. Outlines of nineteenth century history. er out for process of dismemberment began without unnecessary delay. Germany seized the port of Kiao-chau,24 as already noted, andforced from China a ninety-nine years lease of it and someadjoining territory (January, 1898). Then Russia asked and received a twenty-five years lease ofPort Arthur (March, 1898). Thereupon England demanded andreceived from China Wei-hai-wei (April, 1898), to be held byEngland as long as Russia should hold Port Arthur. France viewed these cessions to Germany, Russia, and Englandwith natural jealousy, and immed
. Outlines of nineteenth century history. er out for process of dismemberment began without unnecessary delay. Germany seized the port of Kiao-chau,24 as already noted, andforced from China a ninety-nine years lease of it and someadjoining territory (January, 1898). Then Russia asked and received a twenty-five years lease ofPort Arthur (March, 1898). Thereupon England demanded andreceived from China Wei-hai-wei (April, 1898), to be held byEngland as long as Russia should hold Port Arthur. France viewed these cessions to Germany, Russia, and Englandwith natural jealousy, and immediately sought and obtained fromChina as compensation a ninety-nine years lease of the Bay ofKwang-chau-wan (April, 1898). Italy was now reported to have made demands upon the Chinesegovernment for something as compensation to her for what theother powers had received. The press in Europe and Americabegan openly to discuss the impending partition of the ChineseEmpire and to speculate as to how the spoils would be divided. 24 Or 120 THE WORKS 12lW THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR in Suddenly the whole Western world was startled by the intelli-gence that the legations or embassies of all the European powersat Peking were hemmed in and besieged by a Chinese mob aidedby the imperial troops. Then quickly followed a report of themassacre of all the Europeans in the city. Strenuous efforts were at once made by the different Westernnations, as well as by Japan, to send an international force to therescue of their representatives and the missionaries and otherEuropeans with them, should it chance that any were still since the Crusades had so many European nations joined ina common undertaking. There were in the relief army Russian,French, English, American, and German troops, besides a strongJapanese contingent. The relief column fought its way throughto Peking and forced the gates of the capital. The worst hadnot happened, and soon the tension of the Western world, whi
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