. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . governor of Hong-Kong,having just visited Nanking, luid brought back most attractive reports of thefriendly demeanour of the Moreover, foreigners had free access tothe walled city occupied by the Triads, and foreign missionaries could preachto large and attentive audiences there. Hence, when the imperialist forcesencamped on the race-course, when they set up rifle-targets in such aposition as to endanger the liv
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . governor of Hong-Kong,having just visited Nanking, luid brought back most attractive reports of thefriendly demeanour of the Moreover, foreigners had free access tothe walled city occupied by the Triads, and foreign missionaries could preachto large and attentive audiences there. Hence, when the imperialist forcesencamped on the race-course, when they set up rifle-targets in such aposition as to endanger the lives of foreigners, and when they allowed theirown anti-foreign feeling to be occasionally translated into acts of violence onthe part of intlividual braves, the situation seemed to the British and theAmericans to have become intolerable. The consuls of the aggrieved nation-alities notified the Cliinese general that he must remove his camp at once, andthat failure to comply would be followed by an armed attack the same Chinese commander-in-chief probably viewed this threat as a jest. Gen-erals do not, at a few hours notice, move encampments of several thousands.
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