[229]. China, No. 1 (1898), No. 104.
[230]. Ibid., No. 114.
[231]. Ibid., No. 120.
[232]. China, No. 1 (1898), No. 138. The Marquess did not refer to a matter of enormous importance, that the proposed railways would connect the immense land and sea forces of Russia, which he emphasized.
[233]. China, No. 1 (1900), Nos. 123 and 133.
[234]. “I cannot say that my efforts were successful.... I was unable to induce his Excellency to modify his views.”—Ibid., Nos. 125 and 132.
[235]. Ibid., No. 126.
[236]. China, No. 1 (1900), No. 129.
[237]. Ibid., No. 138.
[238]. Ibid., Nos. 134, 136, and 137.