...the inland waters of China has been established. The Sino-British treaty of 1858 had this provision: "British ships of war coming for no hostile purpose,...ports within the dominions of the Emperor of China." Other nations, including the United States, took advantage of that provision to claim and assert a...

...Anglo-Chinese Treaty of 1858, our ships of war have the right to visit all ports in China and to ' receive every facility for the purchase of provisions, procuring water, and, if occa<sion require, for making repairs.' Port Arthur would thus be as open to our men-of-war as to the Russian fleet. The question...

...Anglo-Chinese Treaty of 1858, our ships of war have the right to visit all ports in China and to ' receive every facility for the purchase of provisions, procuring water, and, if occasion require, for making repairs.' Port Arthur would thus be as open to our men-of-war as to the Russian fleet. The question...

...coast was a very liberal interpretation of Article 52 of the 1858 Treaty of Tientsin which stated that 'British ships of war coming for no hostile purpose,...liberty to visit all ports within the dominions of the Empire of China. . .'. In 1896 British naval tonnage on the China station totalled 59,000; Russia nearly...

...any Chinese official document issued by the Chinese authorities. Art. LIT. — British ships-of-war coming for no hostile purpose, or being engaged in the pursuit of pirates, to be at liberty to visit all the Chinese ports, and to receive every facility for procuring necessaries,...

...document issued by the Chinese authoiities, either in the capital or in the provinces. Art. LLt. — British ships of war coming for no hostile purpose,...visit all ports within the dominions of the Emperor of Chiua, and shall receive every facility for the purchase > f provisions, procuring water, and, if occasion...

...text of which has been carefully corrected by the English original. Art. Lu.—British ships-of-war coming for no hostile purpose, or being engaged in the pursuit of pirates, to be at liberty to visit all the Chinese ports, and to receive every facility for procuring necessaries,...