| Show It oe f ll OIN hF oa 8 O yN 11 ht N 0 Qa g Q IA IN NI R 1 Ia 1 1 NN a MI R h eN N M F i Wb H Assisted dC bi 1 hl 8 0 8 to I ye i aw by the 1 rH admitted awn ve I hn that tb the one onen IT tat the Chin go gom n is above reproach nl 1 nl m that or of th the Im Imperial I that ha r Sir nartI 11 I sec Ir hH Lr n II in uth at atla It ItI I II ii he the oDI Oily lorer with withIn i I wig of Peking at th It all r la In th Ih d to tc outsiders who seta given wa 1 tM l tO 10 escape and aid It en an with lilt h bl ble whole II for him h 11 It t chance th the Il e too ro fu rl d by y hi his and fellow Illow 1 The rai ard which thou fw for tor Ida him end In nj th Iii latitude they deel w wIn bIa t shots b bat ha batth a ath LiI tIIA hl In rut r lOr It Chins ChinA cD can is th ti h are lacking to In Inan thi hi amt an th h soot Ir of his hili career caner II oily in III Other of how bow IO II rInd and Wail wu Coon oon to snake make them of oC oCI I the error 0 of their ways The fret arti artiel rU I el In the creed was wa waI I that their ruler and th the sol man mall and ami IOn or of WU tar Car to 10 ny other lOel that ev ever r Cal st on OD A throng Now the had an n Idea that their beloved queen I waa all an Improvement on oa thu IOU eon of and they th determined to make the fhe Celestial t least leut her equality It l more This was it at tile the of et the th fa Ca moue though It NU 17 I ot 1 the toWI to tI tb opium ot of I their empl ChIDa a and had bad tta orI la in that bat benal in ID the theor th bps wi or of world Its to U the rane caUN of the It t lIt once anc of tb the Chin Chinese to CO Ike of 3 i M e et t l f 4 I Id r I d a j T TI Tf I r a f I vita 1 1 h forte forti stormed by the allied l and French forces CorcH so 10 late as The sad aad Fn English ll h were con contending tending for lor or of representation with the Imperial government O and a dl rest approach to tile the throne for their only Intercourse with It had hitherto been through the rov governors In the etarl early Warmer er of the treaties tU of tain were June It 11 between bet evil hl t and aad between be beI I tween China aid aad I tae ne United States with Oust ot Britain and nth with France FranN The Unit United had no n a t ty with China July uly 1 1149 its Ita representative ea Cushing bu but bad joined with the other othet pow Q In that ministers should re Ide at t Peking This was conceded butt when In till they undertook t to Proceed to the capital all tort sorie of lm Im were placed plad In their The American 1 did In getting to 10 but had to mak I ow ny In the rude d carts of the co i tr 11 springs and when b ho mr 1 i rived there au refused an opportunity to present h his credentials un unless h he would perform the humiliating go gotow 0 tow low which In knocking him 1111 towhead d OD oan the door before the rn m pt J This nIl of et he h refused to todo todo do and aD retreated to till the rout I In tho attempt to reopen open negotiations 28 26 of the party part were taken by a Chinese general and tub sub to such torture that 13 11 of them I died of their injuries One of the cur lotI w warn the late Lord Lard Inca who died deed Ii a few so 0 In for this infraction of the treat treaty the allied French and h forces force Marched upon Peking in Ute the autumn of UIO 60 tt er taking the tit tort Its hi the rest rear and nd baited th tb the wally 1 of tM ties eu u mild tor tat t f I W y y r r u 1 1 1 I I td the countrY hu has been to lo for or Its i to td Taira I v at 1111 of oC the fate Cate Ica a nation which sets t Itself u 0 cd r t the Im progress of onward Inward with f compel compelling tin n Ii y b bl n a beneficent delt deity or a Jug r r taking alan along with It and I h t who accept It its teachings r I 1 those who ho leek ask t to It Iti iti i I II I ih he weight of oC pro Ert Er j iv precedence nd nce through it its an y a as a 1 nation with dynastic iI b A back nearly Ilna has ever r stood In the path paths s I r f t I n Mocking the road read and j n il t Aund aside Viewed In the ant c t r hl r there can cau be tut Lut on one HL an Ahir d for tor sueh a nation for tor torl forIt It l It ore IlIe arrayed the combined com billed If physical forces of the I It must obe obey the mandate or III an i n r straggle for w au auna wray na ray y Th world not lIot tolerate r Ii n II a r ti i 1 aunt to the universal d that 11 who ho I Is not DOt with ua tae is II r 1 I tt II U an active par parn 1 n to In that make for Ike G I I I At t th ch ran yield 1 It M Igl n II of her people shroud abroad r f I ant and ot of a t i dwelt by II hers for forIs 1 I Is r r rears Inra before the outsider J d th the she lib bad t I hr h r At list lut u the mat great mate e I Khall the theand hn and the to r red n A I Ih h 1 tt naive n lve About the mid iii dI lid century a d r f l r III went nt te le the aid of oC the t I fAt t th the Tartars and ind d I I n I I Y muc h to hi his re n away a ey our arter Ut tare utter latter iced I r t I bd r mn man was waa tb the famous Kublal 1 R L tl t II led out the effete is Da r and brought It to III an 1 c i himself u emperor dH ut the year yar 1210 firmly ix H OM Much lIuch hi nine J years later i KII slay lay be called rl tirl r who ca came to lII rescue ue 1 ry fr rh I I the II depths ot o f ignorance t 1 1111 L h t WU pledged lub d She Ibe I n tot I lN sUed re to be sure Ure u H I I haL ec cc bracers face we went on I 0 III Ii Whether bl his 1 h coming t I r or not I Is open two to n 11 In It Ir would seem that this h In Ih Iha wall Of 10 I t th to her Iter eventual I nn l tion r with him r I some IOme wise 11 1 t I Isla Iii and having vl invited to o That traveler and I In Lure nJ Polo Iulo Khan Itt act I t I tI the task taRk of oC Teo rg t as lr If I extended Chinese riot j hero hire abd d et 4 and also extended the or of n rl I rl Me P knowledge I and astronomers who tm III IIi uRh t u r reef tl I ted eel a tower for 01 tile the In n d r the Ie tara set let up rf r 1 ire r may tae bI Seen lien on OD the walls t h s r and the rL h i Chi CAI t I than the rudiment of I I II I II already possessed I I ii s 11 i aWl away is Ia 11 sad d his he I I s a ire 11 then thell a the ISH I ruh ra Who r nearly 1 rc nl Ih di i lOt yeas ears the they i 1 th Ih slings dl did for tor I h 1 their 0 own until the UIe I Invaded the country and sent them after aCter Ih the rut rest The took look possession of Po Pe Pekin Poking kin king and proclaimed u emperor Shun Ibl the youthful eon on of oC their own kin king who sae Iii educated by II a Adam This man wu was another foreigner who had bid a t once erace over the Chinese for tor he be WI pr prat pres ideal at of the tb mathematical board and became in fact laet prime minister Thirty later In ID 1814 1111 some Jesuit om omen came out u missionaries from Crom Truce and aDd Louis XIV sent lent with them U a lift gift to the emperor Ia large and I III II Under UDder the of 01 u the chief I i Father the iii Chi bt hose their W wel I known Jetton PO powell of that tb p D the group Of id ut with theft dragon 7 V I I r z SKi I tj OTT Fl sOH s li I I II II II I 1 a Ile i I I is II i t 1 G Ic 1 4 VI l h A 2 t t I t I r I I II rr 4 YI I I i w now in IA the tb observatory TIt These at aid to be among the worlds finest in bro bronil b This nil seems to sea been about the tbt limit of their labors labora for tor the coming of 0 tb the did not bride with It u tray attainments In dence or 01 general knowledge During Durin the second of their reign however China Chin became becam the greatest country on OD tile t e globe lobe by extending II its power over U the larger portion of central Asia Alii This success of the against other people of their kind made them arrogant and pe gave them the impression which they ut have held up to no now tb that f Ue they chose bOlt the they could become worl and that all U other nations were dr vastly vuU In terror to thin theM In of every sort This ides WU wan so 10 find Axed In their Tartar brains that it bu II never nver been eradicate tho though within the put a 10 pars IrI or se 10 It au several The shook or of the century was u administered to them In the first Int war with which began SO 10 years ago aco Tb here ere waling other nations should corns corne to trade with them tb but only enl dada the most mOlt op restrictions which finally be becam became came cam unbearable The They had liaa built cen n tulle before the t Chinese wall Vall Which shut them In on III the north the OraM canal which w was completed S years yearl ago answered all the purposes of their internal cam were la In connection with their river system and they w were perfectly content to dwell within and ad trade de with themselves elv But Gnat at Britain lead bad a Mia sod Ii pickle eI for the put r tile the allied torce the summer ummer patios of at the thelie em lie sad existed reparation lit the ships 1 of r a large indemnity I It was during the second bombard toC of the Taku torts forti to In June Jua 1999 M I tatt commodore Tat Tal I Inal nal his hi heroic herol test teal of tow Iq boats boat under lire ire opt ot of 1 ran ot of the Ihl Chinese guns PIlI with the u plU plat oUen that blood is thicker than an water an II art act which greatly Uy incensed the Chinese The Th force Corce that upon faking was 11 ani only sta but tb e It encountered g nat hm from the Chinese Chin tn ha accomplishing whit what Admiral sad bd Captain so 10 to do t this year tI r In a similar tar attempt to retch the capital of China Chili They Th lito show showed td ed the Chin Chinese that their wallet walled city w was not u add they taught them to respect their treat treaty ob obligations for tor the Ibe treaty of lass waa finally the same atomise UC at tarn and lId the government brought to te tens during this the country wM rest t WIth Internecine wan The a lead Well bees weakened by Ute lice war with Inland and a le 10 hid eta loee MH I seised the opportunity to start tarl the Tai Tal pin ping rebellion which eventually wept swept the land with fire Are and lId word sword It con continued for tor years and nd tt it ar though the government was waa on the eve of disintegration when Ia Its savior ap append p pend III bbl th the person of oC a selta HUI Ward Finding himself stranded In a Chinese port hI he made mad u compact with a provincial governor to lead u tone rOII against nt the rebe rebels hb tee rev ard bl being a certain sum lum of ey and the loot at atthe f the towns town his hll motive moth h he I WItS was tb the first foreigner who ho showed the Chin their c In fact who taught taht them hoW to tl fight lIbI lie soon lOOn be became came aarne all butt I carried tort after fort fot and towns and cit lee Ie breaking the bark back of oC the great r re hellion so effectually that those thol wh came after him were wre enabled to cup up upP P press It a and lid Ia save ve tit the empire Ward wu was rewarded by being made mad a and might lIa have held office for years year but he wu vu thought by the Chin Chinese to posses a charmed ex he was a finally killed b by a sliver lIver bullet and M his hll ever ver victorious arm army passed to the command ot o General Charles Charlet Gordon who h had been engaged In the expedition to 10 Peking T Taking the splendid material ready at atI I hand which had bad Mil been licked into lato Shape ha b by Ward and Forrester all r Americans Americana Gordon JonSon began that career of conquest and INId glory which made blade his name famous ever at after ter and brought him rich rewards In I Hon with the great viceroy Id 11 lIun flung Chang who ho now In his bla old ago is II again called prominently before tit the world to II connection with the latest 0 Chinese out outbreak break It Gordon succeeded in ID extinguish al I fig the rebellion within with two years I Th The foreigner who had served ed the Chinese government longest and Ind mot most I faithfully passing more titan than 40 10 yen year I of ef bl his life lICe In that Ice wu warn Sir lr Robert Hart who hu seta u among amonI tho those be be beleaguered I In Peking at the height of at Ue He went to tl China I when III he woo i Mean tan old U as student In interpreter j In the consular lien ii P III i d 6 rr I UJ AT HIS OFfICE IN l lv lI t v t I MEN WHO HAVE HELPED TO OHINA S ot were absolutely tight t bill billu u to the Im Impo of tribute upon POI tilt the merchant and the p that all 11 foreigners is ID China wIre were inferior beings subject to their caprices the they w were wrong But whatever the thC C cause the opium wr war wu was begun berull after t preliminary diplomatic struggle In which th the ad advantage vantage rested te with th the Chinese Can CaD Canton ton wu was bombarded bombard junks were sunk and ad aimed sad for lor year the Chili Chinese were subjected to a process of ra rat t trop which astonished u well U an aD angered them The They had dot lilt felt before tM the might of a gnat power u AI their batt battles had bad been fought with Ith peoples aimed and to be brought to tl their k knees In this mary malT fashion was new In III their experience Having found that a Would not succeed with the Chinese the h prosecuted ed th the war r vigorously They thel captured Cantos Canton NI and Shanghai and at atthe t the last named place took cannon mn many of f them sew sad Dd with Uon tion I In Chi reading Tamer nd and uMu of oC the t e A treaty of peace wan forced In 1142 00 but bitt was Is sod by bJ the Chinese so 10 that desultory warfare went on for many ar years ere being bombarded again and 4 the Taint lee Joined the Chi Chinese customs tOlU as deputy deput is III 1219 1118 and Dd wu was appointed In fa 1 1121 1 Inspector general of customs which post he be lad bad held ever aver Jt It was b by Ute the ut treaty ot of 1161 1159 that test the customs system Item w was adopted which now In all n the ports of China Chin and nd over or which he had trolling a small army ot of cong ClU ot of some torel foreigners ahdor and 5 or 1000 natives Sir Str Robert wu was a conspicuous lion ot of the fact that probity and aDd integ are sometimes held beld in III esteem even ven by the Chinese Cht government and bl his tale case proves that such qualities tan can be W lams are re appreciated by such uch u Ut as not benefited b by the syl which It baa bu been bee the custom of oC the mandarins to edict for tor their own enrichment H He had bad Wen the meant means of lavin saving many millions to tot the t e government and nd consequently hi his home hom and headquarters In I Peking were wre plat palatial with retinue ot of ern and to do bl his bidding and all tilt the outward luxury of oC a native nathe prince UI the Immense riches which he mu ut have hav he be at t last lut account was working with u gust a devotion a he be had ever shown A close friend of billa his is Ut the Arleu Rev Bev Dr W A I 1 Martin rU al i iwho I who hud hid been een In China 60 50 yeats et and 1118 for Minster need flood In the treaty trealY negotiation of oC 1151 Aside Alde Ir m mIhi 1111 nark Irk u a missionary Dr Martin arUn has ba i n 0 invaluable to China In his hll ca parity nil as a an educator having been pro ut of law In the Ibe Tong q Weng rol college and w when n the Imperial university at Peking was established hed h he becam Its Jt II might seem ta in to mention one olle only ot or the who have given ten their lives to 10 dace tall 1 not DOt allo allow an any la this direction fA In the names Ramn ot of leaM t thIS lid have been beell proms In Incent re recent cent t history one appears II of 0 f worldwide t tam Re He 11 was Anon JIu II Who utU appointed led by br rH dent minister to Chin sad Od who in 1857 became Hearn envoy from Crom that nation to 0 all for 01 th lb e purpose dt framing tU trestles of amity m It ItJI As JI an American minister had been n th Lb e Ant In this century to reach 1111 Peking n and hd conclude 1 n treaty with China Chinn without with 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