He was on leave in England when the Boxer uprising took place la 1000, This circumstance accounted for his escape from the massacre which claimed the lives of every one of his colleagues. After the suppression of the rebellion, Mr. Sowerby returned to Talyuantu, and rebuilt the work which hed been completely destroyed by the ruthless massacre of Christians in Shansi Tu 1007, Mr. Sowerby was instrumental in bringing about the negotiations between the Shansi Government and the Peking Syndicate which resulted in the granting the latter's mining concession in the province. For this service, coming it did at a time when a strong Chinese agitation favourable to the plan had developed, Mr. Sowerby was awarded the' Order of the Double Dragon by the government.
His work at Taiyuanfu being Interrupted. by the Revolution 1911, Mr. Sowerby went to Tientsin where he became the tutor of Yuan Shibskai's family, and taught his sons for several years, subsequently travelling to Peking. "At the larier city, he accepted the post of secrefary_in the Anti-Nercotic Society, rebring to England in 1922.
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