Note 319 — Chapter IX · A MODUS VIVENDI: THE ALEXIEFF-TSÊNG AGREEMENT

Russia had early advocated accepting Li as plenipotentiary, while other Powers were still skeptical of the nature of his credentials. See China, No. 1 (1901), Nos. 254, 356, 368, 371, 398, 401; China, No. 5 (1901), Nos. 5, 31, 111, 112, 128, 216; U. S. 56th Congress, 2d Session, House Documents, vol. i. pp. 203–204, 305–306, 381–382. It was not till September 20 that Li entered Peking. Prince Ching had arrived there September 3. The appointment of the Prince as a plenipotentiary is said to have been partly due to Japanese influence.