Note 419 — Chapter XIII · THE CONVENTION OF EVACUATION
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Early in March, 1903, Prince Ching negotiated with M. Lessar about the number of Chinese troops that should occupy the country after the withdrawal of the Russians. “The Chinese Government were proposing to send 18,000 men, whilst the Russian Legation considered that 12,000 men would be sufficient.”—China, No. 2 (1904), No. 84 (Townley to Lansdowne).