. Review of reviews and world's work. ON THE PEIHO, TIENTSIN, OPPOSITE THE BUND IN THE BKITISH CONCESSIONS. (Tientsin is tlie port for Peking.) 150 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REJ/IEIV OF ADNA R. CHAFFKE. peril is to treat the Chinaman as a man and abrother. As to the immediate crisis, further-more, it is well to withhold judgment untilauthentic news can ije had. , . It is fcrtunate for the sensibilities of Heading for the civilized w^orld that the actualthe East, qqhy^q of events in Cliina can only beguessed from the bewildering succession of con-tradictory reports that liave bee
. Review of reviews and world's work. ON THE PEIHO, TIENTSIN, OPPOSITE THE BUND IN THE BKITISH CONCESSIONS. (Tientsin is tlie port for Peking.) 150 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REJ/IEIV OF ADNA R. CHAFFKE. peril is to treat the Chinaman as a man and abrother. As to the immediate crisis, further-more, it is well to withhold judgment untilauthentic news can ije had. , . It is fcrtunate for the sensibilities of Heading for the civilized w^orld that the actualthe East, qqhy^q of events in Cliina can only beguessed from the bewildering succession of con-tradictory reports that liave been served up fromShanghai daily since the Review of Reviewswent to press last month. At tliat time AdmiralSeymours force of English, Russian, German,American, French, and Japanese troops sent outto the relief of the legations was evidently introuble somewhere between Tientsin and Pe-king. On June 2(5, the expedition returned toTientsin. It had failed to come within twenty-five miles of Peking, had lost neaily 300 men inbattle with comparatively enormous masses ofChinese insurgents and soldiers, and thoughtitself lucky to escape annihilation. Seymoursfailure brouglit to the world the f
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