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advantage adviser affairs Alliance Allies Amoor arrival Britain British capital Chemulpo China Chinese frontier Chinese Government Chinese northern claims Colquhoun command commercial deputy Connexion of India Corean Embassy Corean Government Corean peninsula Corean ports Czar Denny Denny's despatch diplomatic East Eastern Question Ekaterinburg Empire enemy England Envoy expedition fact favour follows foreign harbour honour Hûng independence India influence intrigue Irkutsk Japan Japanese King of Corea Korea Koreyetz Kuldja Lake Khanka land Legation Majesty ment miles Minister Möllendorff Moulmein Muscovite negotiations neighbour Novosti officers Overland Trade Convention Pacific pamphlet parties Patkoi peace Peking Petersburg political Port Hamilton position present province question reader respecting river route Russia and Corea Russo-Corean Saghalien Seoul SHANGHAI Sheveleff Siberian Railway Sir James Fergusson Söul steamer Stretinsk strict neutrality Tientsin Tomsk Tonquin Trans-Siberian Railway Transcaspian Railway Tumen Tumen River Upper Burmah Viceroy Vladivostock Yi Cheh Wun
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Page 58 - that a millstone were hanged about their necks and that they were cast into the sea, than that they should
Page 49 - As regards Korea, it is a country unable to stand by itself, any talk of its ' independence' is waste of words, the relation of China to it is the same as it has always been, and you may be prepared shortly to see events which will make this relation quite clear to all the world.
Page 38 - Monsieur le Comte,—I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the
Page 42 - It is usual, when intestine divisions vex a State, for one or more of those States with whom it is in amity to proffer their mediation to compose the differences that may unhappily have arisen ; and the acceptance of
Page 19 - the game of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds. On the
Page 40 - did not determine to retire from Port Hamilton till they had received a guarantee from the Chinese Government that no part of Corea including Port Hamilton, shall be occupied by any foreign Power.
Page 76 - of the most striking features in the character of the Chinese is the way in which they adapt themselves to circumstances, and the history of our relations with them is full of
Page 49 - are as follows: There is a distinct understanding between China and Russia that any action by the latter in Korea will be regarded by the former as a casus
Page 38 - the acquaintance of one who hates the English as much as I do. I much regret to inform you that the President of your great Republic did not behave courteously towards me, as M.
Page 49 - very far from real Russia. It is alone. Russia and China had better be good friends." ' But when the Trans-Siberian Railway is finished,