The Archive · 1902

Notes on Native Affairs

Sth Any, Boxerism in Szechuan.

(1) Tu response to an a Metrop parts of from caused by the long a anvands th that the Emper sr will procned to various temples to tthe rain which his. Majest, for sactiti-es other tem; he Empevor's ple son the same day (3) Decrew stating Barter arrival is stell on his wei Chun, the reis tact pro Hunti' C*hang Ken's 8th August. Na_ Tung, ex. Viee-Octroi from making yood the "extraordinary" surplus for the year, and accepting his onlinury surplus of Tes, 4,012 wid, whi h is commanded to be handed to the keeper of the Privy Purse for Her Majesty the Empress Dowager's use.

10th August.

We have received a memorial from 'Ting Chen-to, Governor of Kuangs', denouncing hia. Lieutenant-Colone:, cot manding the Bi lit Battalion of the Yi Ca ps of Ki for m: discipline iv his regiment and one his men t" ruthless pillage avd_w mass: ering innocent villagers, ing that the accused be cash Te sppesret Trien-hsin, whil ection with other troops against cert desperados in Lunzanhsi Ko ruthlessly and. without cause shot down six volunteers of a village trained band, and then allowed men to massacre a number of innocent agers and pillage their houses. This

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