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SETTLEMENT OF MATTERS GROWING OUT OF THE BOXER UPRISING (BOXER PROTOCOL)

  • Final protocol signed at Peking September 7, 1901, with annexes
  • Entered into force September 7, 1901
  • Provisions relating to Whangpoo Conservancy Board revised by agreement of September 27, 1905,[1] as amended and supplemented
  • Termination: Article XI (b) and annex 17 suspended by agreement of September 27, 1905;[1] protocol terminated in its entirety as between the United States and China May 20, 1943, by treaty of January 11, 1943[2]

Treaty Series 397

Final Protocol

[TRANSLATION]

The Plenipotentiaries of Germany, His Excellency M. A. Mumm von Schwarzenstein; of Austria-Hungary, His Excellency M. M. Czikann von Wahlbom; of Belgium, His Excellency M. Joostens; of Spain, M. B. J. de Cologan; of the United States, His Excellency Mr. W. W. Rockhill; of France, His Excellency M. Paul Beau; of Great Britain, His Excellency Sir Ernest Satow; of Italy, Marquis Salvago Raggi; of Japan, His Excellency M. Jutaro Komura; of the Netherlands, His Excellency M. F. M. Knobel; of Russia, His Excellency M. M. de Giers; and of China, His Highness Yi-K'uang, Prince of the First Rank Ching, President of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and His Excellency Li Hung-chang, Earl of the First Rank, Su-i, Tutor of the Heir Apparent, Grand Secretary of the Wen-nua Throne Hall, Minister of Commerce, Superintendent of the Northern Ports, Governor-General of Chihli, have met for the purpose of declaring that China has complied to the satisfaction of the Powers with the conditions laid down in the note of the 22d of December, 1900,[3] which were accepted in their entirety by His Majesty the Emperor of China in a decree dated the 27th of December, 1900 (Annex No. 1).


  1. 1.0 1.1 TS 448, post, p. 446.
  2. TS 984, post.
  3. For English translation of the joint note of the 11 powers, together with Chinese reply of Jan. 16, 1901, and subsequent correspondence, see 1901 For. Rel. (appendix) 58 ff.
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