On our last visit we wet with a great ket, which they promised to do. I The long and. studied silence which number of people who were discontented then Toft. for Chenchiachang, twenty: has Ween hitherto u 1 by the because of the heavy taxes Inid upon five li nearer the city. Instead of Court of Peking, in the matter of the them for some months.
At the end of carrying out their promises, the two dispute at Canton, has been broken three opium firms were rioted in officials indulged in opium-smoking through at Inst.
The doubts as to} neighbourhood of Kaihsien. A] almost the whole day. The next day. whether the Emperor Id been duly crowd of people was threatening to] June 4, the Boxers stormed the market apprized by his representative Yeh, surround the The finn from three different directions. The concerning the state of affairs in the Qetion of our mandarin taken at that] Government school, the Roman Catho-th, can no longer be entertained. time prevented them from carrying out lic chapel, owr own' chapel, and a great hey have been sat at rest by what has ion that their purposes.
1 must men number of houses were looted and just appeared in the lust file of Peking two of the pri pal secret ies are damaged. A number of the rebels ran Gazettes which has reached us. It will be seen from the extract, dated July very hostile, the one to the other, in ito the temple, shouting out to kill this district. These societies took thought I had hidden 26, that His Imperial Majesty hax advantage of the much-oppressed myself there with the two officials. been all along cognizant of—the Some Boxer leaders The two mandarins fled for their embroilment which has been existing another district, teaching the lives. All the ammunition and gun-at Canton between his own subjects and rites, 'Thi powder fell into the hands of the rebels. the English and that the policy the dark In a few hours' time the mews reached pursued, and the measures taken by nisually took place during hours of the night, temples and tus in Chenchiachang. T left ut once Yeh, have met, by vote houses. They gave themselves on horseback for Kaihsien, The tw implication, with his entire sanction up to idol worship.
The leaders be-}mandarins overtook me on the road and support, witched th Mowers with sorceries. left me bel T arrived the following, is sudden withdrawal of the veil Ench one had to drink water; after the morning in Kaihsien. The magistrate has all along enveloped th drinking of which, they e, as it was alarmed at the news, and left at Councils of Peking in mystery—this were, possessed by evil spirits once with about 150 of the for open avowal, in the face of the Empire, Each of the rebels had a lo red Chenchiachang. In the meantime 1 after a protracted reticence of more months, of the existence of flag put is hair, on which was bad kept Mr. Walter Taylor in Wan-written the me of the idol ander hsien well informed of what was going hostilities with the barbarians, and on this side of the mountains, He had the necessity, from the grave imwhoxe protect he went out to fight, They believed themselves invulnerable, sent wires in several directs portance of the affair, for making all and their numbers increased very On the morning of June 6 the possible preparation—ix quite a new magistrate's men caught a spy on the phase in the conduct of the Court of rapidly. Th sion mandarin was, informed several times of what was market, After questioning him for Peking, and not without significance. val from
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