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 .. . cution and on the payment of an indem-nity. The terms were accepted, although themore experienced of the rebels warned theircomrades that they would not be compliedwith. On the 15th of January, 1873, TuWensiu, the original of the mythical SultanSuliman, the fame of whose power filled theworld, and who had been an object of thesolicitude of the Indian government, acceptedthe decisi
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 .. . cution and on the payment of an indem-nity. The terms were accepted, although themore experienced of the rebels warned theircomrades that they would not be compliedwith. On the 15th of January, 1873, TuWensiu, the original of the mythical SultanSuliman, the fame of whose power filled theworld, and who had been an object of thesolicitude of the Indian government, acceptedthe decision of his craven followers as express-ing the will of Heaven, and gave himself upfor execution. Rode in State to His attired himself in his best and choicestgarments, and seated himself in the yellowpalanquin which he had adopted as one ofthe few marks of royal state that his oppor-tunities allowed him to secure. Accom-panied by the men who had negotiated thesurrender, he drove through the streets re-ceiving for the last time the homage of hispeople, and out beyond the gates to YangYukos camp. Those who saw the cortegemarvelled at the calm indifference of thefallen despot. He seemed to have as little.
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