memorandum upon official intercourse by mr. c. arendt. With reference to the form of correspondence between Chinese and foreign officials of unequal rank it is my opinion: 1. That the…
No. 135. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Pelting, November 25, 1879. (Received January 7, 1880.) No. 512.] Sir: I have the honor to hand to…
[Appendix to inclosure 8 in No. 510.] Letter of the Chamber’s London Committee to Lord Derby, on the Chefoo convention, dated London, November 12, 1877. [Extract.] shanghai general chamber of…
[Inclosure 8 in No. 510.] Letter from the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to the doyen of the diplomatic body at Peking on the subject of treaty revision. Shanghai General Chamber…
[Inclosure 7 in No. 510.] Propositions submitted by the German minister. According to article 24 of the German-Chinese treaty of 1861, there can be no doubt that merchandise, on which…
[Inclosure 5 in No. 510.] Introductory dispatch to the Tsung-li Yamên on the conferences of the foreign representatives. Peking, November 8, 1879. The undersigned have the honor to inform the…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 510.] Identic note to the Chinese Foreign Office, transmitting the foregoing statement of grievances. Peking, December 10, 1879. By the note which the undersigned had the…
[Inclosure 2 in No. 510.] Protocol on inland taxation. The representatives of foreign powers here assembled for the purpose of considering the relief of foreign trade with China from undue…
No. 134. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Peking, November 21, 1879. (Received January 7.) No. 510.] Sir: Recurring to my dispatches numbers 482 and 499,…
[Inclosure 5 in No. 505.] joint note of the foreign representatives to the tsung-li yamên. Peking, November 10, 1879. The undersigned, comprising all the representatives of foreign powers now in…