Excerpt from Treaties and Agreements With and Concerning China, 1894-1919, Vol. 1: A Collection of State Papers, Private Agreements, and Other Documents, in Reference to the Rights and Obligations of the Chinese Government in Relation to Foreign Powers; Manchu Period (1894-1911) The present compilation of documents relating to the affairs of China, as involving foreign interests, during the period beginning with the sino-japanese War of 1894 - 95, is an outgrowth of the collection edited by the late Mr. William Woodville Rockhill under the title Treaties and Conventions with or concern ing China and Korea, 1894-1904, together with various State Papers and Docu ments affecting Foreign Interests (washington: Government Printing Office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.