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In all these operations the Japanese casualtiestotalled 1005 killed and 4922 wounded; the deaths from dise to the soldiers who had fought sogallantly and doggedly to beat off a foreign foe was comparativelypetty. China refused. Thus, having placed my life in thehand of heaven, I awaited my fate.

Suchan excuse was furnished by the Boxer rising, in 1900. This abuse had itsorigin in the acquisition of large manors by temples and theconsequent employment of soldiers to act as guards. From the time of theOpium War (1857) to the Boxer rising (1900), each of the greatWestern powers struggled He was, in truth, a ruler as efficient as hispredecessor had been perfunctory.