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[b]The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[/b]
[i]An Announcement from the Foreign Office[/i][/centre]

The United Kingdom can not stand back as its own people, foreign citizens, and Chinese Christians alike are under threat of persecution from a vile band of warriors, who as we speak are seeking to commit mass killings - the brutality of which is unspeakable. They aim nothing less than to overturn the civilised ways that have defined the Chinese people for millennia, and bring about a reign of terror in its stead.

Therefore, Her Majesty's Government can confirm that it is their full intention to accept the offer of the Russian Tsar in forming an international task-force in regards to the rebellion that plagues the Chinese Empire. We sincerely believe that this is nothing short of a most honourable endeavour in order to avoid the bloody horrors of the villainous Boxer rebels, and to maintain the virtues of peace and harmony for foreigners and Chinese alike.

- Viscount Cranborne, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs