looked at askance. The people and the Christians should dwell together amicably and no trouble for the rulers should be created by reckless conduct towards them."
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