between China and Corea is ready for signa ture; it is based on the British treaty of 1882 that was never ratified, and on Sir Harry Parkes's treaty of 1883, Under it China will have a representative at Seoul, and Corea a representative at Peking, and China is putting off the signature as long as possible to defer the humiliation of re~ ceiving a Corean Minister. 'The treaty has to be ratified within a year of its signature. 'Phere ave some five thousand Chinese in Corea who are now under British protection and who will, by no means to their own satisfaction, go' under the protection of their own Minister when the treaty comes into force.
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