Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . tful, and the situatiosometimes full of peril, a gratifying successwas achieved in the end. In 1881 a draft commercial treaty was 152 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. drawn up, approved by the Chinese author-ites and the representatives of the principalpowers at Pekin, and carried to the Court ofSeoul for acceptance and signature by theAmerican naval officer, Commodore Schu-feldt. The Cor
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . tful, and the situatiosometimes full of peril, a gratifying successwas achieved in the end. In 1881 a draft commercial treaty was 152 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. drawn up, approved by the Chinese author-ites and the representatives of the principalpowers at Pekin, and carried to the Court ofSeoul for acceptance and signature by theAmerican naval officer, Commodore Schu-feldt. The Corean king made no objectionto the arrangement, and it was signed withthe express stipulation that the ratificationsof the treaty were to be exchanged in thefollowing year. Thus was it harmoniously aroused the jealousy of Japan, which haslong asserted the right to have an equalvoice with China in the control of Coreanaffairs ; and the government of Tokio, onhearing of the Schufeldt treaty, at once tooksteps not merely to obtain all the rights tobe conferred by that document, to which noone would have objected, but also to assertits claim to control equally with China thepolicy of the Corean Court. With that ob-. CHINESE OUT arranged at Pekin that Corea was to issuefrom her hermits cell, and open her portsto trading countries under the guidance andencouragement of China. There can be nodoubt that if this arrangement had beencarried out, the influence and the position ofChina in Corea would have been verygreatly increased and strengthened. But, unfortunately, the poUcy of Li HungChung—^for, if he did not originate, he tookthe most important part in directing it— FOR AN AIRING. ject, a Japanese fleet and army were sent tothe Seoul river, and when the diplomatistsreturned for the ratification of the treaty,they found the Japanese in a strong positionclose to the Corean capital. The Chinese were not to be set on oneside in so open a manner, and a powerfulfleet of gunboats, with 5,
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