On the outbreak of the Boxer Reollfon in°1000, Mx, Clouth, who at that time owned a" number of ne ponies, "went on patrol duty, being Font. into. the interior to. ascertain the whereabouts of the Boxers, and Feport to. the military authorities.
1902, he was transferred to Tien {tin, and the climax to his career In the customs was reached in 10%* when he was appointed private secrst.ry to Sir Robert Hart, then Commissioner of Customs, Me: Clouth was the fist German ever to have held this. post. "the three years during which Twas Sir Robert Hart's secretary,' said, "were the happiest of my" lie."
"Tu 1907, Br. Clouth Wwas (transferred to Peiping. There he met. represen-{atives of many different nationalities, and life was one round of gay fune= tions among the foreign community 'Vhreals of war had not yet appeared, Land foreigners lived in the most com ete harmony with one' another. Mr. Clouth was a keen tennis player, skater, and rider, entering for paper hunts' ud races. He went for two years' home leave to Germany and England in 1907, and. while in Lon on visited Sir Robert Hart. "He Wwas avery "unhappy man at that time:" said Mr, Clouth, "and one marie he made to me was that ho Felt fike'a bird ina gilded cage. He really missed being in China among his old "friends." He died only only 2 few weeks Inter."
Dimieult War Returning to Tsingtao in 1900, Mr. south' spent "a further three. years! there," and was then transferred Shanghai, Were he was placed in charge of the head desk. in the. cus: {omg office. "On the outbreak war", he explained, "my position be~ fame very dificult: T'was in charge of a-number of nationals. of the Al-Tied' Powers, and it needed great tact fo keep the ofice running smoothly. During the three years up to 1917 when Twas in this position, how: ever, there was not a single complaint, and there was as much har-the office es could be When many in 1917, Mr. Clouth together
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