WITH AND CONCERNING

CHINA

1894-1919

A collection of state papers, private agreements, and other
documents, in reference to the rights and obligations
of the Chinese Government in relation to foreign powers,
and in reference to the interrelation of those powers in
respect to China, during the period from the Sino-Japanese
War to the conclusion of the World War of 1914-1919

COMPILED AND EDITED BY

JOHN V. A. MACMURRAY

Counselor of Embassy of the United States, assigned to Tokyo;
lately Secretary of the American Legation at Peking

OF CALIFORNIA

VOLUME IHERR BRANCH

MANCHU PERIOD (1894-1911)

NEW YORK

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
AMERICAN BRANCH: 35 WEST 32ND STREET
LONDON, TORONTO, MELBOURNE, AND BOMBAY
1921

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COPYRIGHT 1921

BY THE

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE

WASHINGTON, D. C

AMBORLIAD TO VINU

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926 MSS Vil.

TO THE MEMORY OF MY FORMER CHIEF

THE LATE

WILLIAM WOODVILLE ROCKHILL

WHOSE WORK THESE VOLUMES ARE

MEANT TO CARRY ON