China: Travels and Investigations in the "Middle Kingdom"--a Study of Its Civilization and Possibilities, Together with an Account of the Boxer War, the Relief of the Legations, and the Re-establishment of Peace |
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Page 414 - States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly Powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire," He was successful in obtaining the assent of the other Powers to the policy thus announced.
Page 88 - It is not within the scope of this book to give a detailed account of the military and naval operations of this war.
Page 416 - Japan, in the discharge of an official mission, was killed by regulars at the gates of the city. At Peking and in several provinces foreigners were murdered, tortured, or attacked by Boxers and regular troops, and only owed their safety to their determined resistance. Their establishments were pillaged and destroyed. 4. Foreign cemeteries...
Page 327 - ... of letters, on stepping from his door, raises his eyes to the stars, and is unable to tell what they are, is not this enough to make him blush? Even if no schools were established, the educated ought to apply themselves to such studies, how much more so when a goal is proposed for them to aim at ? As to the allegation that it is a shame to learn from the people of the West, this is the absurdest charge of all. For. under the whole heaven, the deepest disgrace is that of being content to lag in...
Page 417 - Erection on the place where the murder was committed of a commemorative monument suitable to the rank of the deceased, bearing an inscription in the Latin, German, and Chinese languages, expressing the regrets of the Emperor of China for the murder.