Note 195 — Chapter III · KIAO-CHAU
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Ibid., p. 14, No. 39. Sir Claude MacDonald had already written to the Tsung-li Yamên, on December 10: “I have the honor to inform your Highnesses and your Excellencies that I have received telegraphic instructions from Her Majesty’s Government to address the Yamên with regard to the concession in Shan-tung which it is reported that the German Government has asked from China. I am directed to state that Her Majesty’s Government will demand equality of treatment for British subjects according to the treaty rights possessed by Great Britain, and that Her Majesty’s Government will require compensation on any points in respect to which those rights may be disregarded.”—Ibid., p. 28, inclosure in No. 70.