Excerpt from The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China Foreign ministers, and the Court still remains at Hsian, nor is it definitely known whether it will even yet return, although the. Bulk of the Foreign troops have been withdrawn. Latterly the Powers contented themselves with exacting a big indemnity, some of the claims being most extravagant. The Chinese Commissioners willingly agreed to all the demands, although it is pro bable that when the question of payment comes up matters will not go quite so smoothly. In the meantime the money is to be raised by loan, each power guaran teeing its own share, a plan which seems worthy of China. Although present indications of any permanent good to either Foreigners or Chinese being the out come of the present complications are not promising, it is to be hoped that the ultimate result will be the awakening of China, and the bringing of its out-of-date customs and methods in line with the requirements of modern civilisation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.