Letters from Amoy

4 letters from George Wales, Secretary Amoy [Xiamen] Mission Council describing conditions during the Boxer uprising. "...could an effective blow be struck up North without delay I think that would go a very long [to] prevent any trouble of any description here," from letter dated 2nd August. "... t...

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Order number: PCE/FMC Series I, Box 9
Date(s) of creation: Feb 1900 - Sep 1901
Level: File
Format: Archive           

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title Letters from Amoy
scb_date_creation Feb 1900 - Sep 1901
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description 4 letters from George Wales, Secretary Amoy [Xiamen] Mission Council describing conditions during the Boxer uprising. "...could an effective blow be struck up North without delay I think that would go a very long [to] prevent any trouble of any description here," from letter dated 2nd August. "... things went along without a hitch till one morning a house rented by the Japanese as a Buddhist Temple or place of worship was found to have been burned to the ground.... From that moment the behaviour of the Japanese has been monstrous beyond words," from letter dated September 3rd.
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