The following extract from a letter from Tientsin from a gentleman who has a thorough knowledge of the Chinese written language, and whose statements ray be implicitly relied on, has been courteously placed at our disposal "I have made several excursions to the city yamens, searching for documents to see what relations the Boxers had to the Government. My first day's finding was small, but it was very important. I found in the Viceroy's yam"n_ a receipt given by the tientsin prefect to the Vice for 600 bags best white flour supplied to the officer (JO AUH) commanding the Boxers, also s: veral receipts for money given to the relatives of Boxers killed in action, and to wounded Boxers, Tls. 100 and Tls. 30, respectively. There were Boxer cards presented by hundreds of Boxer Societies to the Viceroy, there were also lists of Boxers in different villages, giving their names and ages, also lists of arms and ammunition supplied to them, so really, as far as I have been able to find, the Viceroy's yamen has been the headquarters of the Boxers in Tientsin."
As Yii La, the ex-Viceroy of Lieutsin, has always been known to bz friendly to foreigners, it cannot be doubted that in this matter he was acting under the direct orders of the Government of the Empress Dowager. No doubt farther incriminating revelations will follow.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.