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 that the Korean minister must apply through the latter for audience; and that he must in all important matters of his mission consult secretly with his Chinese colleague.

Secretary Bayard instructed the American minister in Peking to protest against the action of China, and gave notice to both governments that "as the United States have no privity with the interrelations of China and Corea, we shall treat both as separate governments customarily represented here by their respective and independent agents." The conditions fixed by Li Hung Chang were ignored by the Korean king and minister; the latter was received at Washington without the intervention of the Chinese minister; and no further question has been raised with the United States on the subject; but not until the war with Japan in 1894–1895 did China absolutely withdraw her claim of suzerainty.

The friendly disposition of the Korean government towards the United States was evinced soon after the treaty in various ways besides the exchange of diplomatic courtesies. The year following the reception of the minister, Dr. H. N. Allen, a medical missionary of the Presbyterian church of the United States, arrived. He was kindly received by the king and placed in