The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . - ashumane a heart as American civilization has ever THE SERVICES OF GRADUATES IN CHINA, 1900-1901. By Major CHARLES R. /nfanlry. if. S. Army.—United States Military Academy, 1879. THE recrudescence of antagonism to for-eigners in China in the year 1900 becameknown as the Boxer uprising. The promi-nence and leadership of a society of fanaticswhich for manj- years had been in existenceand to which the name Boxer was given intranslation of the Chinese appellation, perhapsnot with entire
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . - ashumane a heart as American civilization has ever THE SERVICES OF GRADUATES IN CHINA, 1900-1901. By Major CHARLES R. /nfanlry. if. S. Army.—United States Military Academy, 1879. THE recrudescence of antagonism to for-eigners in China in the year 1900 becameknown as the Boxer uprising. The promi-nence and leadership of a society of fanaticswhich for manj- years had been in existenceand to which the name Boxer was given intranslation of the Chinese appellation, perhapsnot with entire correctness, brought about thispopular designation. The society is said tohave received the encouragement of the Bud-dhist monks who possessed power and controlover large masses of the populace, and whofeared that the teachings and commercial enter-prise of foreigners would subvert their the Empress Dowager, who, possi-bly in her ignorance, hoped to see the absoluteexclusiveness of the Empire once more restored,secretly gave her influence and assistance to theagitators. The suiTerings of the Chinese peopleat large from famine
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