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 1 차 조영 조약 에 대한 비판 및 조선 영사관 설치 건의 
 My dear Lord Tenterden 
 Tokio , June 21 , 1882 
 Would you consider me intrusive if I offer a few remarks on the British Treaty with Corea ? 
 This and the American Treaty are believed here to be Li Hung Chang ’ s work . Besides opening Corea to the Western Powers , which had become essential to the security of China , there is , I fancy , much in these Treaties which is intended to the address of Western Powers in China , as well as to that of Japan . The declaration of dependency on China is a tu quoque to Japan for having persuaded Corea to declare herself independent in the Japan Treaty , and for Japan ’ s action in Loochoo . It may also be intended to guard against Corea acting wholly independently of China , as Siam has done . How we are to recognize this quasi - dependent condition , and at the same time to treat Corea as an equal , the King being placed on the same footing as the Queen , appears to me rather a puzzling problem . This declared suzerainty will be annoying to Russia and Japan , and will promote the aim of the former to attach the latter to her interests . 
 Chamberlain , I may mention , is a nephew of General Sir Neville Chamberlain , of India . His grandfather was Sir Henry Chamberlain of our Diplomatic Service fifty years ago , and , curiously enough , his maternal grandfather was the celebrated writer , Captain Basil Hall , the first Englishman to visit Corea ( 1816 ) and to write upon it . I merely mention these particulars to show that the man comes of good stock . 
 I have been obliged to write very hurriedly , which I beg you to excuse . Pray accept my few remarks for the little they may be worth , and acquit me of any desire to interfere in a question which may not be considered to come within my sphere . The trade in Corea must be very small for some time to come , and if the conditions under which we are to conduct it are to create disadvantages for us in China and Japan , we may not have acquired very valuable privileges . But perhaps there may be some opportunity of modifying or adding to the present Treaty by some supplementary clauses . 
 Very faithfully , & c . 
 Tenterden , Li Hung Chang , Willes , Ma Taotai , Aston , Aston , Aston , Aston , Spence , Aston , Li Hung Chang , Li Hung Chang , Willes , Aston , Basil Hall Chamberlain , Kennedy , Aston , Chamberlain , Neville Chamberlain , Henry Chamberlain , Basil Hall , Schufeld , Shufeldt , Li Hung Chang , Harry S . Parkes 
 Tokio , Loochoo , Kobe , Seoul , Peking , Seoul , Peking , Shanghae , Jinchyon , Jinchuen , Peking , Tien - tsin