ABSTRACT
In 1890 a treaty was signed at Calcutta, arranging for commercial intercourse between India and Thibet, over which China claimed and still claims suzerainty. The frontier between Sikhim and Thibet was defined, and a Commissioner of Customs appointed by China to Yatung. In 1894 the war broke out with Japan. The Chinese had been asked for help by the King of Korea against a rebellion of the Tonghak. China acceded to his demand without consulting Japan, although this was in open defiance of an agreement signed by China and Japan in 1885, whereby it was agreed that neither party should send troops to Korea without first informing the other. Owing to the fact that the Trans-Siberian Railway is nearing completion, China consents to allow Russia to prolong it into Chinese territory, namely from the Russian port of Vladivostock to Hunch'un and thence to Kirin, and from a station in Siberia to the Chinese town of Aigun, thence to Tsitsihar.
