Identifier: massacresofchris00clev (find matches)
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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Prince Kung, China
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ish expedition through Yunnan, and the ex-action by England of an indemnity of $250,000 for this single life. DISASTROUS WAR OF BLACK FLAGS. Then the French advance into Cochin China resulted in thedisastrous war of Black Flags and the treacherous bombardmentand destruction of the Chinese fleet by the French Admiral Courbetin the river Min. Having requested and been allowed to pass theforts and occupy the Chinese naval anchorage, on the plea that itwas unsafe for his fleet outside, he drew up alongside the Chinesefleet and, absolutely without warning, opened fire upon it and liter-ally blew it out of the water. The Japanese war had even less reason to justify it. Chinahad scrupulously complied with the terms of her treaty. But Japanwith a serious rebellion on her hands, needed something to divertthe attention of her people from the troubles at home, and an op-portunity to try out her new army. The results are known to all.China lost her ancient dependency of Corea, Japan received For-
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PRINCE KUNG, CHINA

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