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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939.

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THE Dragon sat on the Dragon Throne in the Forbidden City of Peking: Her Imperial Majesty Tsu Hsi, Manchu of the Dowager Empress Dynasty, omnipotent despot, misruling and betraying the trust of four hundred millions of Chinese.

before-in

1894-5-Western- Five years armed, Western-trained, Western-mad Japan had overwhelmed China more swiftly and effectually than she has done in the past few months; the vast body of China lay prostrate; and the vultures

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The Chinese, misruled for centuries; ignorant; compelled to fight with the weapons of the Middle Ages-or the Dark

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the Japanese; oppressed intolerable taxes for which they received only inefcient tyranny in return, found the inrush of the keidzus literally devils of usually translated the seas,

foreign devils--more than even their patience could endure.

The age-old Chinese tradition

of brigandage suddenly appeared as a patriotic duty, a patriotic privilege. A new secret society sprang up in that land of secret societies; an organisation that of charms thut whispered

bullets to face enabled them unharmed; groups that spoke of driving the foreign devils from China by their invulnerable valour,

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THEY called themselves may be put: How far will

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which to withdraw.

inflict her humiliations and

From a motive totally tantrums on the small groups of foreigners in China because she different, and far from patriotic, From has such a large gate through Tsu Hsi set her wrinkled face

against the foreigner,

West

not only the Japan evidently feels confident

financiers hunting concessions, that she is creating a good bargaining weapon in inflaming draining China of the wealth her critics over a matter which that should (of course) flow to is in her province to convert into the imperial treasury.

came

came

com-

the happiest circumstances again. From the West, too, Perhaps the weapon may break new ideas; ideas of free women' irreparably in her hand if it is who did not value feet clumsily used; while the nice prossed by bandages until the fencings. of diplomacy continue toes rotted away; ideas of free -and negotiations over Tientsin men who could not be beheaded have not yet ceased-there is at the whim or word of a tyrant; little danger of this; but once ideas of responsible govern- wrested from the arbitrators ment which would not send and wielded by the rude and unarmed divisions to certain intolerant military hand, there death against modern weapons. is a strong danger of the Con- The advent of the foreigner, cession incident becoming the however justly it might rouse starting point for hostilities be-Chinese national pride, would, tween Japan and Britain. War in despite of its commercialism, is recognised as but the forceful benefit the Chinese coolie; but continuation of diplomacy and it it would spell finis to the Chinese behoves Britain carefully to ruling caste.

TERRORISM

The

Boxer

Revolt

STORY

Shansi (whither Yu Haion was transferred), Manchuria ( then a Chinese province). The Lega- tions were in a state of siege, with hundreds of Boxers "pro- tected" by their magic spells. from bullets (which seemed not to prevent a few being killed) and thousands of crudely armed soldiers raging round the gates.

At the touch of heathenry,. Christendom united; at the touch of the Orient, the West solidified. Russia and England, who had in- trigued against one another for every Chinese plum, mado com- mon cause; French and German stood shoulder to shoulder, shar- ing a rifle.

The British Legation, the

By GUY RAMSEY

the past; and the Munchu, though decadent, still had the power to maintain order-if it had wanted to.

One June 17 Peking was The few likely to be cut off. European troops available seized the Taku forts to hold open the road to Tientsin.

largest building, was made the focal point where all nations as- sembled. Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Ambassador, was un- official head of the defence,

was a

From Tientsin, Sir Edward Seymour, Admiral Commanding the China Station, assembled a force of marines and bluejackets At this action the Dragon and set out to relieve the capi- moved; instead of passively tal. His chief of staff allowing the Boxers to loot, to slight, tight-lipped man named to defile the few John Jellicoe, for whom destiny. murder, Christian sanctuarics in China, had in store a greater task. she issued the order: "Kill all Jellicoe was badly wounded, but recovered to command the Grand foreign devils."

Fleet when a greater war was to be fought.

and

Missionaries, Catholle Protestant, were slain; Chinese converts were killed-a hide- ous

of the

repetition

"Inci-

THE little relief force with a struggled, minimum of water, along a road

dent" when, in patrolled by Boxers and the Chi- 1897 the

nese army. They were halted Chinese also un- by overwhelming forces: thou- der Yu Hsien) sands opposing scores. But they murdered 33 did not break. They retreated German

mis- towards Tientsin, and, threaten- sionaries and ed with annihilation, stormed a forfeited Kino- Chinese ársenal at Hsiku-fac- chow as a pen- ing at once the Chinese garrison alty.

within and the Chinese troops. Yu Hsien, without. And they took it, hold- transfer- ing out there for nearly two red from Shan- months.

cr.

tung to Shansi, Within the Legations food was added his quota short and ammunition was short- of murder: he Shortest of all was man- opened the Ya- power. The records of the siege men to "pro refer to individual exploits, to tect" all the the sending of a "force" of ten missionaries in rifle to defend a key point. But the province;

welcomed them

... then lock-

the odds were overwhelming,

Chinese The

mob-official

ed the gates and forces and Boxers combined- turned his howled round. the sandbagged troops loose on walls.

them.

As a elimux, the-German- Representa- Minister was assassinated;. tion after repre- Baron von Kotteler was sentation was down in cold blood, his secretary made to the beside him.

shot

Dowager. Again Within the Imperial Palace, and again she another--a domestic-war was. was implored to raging. The Emperor, Kwang check the activi Hsu, wanted to treat with the ties of the Flats Europeans; but the Dragon over- of Righteous rode him. His favourite con- Harmony: her sort, Chen Fei, went down on answer - "To

her knees, her bound fect stuck

destroy the out behind her, and implored the

Boxers would

be like cutting

Empress Dowager to allow the

sane

off one's own Emperor to follow the wings." Instead, policy. Instead, the terrible old she turned her woman ordered the eunuchs to own official fling her down a well.

The mob outside the Legations authorities. They had dealt soldiery out on their side.

examine what lies behind Japan's So, by one of those ironies with dozens of such groups in All China was aflame: Chihli, swelled until it seemed that the

stubbornness on the Tientsin dispute.

The obvious fact that all specialise, the patriotic Chinese foreigners are unwelcome in nationalists were almost aute- China has long emerged, but it matically forced into alliance seems not unlikely that Tokyo with their own greatest enemy, has realised the impossibility of the Empress. conquering all China and is now

to seems in which history

In the last year of the old seeking to cut her losses and to conserve her energies for the century the Province of Shan- resumption of hostilities at atung was ruled by Yu Hsien, a future date by annexing the Chinese of the old official stamp, saw in entire littoral. provinces with who, adroitly enough,"

free ports.the Boxers a weapon

to fight their important cradicated and with an imposing.

decadent Manchu Throné. from navy to command the China Seas, Japan could do nicely out which he drew his own great- of her invasion by controlling all ness. And, virtually under his water borne trade in China and protection, tho Boxers began to between China and the world. attack, assault and kill Christian This accomplished, Europe missionaries irrespective of sect. and America would have to

On the last day of the last! accept the inevitable, and re- commence their hitherto profit-year of the last century. able trade with China with English missionary

was mur- smaller profits and under Japan-dered; and conditions became ese auspices. With this domin-

With the foreign interest the foreigner and maintain the

an

ance, Japan could later proceed 50 grave that by the June of planned, to against the interior. If that in 1900 the Powers

at

Japan's intention then Tientsin reinforce

ls but the thin end of the wedge Peking.

and as such must be treated as prudently, but none the less firmly, as possible by the come bined authority of Britain, have Amorica and France,"

tho Legations

WITHOUT qucation tho

Boxer uprising could been, and should have been, put-down by the local

GRIN AND BEAR IT

inexhaustible man-power of China was pouring its mass and

By Lichty might into the besieging force;

"You start bucking it out, dear! I'll wait for you in front!"

but Sir Claude MacDonald-by the grace of God a soldier train- cd-with 18 officers and 389 soldiers, plus the untrained but valiant help of the women, still held out.

There would not have been even 389 troops present had it not been for the heroism of a man named Watt who, before. the slege began in earnest, vo- lunteered to go for help. With two Cossacks-Britain and de-

Russia, democracy and epotism at one--he rode 30 miles and brought back a handful of troops from the Tientsin volun- teer corpa within five days.

Seymour, beleaguered in the Chinese arsenal-and using the Chinese weapons against the Chinese-still held out. The Taku forts still kopt open a tonuous way to Tientsin and the outside world. But-

HE cable was cut; 07 of the defenders were dend; 120 were wounded; and though the rides grew go hot with constant firing that they blistered the hands of the men that held them; though the ladies of the corps diplomatique stripped their petfitcoats to bandage each new wound; though the havoc wrought by the brilliantly organised fire of the PLEASE Turn To Page 54