[361]. China, No. 6 (1901), No. 135.
[362]. Ibid., No. 176. It may be remembered that Japan had even a stronger reason than Russia to abstain from all the unpleasant questions connected with the missionaries, but it is needless to say that, in her joint action with other Powers in the matter of the official punishment and other questions, she regarded missionaries and other foreigners alike as subjects with certain inviolable rights.
[363]. Dr. Morrison wrote from Peking on March 3: “To render China more willing speedily to sign the convention, M. de Giers has informed Li Hung-chang that Russia will not participate in the demand for the execution of ten provincial officials guilty of inhuman murders of white men, whose death justice demands. Thus the murdered English men, women, and children may be described as England’s contribution toward securing to Russia the advantages derived from this convention.”—The London Times, March 4, 1901, p. 5.
[364]. China, No. 6 (1901), No. 234.
[365]. China, No. 2 (1904), Nos. 28, 29, 42.
[366]. Ibid., Nos. 28, 30. Later confirmed by the Chinese officials. See No. 33.
[367]. China, No. 2 (1904), No. 32.
[368]. Ibid., No. 33.
[369]. Probably ibid., No. 31.
[370]. This telegram has not appeared in the Blue Books.