...of British subjects or of others, any railway concessions to the north of the Great Wall of China, and not to obstruct, directly or indirectly, applications...railway concessions in that region supported by the Russian Government." Russia, on her part, engaged, in similar terms, not to seek any railway concessions...

...of British subjects or of others, any railway concessions to the north of the Great Wall of China, and not to obstruct, directly or indirectly, applications...railway concessions in that region supported by the Russian Government." Russia, on Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had declared...

...or on behalf of Russian subjects or of others, any railway concessions in the basin of the Yangtsze, and not to obstruct, directly or indirectly, applications...that region supported by the British Government." (Brit. and For. State Papers, Vol. XCI, pp. 91-94.) About this time — in November, 1897 — the murder...

...obstruct English applications in the valley of the Yangtse. The two contracting powers declare they have " nowise in view to infringe in any way the sovereign rights of China or existing treaties." Both agree that the Shan-hai-kuan to Newchwang railway must remain a strictly Chinese line.38 After...

...BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND RUSSIA WITH REGARD TO THEIR RESPECTIVE RAILWAY INTERESTS IN CHINA.1 April 28, 1899. Sir C. Scott to Count Mouravieff....rights of China or existing treaties, will not fail to iRockhill, p. 183. communicate to the Chinese Government the present arrangement, which, by averting...

...conspicuous contradiction of the declaration contained in the Yangtze Agreement to the effect that ^' The two Contracting Parties, having nowise in view...the sovereign rights of China or existing treaties," &c. Moreover, it was largely because of the forward character of Russian policy in Manchuria that an...

...or on behalf of Russian subjects or of others, any railway concessions in the basin of the Yangtsze, and not to obstruct, directly or indirectly, applications...that region, supported by the British Government." It is to this Note that the Japanese refer when they seek to account for the silence of Great Britain...

...of British subjects, or of others, any railway concessions to the north of the Great Wall of China, and not to obstruct, directly or indirectly, applications...railway concessions in that region supported by the Russian Government. " (2) Russia, on her part, engages not to seek for her own account, or on behalf...

...of British subjects or of others, any railway concessions to the north of the Great Wall of China, and not to obstruct, directly or indirectly, applications...railway concessions in that region supported by the Russian Government. 2. Russia, on her part, engages not to seek for her own account, or on behalf of...

...mutandis, with regard to railway concessions north of the Great Wall. Both parties declared that they had "nowise in view to infringe in any way the sovereign rights of China or existing treaties." In this transaction the British government virtually bargained in defense of a right such as it had...