Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . wished to have all the credit for himself. A Sharp Quarrel. Li Hung Chang who had been appointedFutai or Governor of Kiangsu entertaineddoubts of the loyalty of this adventurer, anda feud broke out between them at an earlystage of their relations. Burgevine was aman of high temper and strong passions,who was disposed to treat his Chinese col-leagues with lofty superciliousness, an
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . wished to have all the credit for himself. A Sharp Quarrel. Li Hung Chang who had been appointedFutai or Governor of Kiangsu entertaineddoubts of the loyalty of this adventurer, anda feud broke out between them at an earlystage of their relations. Burgevine was aman of high temper and strong passions,who was disposed to treat his Chinese col-leagues with lofty superciliousness, and whomet the wiles of the Futai with peremptorydemands to recognize the claims of himselfand his band. Nor was this all. Burgevinehad designs of his own. Although the pro-ject had not taken definite form in his mind—for an unsubdued enemy was still in pos-session of the greater part of the province—the inclination was strong within him to playthe part of military dictator with theChinese; or faiHng that, to found an inde-pendent authority on some convenient spotof Celestial territory. Burgevines character was described at alater period as being that of a man of largepromises and few works. His popularity.
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