. China and the Boxers. A short history of the Boxer outbreak, with two chapters on the sufferings of missionaries and a closing one on the outlook . gr. Favier, and aboutthe same number of sisters. Thirty of the French guardsand ten of the Italians were sent to protect them. THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION. The desertion of so much property instigated the Box-ers to attack, but there was no other course open, so longas the officials and the throne seemed indisposed to sup-press the growing disturbance. W^AR DECLARED. On June 19th the Tsung-li-Yamen handed passports toall the foreign ministers, and ga
. China and the Boxers. A short history of the Boxer outbreak, with two chapters on the sufferings of missionaries and a closing one on the outlook . gr. Favier, and aboutthe same number of sisters. Thirty of the French guardsand ten of the Italians were sent to protect them. THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION. The desertion of so much property instigated the Box-ers to attack, but there was no other course open, so longas the officials and the throne seemed indisposed to sup-press the growing disturbance. W^AR DECLARED. On June 19th the Tsung-li-Yamen handed passports toall the foreign ministers, and gave them one days limitto leave Peking. By an edict of June 20th China de-clared war. Here then was the beginning of the troublefor us. THE MURDER OF BARON VON KETTELER. Baron von Ketteler, the German Alinister, had writtenthe night before to the Yamen, asking for audience withthe two princes, Ching and Tuan, at 8 oclock the nextmorning, and saying he would call at that hour. TheMinister, with his secretary, M. Cordes, proceeded at thetime mentioned in their sedan chairs on a mission of realfriendliness, to try to warn China of the peril of the. 82 CHINA AND THE BOXERS. policy which had been entered upon, and at least secureproper escort. They left their German guard behind toexcite no needless animosity. On their way up the mainstreet, perhaps twenty minutes from their legation, a mili-tary officer, with button and feather on his hat, raised hisrifle and aimed directly at the Minister, killing him in-stantly. The secretary was just rising from his seat,when he was shot, but not fatally. He managed to getout of his chair and without further accident, but bleed-ing profusely, wended his way, in a roundabout course,to the American Mission. As soon as he saw a foreigner, he fainted away. Ger-man guards came to carry him to his legation. The newswent quickly from one to the other. The thought of at-tempting a journey to Tientsin was then given up. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE. The mis
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