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NOTES CHAPTER 1 BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS CHINA AND JORDAN'S CAREER BEFORE 1906 (pp. 1-9) 1 J. S. Gregory, Great Britain and the Taipings, pp. l I1, 155. 2 For detaiIs of the Chinese reaction to the presence of missionaries, Britain's treatment of the missionary problem, and British missionaries' :l,ttitude towards their government, see P. A. Cohen, China and Christianity; E. S. Wehrle, Britain,-China, and the anti-missionary riots, I89I-I900; and A. Hickling,‘The response of Protestant missionaries to the anti-missionary disturbances in Chimi 189卜1907'， M.A. thesis, University of Hong Kong, 1968. R3pmin had other considerations in the crisis For 關mphjo obet ussia's naval influence in the north after her lease of Port Arthur. Britain decided to occupy Weihaiwei, regarding it as ‘the last remaining port of any significance in north China'. Also, in view of her commitment to the military ~efence of Hong Kong, Britain took the opportunity to claim the ‘New Territories' opposite to-the colony. For British-considerations and policies in re}ation to China in 1897-1899, see L. K. Young, British policy in China I895-I902, pp. 43-99. 4 For the relative roles of the bank and the company in the corporation, see M. Collis, Wayfoo旬， the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporati帥， p. II8. 5 Satow to Grey, no. 177, v. conf., 2 June 1906, FO 371/35; and Satow's entry in his journal, 19 July 1906, after a tête à tête with Grey that day shortly after}由 return to England, PRO 30/33/16(9' 1t is interesting that by 1905 the Germans had also found it extremely difficult to maintain their exclusive position in Shantung; see J. E. Schrecker, Imperialism and Chinese nationalism, pp. 140- 209. 6 1. H. Nish, The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, p. I. 7 P. Lowe, Great Britain and Japan I9II- I 5, p. 9. 8 The biography of Sir John Jordan given here is based, unless documented otherwise, on the following: Dictionary of national biography, I922-30, pp. 461-463; Foreign OfJìce list and diplomatic and consular year book for 1920, p. 408; Hong Kong China Mail, Who's who in the Far East I906-7, p. 171; and the obituary notices in The Times, 15 September 1925, and North China Herald, 19 September 1925. 9 O'Conor to Sanderson, 4 February 1895, FO 17/1246 in which Jordan is referred to as ‘our excellent Chinese secy.'; and O'Conor to Marquis of Salisbury, 10 October 1895, FO 17/1245. Notes-Chap. 1 109 10 Jordan loved his work as Chinese secretary. Writing to his old friend Stewart Lockhart, 4 Apríl 1899, he said: ‘The work is congenial and intensely interesting-no positiõn anywhere could be more so to ine' (Letter is cited with the kind permission of Mrs Stewart Lockhart, daughter of the recipient). The main duties of the Chinese secretary were daily visits to the Chinese foreign ministry and being the language expert to the legation,see L. Marchant, 1月lo-Chinese relations in the provinces of the West River and the Yangtze River basins 1889-1900', M.A. thesis, University of London, 1965, p. 64Jordan 's command of Chinese was reputable, see O'Conor to Marquis Salisbury, 10 October 1895, FO 17/1245; and North China Herald, 19 September 1925. 11 Jordan,‘Some Chinese 1 have known', Nineteenth century and after LXXXVIII (December 1920), p. 947. 12 See for example, Jordan to Walter Langley, then assistant undersecretary superintending the Far Eastern Department, private, 24 November 1914, FO 350/12. 13 Foreign 0伍ce circular to British representatives abroad, 3 April 1905, FO 83/2027. 14 Satow to Barrington, tel., private, 18 May 1905, FO 800/121. 15 Barrington to Satow, tel., private, 19 August 1905, PRO 30/33/7/4; Lansdowne's note to Barrington, 29 August; and Barrington's reply, 30 August 1905, FO 800/121. 16 Satow to Dickens, private, 17 July 1905, PRO 30/33/u/6. 17 Satow to Barrington, tel., private, 23 August 1905; FO 800/121; and Satow to Barrington, private, 3 September 1905, PRO 30/33/14/16. 18 Lansdowne to Satow, private, draft, 4 September 呵呵， FO 800/121. 19 Satow's entry in his journal, 7 June 1906, PRO 30/33/16/9' 20 C. Pearl, Morrison of Peking, pp. 1 阱，而2. 21 Balfour to Lansdowne, private, 23 August 呵呵， Balfour papers, British Museum Manuscript, 49729. 22 Lansdowne to Balfour, private, 28 September 1905...
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