[69] The Decree is given at the end of this chapter.
[70] The victim was British, not French—viz., the Rev. Mr. Brooks, killed on 31st December, 1899, just after Yu Hsien’s removal had been arranged.
[71] Between January and June the entries are of no particular interest.
[72] The Supreme Deity of the Taoists and tutelary spirit of the Boxers.
[73] A nickname of An Te-hai, vide supra, [p. 90 et seq.]
[74] The Chancellor of the Japanese Legation, Mr. Sugiyama.
[75] This was a forgery.
[76] A quotation from the “Book of Odes.”
[77] This man’s subsequent arrest and execution are described in a Censorate memorial at the end of this chapter.
[78] Mr. (later Sir Harry) Parkes.