and Count Goluchowski of this communication, and was authorized to state that the Austro-Hungarian Government had heard with pleasure that Great Britain had come to this understanding with Germany, and accepted willingly the principles recorded in the Agreement which had been signed by your Lordship and the German Ambassador in London. The Marquess of Salisbury. I have, &c., F. R. PLUNKETT. No. 7.-Mr. Whitehead to the Marquess of Salisbury.-(Substance received by telegraph, October 30.) MY LORD, Tokió, October 30, 1900. On the receipt of your Lordship's telegram of the 20th instant, instructing me to concert with my German colleague to carry out Article 4 of the Anglo-German Agreement in regard to China, I immediately communicated with Count Wedel, but found that he had not then received instructions on the subject. I therefore took the opportunity of Mr. Kato's first reception of the foreign Representatives on the following day to communicate the Agreement unofficially to his Excellency, stating that I would send him a note as soon as the German Chargé d'Affaires was in a position to do so simultaneously. His Excellency had also received the text of the Agreement by telegraph from Baron Hayashi, and asked me whether I could inform him what the exact effect of Japan's accepting the principles recorded in it would be. I replied that I had no information on the subject beyond what was contained in your Lordship's telegram, and thought that an inquiry through the Japanese Minister in London would be the best way of obtaining it. On the 24th instant the German Chargé d'Affaires received his instructions from Berlin, and I accordingly addressed to Mr. Kato the note, copy of which I have the honour to inclose. Last night I received a note from his Excellency, translation of which is likewise inclosed, containing the reply of the Japanese Government to our inquiry, and stating that, upon the assurances they had received from the Contracting Powers, the Imperial Government did not hesitate to declare formally their adhesion to the AngloGerman Agreement and accept the principles embodied therein. I had the honour to communicate the text of this reply to your Lordship in my telegram of to-day's date. Count Wedel has received an identical reply to his note of the 24th October, and is communicating its substance to his Government by telegraph to-day. The Marquess of Salisbury. I have, &c., J. B. WHITEHEAD. (Inclosure 1.)-Mr. Whitehead to Mr. Kato. M. LE MINISTRE, Tôkiô, October 24, 1900. IN obedience to instructions which I have received from the Marquess of Salisbury, Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that on the 16th instant his Lordship and the Imperial German Ambassador in London signed the following Agreement in connection with the present crisis in China: : [See Inclosure in No. 1, page 897.] I accordingly have the honour, in compliance with Lord Salisbury's directions, to communicate to your Excellency the terms of this Agreement, as stated above, and to request your Excellency to be so good as to inform me whether the Imperial Japanese Government are inclined to accept the principles recorded therein. Kato Kataaki. I avail, &c., J. B. WHITEHEAD. (Inclosure 2.)-Mr. Kato to Mr. Whitehead. (Translation.) SIR, Department of Foreign Affairs, Tókið, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th instant, in which, in obedience to instructions from the Marquess of Salisbury, Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, you communicated to me the text of an Agreement, signed on the 16th instant by his Lordship and the German Ambassador, which reads as follows: [See Inclosure in No. 1, page 897.] At the same time, in further compliance with Lord Salisbury's instructions, you requested me to inform you whether the Imperial Japanese Government are inclined to accept the principles recorded in said Agreement. The Imperial Government, having received assurances from the Contracting Powers to the effect that, in adhering to the Agreement in question, they will be placed in relation to such Agreement in the same position they would have occupied if they had been a signatory instead of an adhering State, do not hesitate to formally declare that they adhere to the said Agreement, and accept the principles embodied therein. J. B. Whitehead, Esq. Accept, &c., KATO KATAAKI. No. 8.--Memorandum communicated by 1. Cambon, October 31, 1900. LE Gouvernement de la République a pris connaissance de l'Arrangement du 16 Octobre entre les Gouvernements Allemand et Anglais qui lui a été communiqué par les Ambassadeurs d'Allemagne et d'Angleterre à Paris. Le Gouvernement de la République a dès longtemps manifesté son désir de voir la Chine s'ouvrir à l'activité économique du monde entier. De là l'adhésion empressée qu'il a donnée au mois de Décembre dernier à une proposition du Gouvernement des ÉtatsUnis dictée par la même préoccupation. Son sentiment à cet égard ne s'est pas modifié. Quant à l'intégrité de la Chine, le Gouvernement de la Répub lique en affirme d'autant plus volontiers le principe qu'il en a fait, et qu'il l'a dit à plusieurs reprises, la base de sa politique dans la crise à laquelle les communs efforts des Puissances tendent à trouver une solution satisfaisante. L'assentiment universel à ce principe paraît au Gouvernement de la République une sûre garantie de son respect; et si contre toute attente il devait subir une atteinte, la France s'inspirerait des circonstances pour la sauvegarde de ses intérêts et des droits qu'elle tient des Traités. Ce 31 Octobre, 1900. No. 9.-Lord Currie to the Marquess of Salisbury.-(Received MY LORD, November 1.) Rome, October 26, 1900. WITH reference to your Lordship's telegram of the 20th instant, I have the honour to transmit herewith to your Lordship copy and translation of a note, dated the 22nd instant, which I have received from M. Visconti-Venosta, informing me that the Italian Government do not hesitate to give their adhesion to the Anglo-German Agreement concluded on the 16th instant. The Marquess of Salisbury. I have, &c., CURRIE. (Inclosure.)-M. Visconti-Venosta to Lord Currie. (Translation.) M. L'AMBASSADEUR, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, October 22, 1900. In your note of yesterday your Excellency communicated to me, in accordance with instructions received from your Government, the Agreement arrived at on the 16th instant between Lord Salisbury and Count Hatzfeldt with regard to China. The two Contracting Governments having pledged themselves to give notice of their Agreement to the Powers interested, especially to France, Italy, Japan, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the United States with an invitation to agree to the principles enunciated therein, your Excellency asked me whether these principles were accepted by the Italian Government. Having taken His Majesty's orders, I am to-day in a position to inform your Excellency that the Italian Government, recognizing in the Anglo-German Agreement those same principles which rule their own policy in China, do not hesitate to give their adhesion thereto. I beg your Excellency to be so good as to bring the above to the knowledge of Her Majesty's Government. Lord Currie. I have, &c., VISCONTI-VENOSTA. No. 10.-Lord Pauncefote to the Marquess of Salisbury.—(Received November 12.) MY LORD, Washington, October 31, 1900. WITH reference to your Lordship's telegram of the 20th instant, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of the note in which I communicated to the United States' Government the text of the Agreement regarding Chinese affairs recently concluded between Her Majesty's Government and that of Germany, together with a copy of the reply of the United States' Secretary of State, recording the views of his Government on the subject. The Marquess of Salisbury. I have, &c., PAUNCEFOTE. SIR, (Inclosure 1.)-Lord Pauncefote to Mr. Hay. Newport, Rhode Island, October 23, 1900. IN pursuance of instructions which I have received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to communicate to you the text of an Agreement between Great Britain and Germany relating to the present trouble in China, which was signed in London on the 16th instant by the Marquess of Salisbury and the German Ambassador on behalf of their respective Governments, and to invite the acceptance by the United States of the principles recorded in that Agreement. I have, &c., Hon. J. Hay. PAUNCEFOTE. (Inclosure 2.)-Agreement signed on the 16th October, 1900. (Inclosure 3.)-Mr. Hay to Lord Pauncefote. EXCELLENCY, Department of State, Washington, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23rd October, inclosing the text of an Agreement between Great Britain and Germany relating to affairs in China, which was signed in London on the 16th instant by the Marquess of Salisbury and the German Ambassador, on behalf of their respective Governments, and inviting the acceptance by the United States of the principles recorded in that Agreement. These principles are "1. It is a matter of joint and permanent international interest that the ports on the rivers and littoral of China should remain free and open to trade, and to every other legitimate form of economic activity for the nationals of all countries without distinction, and the two Governments agree on their part to uphold the same for all Chinese territory so far as they can exercise influence. "2. Her Britannic Majesty's Government and the Imperial German Government will not on their part make use of the present complication to obtain for themselves any territorial advantages in Chinese dominions, and will direct their policy towards maintaining undiminished the territorial condition of the Chinese Empire." The United States have heretofore made known their adoption of both these principles. During the last year this Government invited the Powers interested in China to join in an expression of views and purposes in the direction of impartial trade with that country, and received satisfactory assurances to that effect from all of them. When the recent troubles were at their height, this Government, on the 3rd July, once more made an announcement of its policy regarding impartial trade and the integrity of the Chinese Empire, and had the gratification of learning that all the |