of the Agreement between
Great Britain & China,
signed at
Chefoo
*
on the 13th of Sept. 1876, and
under clause of the
Additional Article to
that Agreement signed in
London on the 18th of July last,
I have to inform you
that the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs
Office or Individual..
Reign office
Date.
1886 it Mar
Cast previous Paper.
34
Hong Kong
No 4620
(Subject.)
Additional Article to Chefoo Agreement
Chinese Govt do not propose to
put into operation
until the Commissioner
has, on the recommendation
of Her Mr Chargé d'Affaires
at Peking, approved the
selection
of
M. Byron Brenan, H. M. Consul at
Tientsin
as
Member of
the Consular
of that Commission
sequent Paper. 4797
(Minutes.)
3. Branstur
I thought the corresp. in 3673
amounted to an understanding with the
Chinese that the Additional
Article should be put into force at once,
but apparently the Chinese only intended
that clause 9
should take effect at once -
and the wily oriental means
to cling to the letter
of clause 6 of
The Article
(see text thereof in pp. 14-16 of China
5 (1885) [C-4448-1885]) which provides that it shall only
"come into operation,
"when the ratifications have been exchanged.
The F.O. Express
no opinion
as to this apparent want of
good faith. I
? Reply that under these circumstances