Note 362 — Chapter X · A “STARTING-POINT”—THE LAMSDORFF-YANG-YU CONVENTION
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Ibid., No. 176. It may be remembered that Japan had even a stronger reason than Russia to abstain from all the unpleasant questions connected with the missionaries, but it is needless to say that, in her joint action with other Powers in the matter of the official punishment and other questions, she regarded missionaries and other foreigners alike as subjects with certain inviolable rights.