[332]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 5 (January 4).
[333]. The Tartar General Tsêng-chi was degraded for this offense, but Russia succeeded in reinstating him.—The Times, February 20, 1901, p. 5.
[334]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 8.
[335]. Ibid., No. 13 (February 13).
[336]. The opinion of the German Government was that China “should not conclude with any Power individual treaties of a territorial or financial character before they can estimate their obligations toward all the Powers as a whole, and before the compliance with such obligations is accepted.”—Ibid., Nos. 12, 13.
[337]. Ibid., No. 19 (February 19).
What action the remaining Powers took is not shown in the Blue Books. Austria-Hungary and Italy are said to have also protested.
[338]. China, No. 2 (1901).
[339]. China, No. 2 (1901).
[340]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 6.