[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
269
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
C.O.
42997
[October 3.]
SECTION 6. 24 NOV 08
[34269]
No. 1.
Sir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received October 3.)
(No. 72. Confidential.) (Telegraphic.) P.
MANCHURIAN telegraphs.
Tokió, October 3, 1908.
The Telegraph Agreement regarding the submarine telegraph cable between Kwantung Province and Chefoo and the Japanese telegraph lines in Manchuria is to be signed on the 5th October, and Mr. Dresing, Telegraph Commissioner for China, has been kind enough to hand me a copy.
By means of this Agreement, which consists of eight Articles, it is hoped to make a foundation for the settlement of all telegraph questions still outstanding between Japan and China. The main Agreement will take effect from the date of concluding a detailed Agreement with regard to the submarine cable and telegraph lines referred to above, and Mr. Dresing states that there ought to be no difficulty with regard to the negotiation of these two detailed Agreements.
The most important points of this main Agreement are---
(a.) By Article 2 Japan agrees, on payment by China of 50,000 yen, to hand over to the latter all Japanese telegraph lines in Manchuria which are outside of the railway territory;
(b.) Under Article 3 the Chinese Government undertakes to place for fifteen years, at the exclusive disposal of the Japanese Government, one or two special wires from six specified Treaty ports to the Japanese railway territory, these Treaty ports being situated close to the said territory; and
(c.) Article 7 stipulates that the Japanese Government will pay annually to the Chinese Government a royalty of 3,000 yen in respect of all messages transmitted over the telegraph lines in Manchuria belonging to Japan.
(Repeated to Peking.)
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No. 2.
Sir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received October 3.)
(No. 73. Very Confidential.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
FOLLOWING repeated to Peking:-
Manchurian telegraphs.
Tokió, October 3, 1908.
"With reference to my immediately preceding telegram (No. 72 of to-day), the Chinese Commissioners will, after the signing of the main Agreement on the 5th instant, telegraph to the Chinese Government requesting that the Russian Minister in Peking be informed of the conclusion of the Agreement in order that he may withdraw the notice of cancellation of the Agreement between Russia and China, otherwise the Agreement will cease to have effect as from the 1st November.
"In the Russo-Chinese Agreement there is a secret Article (No. 9) whereby Russia agrees that, in the event of the assimilation of the railways in North and South Manchuria, only strictly service messages shall be transmitted over the Russo-Japanese telegraph lines. It is therefore imperative, in the interests of the British cable route to the Far East, that the cancellation of the Russo-Chinese Agreement should be withdrawn. Please see inclosure in your despatch No. 4 of the 9th January on this point."
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
269
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
C.0.
42997
[October 3.]
SECTION 6. 24 NOV 08
[34269]
No. 1.
Sir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received October 3.)
(No. 72. Confidential.) (Telegraphic.) P.
MANCHURIAN telegraphs.
Tokió, October 3, 1908.
The Telegraph Agreement regarding the submarine telegraph cable between Kwantung Province and Chefoo and the Japanese telegraph lines in Manchuria is to be signed on the 5th October, and Mr. Dresing, Telegraph Commissioner for China, has been kind enough to hand me a copy.
By means of this Agreement, which consists of eight Articles, it is hoped to make a foundation for the settlement of all telegraph questions still outstanding between Japan and China. The main Agreement will take effect from the date of concluding a detailed Agreement with regard to the submarine cable and telegraph lines referred to above, and Mr. Dresing states that there ought to be no difficulty with regard to the negotiation of these two detailed Agreements.
The most important points of this main Agreement are---
(a.) By Article 2 Japan agrees, on payment by China of 50,000 yen, to hand over to the latter all Japanese telegraph lines in Manchuria which are outside of the railway territory;
(b.) Under Article 3 the Chinese Government undertakes to place for fifteen years, at the exclusive disposal of the Japanese Government, one or two special wires from six specified Treaty ports to the Japanese railway territory, these Treaty ports being situated close to the said territory; and
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(c.) Article 7 stipulates that the Japanese Government will pay annually to the
which may Chinese Government a royalty of 3,000 yen in respect of all messages transmitted over the telegraph lines in Manchuria belonging to Japan.
(Repeated to Peking.)
[34270]
No. 2.
Sir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received October 3.)
(No. 73. Very Confidential.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
FOLLOWING repeated to Peking:-
C
Manchurian telegraphs.
Tokió, October 3, 1908.
"With reference to my immediately preceding telegram (No. 72 of to-day), the Chinese Commissioners will, after the signing of the main Agreement on the 5th instant, telegraph to the Chinese Government requesting that the Russian Minister in Peking be informed of the conclusion of the Agreement in order that he may withdraw the notice of cancellation of the Agreement between Russia and China, otherwise the Agreement will cease to have effect as from the 1st November.
"In the Russo-Chinese Agreement there is a secret Article (No. 9) whereby Russia agrees that, in the event of the assimilation of the railways in North and South Manchuria, only strictly service messages shall be transmitted over the Russo- Japanese telegraph lines. It is therefore imperative, in the interests of the British cable route to the Far East, that the cancellation of the Russo-Chinese Agreement should be withdrawn. Please see inclosure in your despatch No. 4 of the 9th January on this point."
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