[457]. Ibid., No. 122.
[458]. Ibid., No. 130, inclosure (May 4).
[459]. Ibid.
[460]. Ibid., No. 137, inclosure (Consul Fulford at Niu-chwang, May 19).
[461]. Ibid., No. 156 (Satow to Lansdowne, September 10).
[462]. The author has been informed from a reliable source that the Chargé’s note containing those demands was dated April 5, 1903.
[463]. Again the revelation must have emanated from the Chinese official circle. M. Lessar is said to have, about June 4, bitterly complained at the Peking Foreign Office of their breach of faith, and requested that there should be appointed two special Chinese negotiators, who should be entirely responsible for the secrecy of the matter.
[464]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 81 (Townley to Lansdowne, April 24).
[465]. Ibid., No. 127.
[466]. Ibid., No. 94. Also see Nos. 77, 78, 81, 82, 86.