Philanthrophic enterprises come: the next. Famine; flood, and waz relief works held under the auspices of the Late Sheng Kung-pao are traceable in almost all the-22 provinees of China. The establishment of the Red Cross Society and the Joining of the Chinese Chapter to the World Red Cross Federation reveal to us his world-wide philanthrophic spirit.
However, the most outstanding and memorable philanthrophie undertaking, deeply imprinted in the minds of the Chinese and foreigners} alike, is his maintenance of peace and order within the Southeastern Provinces during the Boxer Rebellion. At that time, the Allied Forces reached Peking: the Manchurian Emperor Kuang Hsu and Empress Dowager fled away. China was the most trying moment. The Sheng Kung-pao, at this very puneture, persuaded Governors Li chang, Lin Kun-yih, Chang and other subordinate Mandarins to preserve neutrality and maintain peace and order in the south eastern Provinces. Thus no blood was shed these provinces. Life and property of foreigners and his compatriots there were safeguarded. It weis this very endeavour of the late Sheng Kung-pao which aside from saving thousands of lives of the! foreigners as well as of Chinese themselves at the "Reign of Terror in China," made possible the conclusion of peace with the Allies and thus saved the ancient Middle Kingdom from destruction and collapse. For this fact alone, we may impartially conclude that the safety, property, and prosperity: of the people of the Southeastern Provinces and the integrity of China owe their existence and rebirth to the late Sheng Kung-pao.
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