Letters from foreign lands . Funeral, Pekin. states among themselves and how long wouldwe remain passive? The leaders can see thestrength of our argument at the cannonsmouth, but the masses know no more of thegreatness of the outside world than do chil-dren of ten or twelve years of age. Whenthe Allied Forces invaded Pekin patrioticChinamen were more than astonished at theresult. It was their firm conviction that Chinawould win. They sincerely believed thatthey would be able to drive every foreignerout of their country for all time. Some ofthem cannot, even now, understand howthey were so badl
Letters from foreign lands . Funeral, Pekin. states among themselves and how long wouldwe remain passive? The leaders can see thestrength of our argument at the cannonsmouth, but the masses know no more of thegreatness of the outside world than do chil-dren of ten or twelve years of age. Whenthe Allied Forces invaded Pekin patrioticChinamen were more than astonished at theresult. It was their firm conviction that Chinawould win. They sincerely believed thatthey would be able to drive every foreignerout of their country for all time. Some ofthem cannot, even now, understand howthey were so badly defeated, or why thethrone was restored to them again after thatdefeat. 123 SUSPICIOUS JAPS. From Pekin, through Tientsin, to Yingkau, we had a three days railway ridethrough the Boxer country. The last halfof the way was through a very hilly regionwhile the first half was coastal of the uprising were still to beseen and German, English and Americanflags were still floating over a number of thetowns with
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