Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs (14590389897)

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Title: Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese ..

Year: 1900 (1900s)

Authors: Cleveland, Harold Irwin

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Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing company

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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^ears the Manchus have dealt back daggerthrusts and insults for every kindness showered upon them. It is the general sentiment among white people who have livedamong the Chinese and who claim to understand some little abouttheir motives and their ambitions, that China will never be in asettled condition until this Manchu dynasty has been exterminatedor banished once and for all and the old Chinese line of Emperorsseated on the throne. The great province of Sze Chuan is the headand front of the Tai-ping power, a power that is steadily growingand patiently making for its ultimate object—the overthrow of theline that usurped the throne 250 years ago. The Chinese who stand for a return of the old kings occupy avast stretch of territory covering an area of 90,000 square miles,with its northern boundary extending 250 miles along the Yang-

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