. Old China and young America . republics — the flag l6 OLDCHINA is used only upon state the fall of the empire, subjectswere not permitted to use it, andeven today a Chinese flag cannotbe bought. It was in the year 1900 that therepresentatives of eleven difierentnations were besieged in Peking. Asthe wife of the American Minister toChina I was one of the little bandhemmed in behind those walls andbarricades. Almost every hour ofthe twenty-four we were fired uponfrom without. Bravely we watchedand prayed and worked and foughtduring those trying days. We knewthat the heart of th
. Old China and young America . republics — the flag l6 OLDCHINA is used only upon state the fall of the empire, subjectswere not permitted to use it, andeven today a Chinese flag cannotbe bought. It was in the year 1900 that therepresentatives of eleven difierentnations were besieged in Peking. Asthe wife of the American Minister toChina I was one of the little bandhemmed in behind those walls andbarricades. Almost every hour ofthe twenty-four we were fired uponfrom without. Bravely we watchedand prayed and worked and foughtduring those trying days. We knewthat the heart of the whole worldthrobbed in sympathy. The prayersof the nations for their own and thepeople of their sister-countries wereborne to us on the wings of and sacrifices cast theirgloom over our httle band, yet therewas in our hearts always a ray ofsunshine which gave us buoyancyand strength. God smiled upon thebesieged in that awful experience andwe recognized His smiles in blessings. The day of deliverance came, and. One of Chinas Great Men His Excellency, Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Minister to the United States, Pioneer worker for a Chinese Republic STORY OF THE FLAG 17 the glory of that day no pen or brushcan depict. The American Minis-ter and his family remained in Pekingfor many months after the siege wasraised. The representatives of theeleven nations and China workeddiligently but cautiously togetherupon the Joint Note which wasto settle the intricate questions intowhich the siege had plunged was a long waiting, but afterthe settlement the hour for thestart homeward arrived. When thesteamer landed on the home coastthe wildest enthusiasm greeted act thrilled and throbbedwith welcome. The ovations werewinged fairy stories, increasing asthe rescued party neared the homeState. The pent-up horrors of thesiege and the fear for the safetyof the Minister and his family van-ished in a sunburst and friendshipsdiamonds sparkled in splendor. Thetears bow of pro
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