To the Editor of the "Norts-Camxa Darcy News."
On page 23 of Mr. Green's narrative occurs the following paragraph ""T found myself in a room full of respectable tradesmen and scholars. These were the civil members of the company of Boxers whose military people had captured us."
The district magistrate of $4¢4¢ Bsinanhsien received an order to appoint recur ing officers from among the landed gentry and proprietors of the largest hongs. He ordered two selected by himself to form a committee. The committee appointed 'a drill master, a tall young man who drilled those enrolled at "the main temple building" (see p. 22).
1 room-full of respectable tradesmen and scholars" were the committee who chose the temple, appointed the drill master und levied the tax to pay the trainband. One of those buttoned scholars is in possession of the list of the enrolled and the account books. At least two of the number should be held accountable for the most inhuman treatment the Green family suffer-eclat the hands of their paid agents seeing "these were the civil members of the company of Borers, whose military people lad captured us" and carried us to the temple and thrown us down after a fashion in which no living pigs are carried to the shambles. In the "Times" of the 9th November, we read of General Richardon's doings at Yongeh'ing, where Messrs. Robinson and Norman were handed over to the Boxers by the official in his yamen for describable tortures. Surely the official who chose the chairmen of the Boxer Committee and the leading members of the Committee are not ona whit less guilty than the Provincial officials at Paoting. At least demand the documents of Boxerdom in each guilty chou and hsien before showing any leniency to official committee trainband.
Is it generally known that Boxerdom was elaborately organised and was not a promiscuous rabble and that it was not in any sense 'a purely patriotic volunteer movement?" After hundreds of foreigners have been tortured to death in the interior woman hardly read with patience that the Boxers were "'not to hurt or kill, but to terrify foreigners." Mr. Cornaby can produce the exterminating' telegram for north Hupeh. Here is that for west Hunan FAH GAEL chang ch'ten tong chico, eh ing feng tien pan, " Government and Boxersare united for the extermination. Immediately on receipt [of this telegram) dispatch the businesss like lightning.
Tam, ete., 17th December.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.