Yangtze Agreement

The Yangtze Agreement was an agreement between Great Britain and Germany signed on October 6, 1900, signed by Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil and Ambassador Paul von Hatzfeldt respectively, stating both parties' opposition to the partition of China into spheres of influence.

History

The agreement was signed in accordance with the US' Open Door Policy, which, in an attempt to protect US business interests in the region, forbade any power from interfering in the trade interests of any other power in China. Although initially formally rejected by every European power, by July of 1900, according to then-US Secretary of State John Hay, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia had all agreed in principle,[1] and treaties made after this declaration made open reference to the Open Door Policy.

Subsequent Development

Germany's failure to keep up the agreement was a factor in the British Decision to sign the First Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hay, John. "Commercial Rights in China ("Open Door Policy")" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Ricci, Gabriel R. (2013). Culture and Civilization: Cosmopolitanism and the Global Polity. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412849289.
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