跨洋過海：由英外務部檔案考察英政府對英教士在四川遇難事件的對應（1923-1924）

1923年8月14日中午，兩名受英國聖公會差派至四川傳教士懷賽德（Richard A. Whiteside，1878-1923）和瓦特（Frederick J. Watt，?-1923）在距離成都北方約80哩，綿州西北方約25哩處的茂縣一帶遭到土匪搶劫並槍殺身亡。這起看似不顯眼的華洋衝突案件由於四川境內局勢動盪與複雜使得中英之間的交涉過程遭遇到更多困難與險阻。本文目的在由《英國外務部中國機密檔案》第371號（Great Britain, Foreign Office, FO Confidential Print, No.371）入手，探討當時英國政府的因應措施與對英國差會及傳教士的態度，以及英方與四川當局交涉時所採行的一些策略。

關鍵字

傳教士；外交史；教會史；中英關係；四川

並列摘要

Two British missionaries, sent by the Church of England, were killed at Maoxian, located eighty miles north of Chengdu and twenty-five miles northwest of Mianzhou. This disturbance in Sichuan province disrupted Sino-British negotiations. This research examines Britain's response to this incident and her attitude toward the Chinese in regard to the security of churches and missionaries, and the strategies used during the negotiations by both the Peking and Sichuan governments.