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In a few minutes the relief of the Legations was an accomplished fact. Russians and French got in early the following morning at the Tung-pien-men, and the Japanese, who, after being the leaders all the way from Tientsin and bearing the brunt of most of the hard fighting on the road up, had the bad fortune to meet with most of the real opposition at the Walls, entered later on in the same morning. The gallant little Islanders found some solace in coming across the chief Treasury as they fought their way across the City, driving the beaten Chinese before them. On the following day the Americans advanced on the Imperial and Forbidden Cities and, with the co-operation of the French and Russians, seized these citadels of prejudice and seclusion. The French, backed by the Japanese, effected the release of the sore-tried people in the Pei-t'ang. The City was given up to a "modified looting" for a period of three days, and then military government was established, the different Powers undertaking different areas of the town. The Palaces fell to the Russians, who also sent out a column and seized the famous Summer Palace, thirteen miles distant. The capture of the City was formally celebrated by a visit of all the leading Ministers, Officers, and some of the troops to the Palace. For the first time in history, foreigners were able to see the arcana of the Imperial Court. The Imperial Family had the day before the Relief escaped from the City and fled into Shan-si via the Northern passes, en route for Si-an-fu, where it remained till October, 1901.
Peking, though it suffered indescribably from the depredations of the Boxers, the Imperial troops, the awful ruffianism of Tung-fuh-shiang's barbarians from Kansu, to say nothing of the subsequent attentions of the Allied troops, is at present more attractive as an object of travel than before, for the simple reason that the City was cleansed by the foreign Powers, and that many places of antiquarian, artistic or historic interest are now accessible if the visitor sets about his object with due attention to national susceptibilities.
During 1902 the fortification of the Legation quarter was completed, and the Rail- way termini brought to the neighbourhood of the Chien Meu in the Chinese City.
DIRECTORY
BACKHOUSE, E., Professor of English at
Imperial University
BIJNO, F., Gerant du Cercle International
CHINESE
EASTERN
Section)
D. M. Posdneeff, manager
J. J. Cheshev, first secretary R. Barbier, second dc.
COMPAGINE DES CHEMINS DE FER CHINOIS
(Peking-Hankow)
J. Jadot, ingénieur controleur (S'hai.) Geoffroy,
Julien,
do.
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Bouillard, ingénieur en chef de
l'Exploitation
(Peking)
Beaufort, chef comptable, do.
RAILWAY (Peking
De Rotron,
Hirribaren,
Reuson,
Roussel,
N. Savinsk
G. Brauns
A. Weinstock
D. Shcherbakoff, student
Brodiansky,
U. Osipoff,
do.
do.
do.
Chemin-Dupontes (Tchangsintien)
Didier,
Jaumain,
Hubin,
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
CHINA TIMES, Daily Newspaper, Pub- lished at Peking and Tientsin, Pro- prietors, China Times, Ld., Registered Office, Hongkong
J. Cowen, general manager and editor
E. H. Cox, assistant editor
J. Brewer, overseer
W. R. Giles, reporter
N. A. Gonçalves, secretary and
assistant
Dr. Detheve,
Jacobs,
Dupont (Paotingfou)
Gilbert, do.
Henhardt (Tchengtingfou)
Seymat, ingénieur en chef de la
construction (Shuntefou) Walterthum,
Charignon,
Joostens,
Plaum,
do.
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