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Rh Point 9, at sixty-five feet from the southeast corner of the wall of the Imperial City.

From there the boundary runs due east for a distance of three thousand and ten feet to

Point 10, on the west side of Ketteler Strasse and at three hundred feet from the angle of intersection of Ketteler Strasse and the Viale Italia.

From this point the boundary runs nearly due south along the west side of Ketteler Strasse to

Point 11, northwest corner of the archway of the Hatamen, on the south wall of the Tartar City.

From there the boundary runs along the wall and includes the west ramp of the Hatamen to

Point 12, on the wall at one hundred feet to the west of the superstructure of the Hatamen.

From 12 the boundary follows the southern face of the wall including the bastions, as shown in the plan, until it meets  1.

The points of the plan of which the bearings have been taken are the following:

A. Point at one hundred and seven feet from the superstructure of the Chien-Men, measured to the east along the north edge of the crest of the wall of the Tartar City.

B. Point on top of the north edge of the wall of the Tartar City, exactly above the middle of the canal for the drainage of water.

C. Northwest corner of the superstructure of the Hatamen.

In all the provinces bandits called for followers and established anti-foreign societies. Various edicts were issued formally forbidding this. We repeated this many times, but, nevertheless, in late years there have been in all the Shan-tung districts sects under the name of Ta-tao-huei (Great Knives Society) and I-ho-chuan (Boxers), which spread everywhere, with the object of willful murder and theft. Little by little they reached the Chili-li territory and suddenly entered the capital, where they set fire to the foreign establishments and attacked the Legations. Crimes were thus committed against neighboring countries, and offenses against the general interest. For not having assured protection we have incurred heavy responsibilities.

You, people, who in ordinary times nourish yourselves and live from the products of this land, and who have all been loaded with the Empire's favors—you have, however, dared to incite to fight, to teach methods for casting spells, and to devote themselves to