On the 26th day of this 11th month (16th Fanunry, 1901) certain English and French foreign devil ud the temerity to enter the city of Hingchou. They wore received by undutifal officials, who called out the troops sud lined both sides of the road, causing much anger and indignation amongst the people. Now if these strange were ordinary traveliera one could wnderstand the need of polite trentment, but what about the troubles created by the foreign devils since Inst summer down to the present time Dogs and goats in herds ate barking at our heavenly dynasty; they have coerced our sacred Lord to slay our high officials; they have burned our Imperial Throne hills; desecrated and pretaned things that were used by our Emperor; plundered our treasuries and valuables; massacred our people and outraged our women and maidens; brought destruction on our capital; touring down the city walls. What is more these devil even went as fures to desecrate the Ancestral Temple of the Imperial dynasty; broke to pieces the tablets of succeeding sacred monarchs; dug up the Imperial mausolea, and even went ea far as to insult the dead by whipping the corpses of former Emperors. Yen, from ancient times until now even the wild and savage tribes of the North in their incursions into China never acted in cruel and savage a manner, Who in China learning of these things enn suppress his indignation and hate?
All the more ought those who owe their ranks and possessions to the heavenly dynasty rush to the rescue of the Emperor's Majesty, slay these foreign banditti, and la} the heads of their chiefs before the gates of the Imperial palaces, thereby proving their loyalty in performing this duty to the Throne.
Instend of this, we find that the chief culprits, Li and Chang, have become the
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