[420]. China, No. 2 (1904), p. 38, already quoted in p. 225, above.
[421]. Ibid., No. 53 (Lamsdorff’s statement to Scott, on April 23).
[422]. Ibid., No. 55 (April 15).
[423]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 52 (Lansdowne to Scott, April 30). This conversation had ensued from M. de Staal’s visit to Lord Lansdowne, the purpose of which was, on the part of the Russian Ambassador, to explain to the British Foreign Minister the unreasonableness of the popular allegation that Russia had, in concluding the Agreement of April 8, surrendered to the diplomatic pressure exerted by Great Britain.
[424]. Russia, No. 2 (1904), p. 6. Already quoted in p. 98, above.
[425]. Cf. the last clause of Article 3.
[426]. China, No. 5 (1901), No. 23.
[427]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 63, September 9, 1902 (Hosie to Satow).
[428]. Telegraph from Miandonha [?], May 18, 1904. In the Evening Post of a few days later.
[429]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 65, inclosure 2.