TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS WITH OR CONCERNING CHINA AND KOREA, 1894-1904, TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS STATE PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS EDITED BY WILLIAM WOODVILLE ROCKHILL, Former Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, and Commissioner WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1904. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The present compilation is primarily intended as a continuation of Sir Edward Hertslet's "Treaties, etc., between Great Britain and China; and between China and Foreign Powers," which was published in London in 1896 (2 vols., 8°). In view of the great importance of the industrial and commercial concessions made within the last ten years by China, not only to various Powers, but to divers foreign or mixed companies or corporations, and individuals, it has been thought advisable to include in the present volume the text of the most important of these documents, arranged in chronological order. Part II of the work contains (1) the treaties, conventions, agreements, etc., made with or concerning Korea, and (2) the concessions. or contracts for the building of railways, development of mines, etc., in the same country during the period covered in the first part of the work. The sketch maps showing the boundaries of the territory leased by France at Kuang-chou Wan and that leased by Great Britain at Kowloon, are official; but it has been impossible to obtain the official Russian map giving the boundaries of the territory leased in the Liaotung Peninsula from China in 1898, and of the Neutral Zone north of the same. The map given is a reproduction from the large map of North Eastern China, prepared by Mr. C. H. Waeber, formerly Russian minister to Korea, and is probably correct. The map giving the boundaries of the territory leased by Germany at and around..iao-chou, and by Great Britain at Wei-hai Wei, are also taken from Waeber's map. The official map of Wei-hai Wei, published in 1899 by the Intelligence Bureau of the British War Office, does not show the boundary of the territory leased, and those accessible, published by the German Government, do not show the boundary of the 50-kilometer zone around the Bay of Kiao-chou. The general direction of the lines of railroad in construction, or for which concessions have been granted, may be seen by those interested in the subject on the "Commercial Map of China and Its Dependencies, showing the Areas Owned or Leased by Foreign Powers," issued in London in 1904 by the China League. For the northern railroads and their connections, the reader may consult also Stanford's "Map of the Siberian Railway," issued in London in 1904. In translated documents the transcription of Chinese words has been altered to comply, in a general way, with the method in use in English. The only public documents of any importance which have been omitted from the present compilation, exclusive of Postal Conven I 277637 tions, as not relating to questions of such general interest as would justify their inclusion in the present volume, are the following: (1) Convention between the Imperial Chinese Telegraph Administration; the Great Northern Telegraph Company, of Copenhagen; and Eastern Extension, Australasia and Chinese Telegraph Company. Signed at Shanghai, July 11, 1896. (British and Foreign State Papers, LXXXVIII, 573.) (2) Land Regulations of the British Concession, Hankow, 1874, 1893. Amendment approved, March 17, 1896. (British and Foreign State Papers, LXXXVIII, 203.) (3) Additional Land Regulations for the General Foreign Settlement at Shanghai, June 3, 1899. (See United States Consul-General, Shanghai, to Dept. of State, No. 204, of June 21, 1899.) (4) British Order in Council, providing for the government of the territories adjacent to Hongkong leased under the Convention of June 9, 1898. Balmoral, October 20, 1898. (British and Foreign State Papers, CXI, 1037.) (5) Regulations for the Foreign Settlements at Chinnampo and Mokpo. Seoul, October 16, 1897. (British and Foreign State Papers, CXI, 1177; and Foreign Relations of United States, 1898, 478.) (6) Regulations for the Foreign Settlements at Kunsan, Masampo, and Songchin, Korea. Seoul, June 2, 1899. (British and Foreign State Papers, CXI, 1190.) (7) Land Regulations of the British Concession, Chinkiang. 1872– 1894. (British and Foreign State Papers, LXXXVI, 153.) (S) Land Regulations of the British Municipal Extension, Tientsin, 1898. Approved by the Secretary of State, March 31, 1899. (British and Foreign State Papers. XC. 1004-1021.) (9) Land Regulations and By-Laws of the Settlement of Kulangsu, Amoy. Signed January 10, 1902. Approved by the foreign representatives at Peking and by the Chinese Government. (See U. S. Consul, Amoy, to Dept. of State, No. 8, Feb. 4, 1902.) Since the publication of Sir Edward Hertslet's collection, two works, in the nature of documentary histories of China's recent relations with foreign powers have been published, and may be consulted with profit, although some of the translations in the first work appear faulty: William Frederic Mayers-Treaties between the Empire of China and Foreign Powers, together with Regulations for the conduct of foreign trade, conventions, agreements, regulations, etc., etc., etc. The Peace Protocol of 1901 and the Commercial Treaty of 1902. First edition, 1877, edited by William Frederick Mayers. Fourth and further enlarged edition issued by publishers, 1902. Shanghai, 1902. 1 vol. 8°. Henry Cordier. Histoire des Relations de la Chine avec les Puissances Occidentales, 1860-1902. Paris, 1901-1902. 3 vols. 8°. No. Country. TABLE OF CONTENTS. giving effect to Article III of the Convention of the 24th July, 1886, relative to Burmah and Treaty of Peace between China and Japan....... Additional Convention to the Supplementary Commercial Convention of June 26, 1887, be- Peking, Nov. 8, 1895.. Convention between Japan and China for the Retrocession by Japan to China of the southern portion of the Province of Feng Tien. London, Jan. 15, 1896. Déclaration between Great Britain and France, with regard to the Kingdom of Siam and other matters (Advantages in Yünnan and Szechuen; Territories to the West of the Lower Niger; Commercial Arrangements in Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Agreement between Great Britain and China, modifying the Convention of March 1, 1894, relative to Burmah and Thibet. Convention between the German Empire and China respecting the lease of Kiaochou. Convention between Russia and China for lease to Russia of Port Arthur, Talienwan and the St. Petersburg, May Additional agreement defining boundaries of Convention concerning Kuang-Chou Wan..... Convention between the United Kingdom and China respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Convention between Great Britain and China Agreement between Great Britain and Ger- many defining their mutual policy in China. Negotiations for settlement of the disturbances Agreement between the United Kingdom and Japan relative to China and Korea. 102 121 135 |