THE PEKING LEGATIONS 33 PLAN。 Erplamation of Numbert,sto. 1.Britiah Minister. 15.Mr.Cockburn. 2.Marine Offoers,eto. 16.Mr.Ker. 8.Legation Chspel Mis- 17.American Minister,oto donary Families). 18.Japaneee Minister,eto. 4.Customs'People. 19.Hospital for Infeotious 5.Befugees. Disensee. B.Bell Tower. 20.Theatre (Marines'Mess). 7.Tennis Lawn. 21.8tudenta'Library. 8.Gate House. 22.Refageee,various. 9.Bussian Minister,ote. 28.Befugeee,Chinese. 10.Beo.House (Mincionary 4.TTo-story且oma Befugees,eto.). 25,Northern Stables. 11.Hospital (wounded,oto.). 26.Barial Ground. 12.Southern Btables. 27.Battery and Flagsta 13.Stable Yard House (Mis 28.Bouthern Gate. siomary Befugoes,eto.). 29.Passage to Foo 14.French Minister,eto. 80.Weatern Gate. A.Imperial City Wall. L Canal. B.Carriage Park. M.Legation Btreet. C.Han Lin. N.Dasty Lene. D.Mongol Market. O.Pasago through Foo. E.Bussian Legation. P.Foo Gardens. F.American Legation Q.Foo Bulldings. G.Bpanish Legation. B.Northern Front. 丑Northern Bridge. 8.Western Front. Legatio如 I.Central Bridge. De T.Fastorn Front. 【eoea. J.Chang-an Btreet. U.8 outhern夏ront. 区.Boo-Wang-co
· THE PEKING LEGATIONS "3 PLAN. 1. Britim HlDJder. I. KariDe om.., etc. 8. Leptioa Chapel (KiIIioDarf hDIliea). f. CaatomI' People. 5. BefageeL 6. Bell Tower. 7. Temda LaWD. 8. Gate JIoaIe. 9. BUIIiaD 1IiDJ8ter, etc. 10. Beo. 801118 (Xi .. em...,. BeIugeee, eta.), 11. BMpital (W'08IIdecI, etc.). 12. Souu..a Stabl .. 18. Stable Yard Boue (JIllIIoDarr Ber ...... eta.). U. I'nmoh 1IlDIater, etc. A. Imperial Oltr WalL B. Carriage Part. 0. Baa LiD. D. )[ODpI Karbt. Eo Bu.IaD. Leptioa. 1'. Amen... LepU .. G. SpuiIh Lepticm. B. Northam Bridp. L O8Iltral Bri4p. J. Obaug4ll Sbeet. It. &c.WaDg.Poo. 15. Hr. Oookb1l1'lL 16. Hr. Iter. 17. AmerIaaD KiDiater, eta. 18. Jap1l8l8 KiDlater, eta. 19. BOIpltaJ. for IDfeaUou. DIIe .... 20. Theatre (JIarIDea' Kea). 21. Staoaw' Library. II. Bera .... 't'ariODI. IS. BeIapeI, ChiDeIe. lK. Two-etorr Boue. II. Northem Stabl .. 28. Barial Groaad. 27. Battel'J aDd 1!'laptaft 28. Southam Gata. 29. P.-p to 1'00. BO. WuterD Gate. L. Caaal. II. LeptiOD Street. N. DuIt7 LaDe. O. P..ap through 1'00. P. 1'00 Gardea Q. Poo BuUdiup. B. Northam. ProDt. 8. W.tara ProDt. T. Butera ProDt. U. Southaml'roat
4 "THESE FROM THE LAND OF SINIM" he would eventually be one of the sturdiest supporters of progress and good relations-I therefore augured the best from his appointment to the Yamen.But the demand for the sur- render of thei Taku forts upset this and all other calculatione,and so far-although the Prince is doubtless increasing his education and we have been feeling his hostility-we have not seen him,and his future influence will be a questionable factor. After setting fire to the missionary chapel in the Ha-ta-men Street on the 13th June,the incendiaries continued their work,and destroyed every foreign house they could touch,and every Chinese establishment selling foreign goods or connected with foreigners;of course adjoining buildings caught fire too,and in some districts these conflagrations made a desert of the richest and most populous quarters.In this way the Austrian,Italian,Dutch,and French Legations, the Customs Inspectorate,Postal and College buildings,the extensive Missionary premises in the Hsiao-shun,Teng-shih-k'ou-'rh,Yen-'rh, Erh-tiao,and Jung-Hsien Streets,the Russo- Chinese and Chinese Imperial Banks,Imbeg's Store,and Chinese houses without number were destroyed.Even we ourselves in the various Legations were obliged to burn anything near us in self-defence,and from first to last a fire inside a Legation was what all dreaded most. h:
84 "THESE FROM THE LAND OF SINIM" he would eventually be one of the sturdiest supporters of progress and good relations-I therefore augured the best from his appointment to the Yamen. But the demand for the surrender of the~ Taku forts upset this and all other calculations, and so far-although the Prince is doubtless increasing his education and we have been feeling his hostility-we have not seen him, and his future influence will be a questionable factor. After setting fire to the missionary chapel in the Ha-ta.-men Street on the 13th June, the incendiaries continued their work, and destroyed every foreign house ~ they could touch, and every Chinese establishment selling foreign goods or connected with foreigners; of course adjoining boildings caught fire too, and in some districts these conflagrations made a desert of the richest and most populous quarters. In this way the Austrian, Italian, Dutch, and French Legations, the Customs Inspectorate, Postal and College buildings, the extensive Missionary premises in the Hsiao-shun, Teng-shih.k'ou-'rh, Yen-'rh, Erh-tiao, and J nng-Hsien Streets, the RussoChinese and Chinese Imperial Banks, Imbeg's Store, and Chinese houses without number were destroyed. Even we ourselves in the various Legations were obliged to burn anything near us in self-defence, and from first to last a fire inside a Legation was what all dreaded most. _ ......... ----'14: ......... - _____ ~.-~-
THE PEKING LEGATIONS 25 Every hour was full of incident,but I do not pretend or purpose to chronicle all that hap- pened,and am merely giving a bird's-eye view of the situation to introduce a few remarks on the possibilities and changes the world will now have to face. The Ying-Kuo-Foo,or British Legation,was styled the Liang-Kung-Foo in 1860,and was occupied by the Duke Liang,when selected as a residence for the British Minister.It covers a large piece of ground,some 2000 feet long by 600 broad,and is bounded on the north by the Chinese official departments known as the Carriage Park and Han Lin,on the east by the canal,on the south and west by the Mongol market,Carriage Park,and Chinese dwellings.. On the opposite side of the canal is the Soo- Wang-Foo,or Prince Soo's Palace;south of the Mongol market are the Russian and Ameri- can Legations;and north of the Carriage Park and Han Lin runs the long,straight,and broad Chang-an Street.In addition to the original picturesque Chinese halls modified for and resided in by the British Minister,some dozen buildings have been constructed in foreign style for the Legation staff.When we took refuge in the Legation on the 20th June the Lega- tion staff most obligingly vacated their rooms for refugees or shared their houses with them:separate buildings were assigned to the
THB PBKING LEGATIONS 25 Every hour was full of incident, but I do not pretend or purpose to chronicle all that happened, and am merely giving a bird'a-eye view of the situation to introduoe a few remarks on the possibilities and oha.nges the world will now have to faoe. The Ying-Kuo-Foo, or British Legation, was styled the Liang-Kung-Foo in 1860, and was oocupied by the Duke Liang, when seleoted as a residenoe for the British Minister. It oovers a. large piece of ground, some 2000 feet long by 600 broad, and is bounded on the north by the Chinese official departments known as the Carriage Park and Han Lin, on the east by the canal, on the south and west by the Mongol market, Carriage Park, and Chinese dwellings .. . On the opposite side of the oanal is the SooWang-Foo, or Prince Soo'sPalaoe; south of tho Mongol market are the Russian and Amerioan Legations; and north of the Carria.ge Park and Han Lin runs the long, straight, and broad Chang-an Street. In addition to the original pioturesque Chinese halls modi1ied for and resided in by the British Minister, some dozen buildings have been oonstruoted in foreign style for the Legation staff. When we took refuge in the Legation on the 20th June the Legation staff most obligingly vacated their rooms for refugees or shared their houses with them: separate buildings were assigned to the
36 "THESE FROM THE LAND OF SINIM Amerioan,Frenoh,and Russian Ministers and Customs Inspectorate;rooms were found for the Belgian,Italian,and Japanese Ministers; the Spanish and Dutch Ministers shared other people's quarters;the German Charge remained in his own Legation,and with him was the Austrian Charge also;the Missionary families were given the Legation chapel with the hall opposite,and also two large two-storied build- ings on the south side of the Legation;a miscellaneous crowd-Belgians,Germans, French,Japanese,Norwegian,etc.-ocoupied the students'quarters,and a number of Chinese women and children were packed into a row of buildings along the north wall.Of non-Chinese there must have been some 600 people,while the Chinese Christian refugees and proteoted domestics must have numbered in Legation and Soo-Wang-Foo some 1000 and 2000 respectively. Among the refugees in the Foo were the mother and family of His Exoellency Tching Tchang,formerly Chinese Minister in Paris. All these Chinese behaved very well,and when requisitioned worked admirably.Beeing that they were even more than ourselves the people the Boxers wished to massacre,and were so singled out for their foreign proclivities,it was at once decided to protect them,and they had already flocked in from every part of the city and some even from the country.One lot in
• ' I~"~ rn."" 1fiI~ __ ""~ttiIII_~I!fI!II<n:t\'!i~~IIIIIII~~~IiI\IiiI~IIIII" ""I"~III~mlll - I ~ • " """ f"""" ~ ~,~ ~- ~ • II HU I "U~~ _,",,,,,,,,. ~." I" I I II " .6 "THESE FRON THE UND OF SINIJL" Amerioan, Frenoh, and Russian Ministers and Customs Inspeotorate; rooms were found for the Belgian, Italian, and Japanese Ministers; the Spanish and Dutch Ministers shared other people's quarters i the German Charge remained in his own Legation, and with him was the Austrian Charge also; the Missionary families were given the Legation ohapel with the hall opposite, and also two large two-storied buildings on the south side of the Legation i a. miscellaneous orowd - Belgians, Germans, French, Japanese, Norwegian, etc.--occupied the students' quarters, and a number of Chinese women and ohildren were packed into a. row of buildings along the north waIl. Of non-Chinese there must have been some 600 people, while the Chinese Christian refugees and proteoted domestics must have numbered in Legation and Soo-Wang-Foo some 1000 and 2000 respectively. Among the refugees in the Foo w~re the mother and family of His Excellency Tching Tchang, formerly Chinese Minister in Paris. All these Chinese behaved very well, and when requisitioned worked admirably. Seeing that they were even more than ourselves the people the Boxers wished to massacre, and were so singled out for their foreign proclivities, it was a.t onoe decided to protect them, and they had already flocked in from every part of the oity and some even from the country. One lot in (
THE PEKING LEGATIONS 87 particular was rescued from the Nan-Tang (Southern Cathedral)by a party consisting again of M.and Madame Chamot(nee Macarthy, San Franoisco),Willie Dupree,and others-the same who had brought in the Belgians from Chang-Hsing-Tien.Madame Chamot's gallantry and her husband's pluck and resourcefulness were the admiration of everybody,and the services they rendered us all of every kind cannot be too highly spoken of.Young Dupree, a lad of seventeen,was also a volunteer on several other expeditions,when his courage and knowledge of Chinese were most useful-notably the one that killed some fifty Boxers found massacriug a couple of dozen Christians in a temple off the Wang-ta Street about the 15th June. The refugees speedily shook themselves into shape,and arranged how best to rough it as regards food and sleep.Crowded numbers, limited accommodation,and the absence of everything in the shape of privacy,comfort, and ordinary convenience,were naturally dis- agreeable factors for a Peking summer,but the thought that all were in the same boat and must make the best of it till succour arrived, and hold out at all oosts against a common massaore,inspired each and all with courage, resignation,and sympathy.The ladies had to attend to cooking and domestic work of every
- - THE PEKING LEGATIONS -7 particular was rescued from the Nan-Tang (Southern Cathedral) by a party consisting again of M. and Madame Chamot (nee Macarthy, Ban Francisco), Willie Dupree, and others-the same who had brought in the Belgians from Chang-Baing-Tien. Madame Chamot's gallantry and her husband's pluck and resourcefulness were the admiration of everybody, and the services they rendered us all of every kind cannot be too highly spoken of. Young Dupree, a lad of seventeen, was also a volunteer on several other expeditions, when his courage and knowledge of Chinese were most useful-notably the one that killed some fifty Boxers lound massacring a couple of dozen Christians in a temple oft' the Wang-ta Street about the 15th June. The refugees speedily shook themselves into shape, and arranged how best to rough it as regards lood and sleep. Crowded numbers, limited accommodation, and the absence of everything in the shape of privaoy, comfort, and ordinary oonvenience, were naturally disagreeable faotors for a Peking summer, but the thought that all were in the same boat and must make the best of it till suocour arrived, and hold out at all costs against a common massacre, inspired eaoh and all with COUl&Je, resignation, and sympathy. The ladies had to attend to cooking and domestio work of every