Russia had undertaken to request Japan to promise that China would secure Wei-hai-Wei after the Japanese evacuation, but Japan declined to make such a pledge.—_Ibid._, No. 30. In April, 1902, the control of Wei-hai-Wei was transferred from the Admiralty to the Colonial Office. The mouth of the harbor is so large that it would require an enormous expenditure and large forces to fortify and defend it adequately. At the time when England leased the port, she was hardly inclined to let financial considerations thwart her effort to restore her prestige so abruptly foreshadowed by that of Russia. In 1902, however, the lately concluded Anglo-Japanese agreement of alliance rendered the fortification of Wei-hai-Wei no longer necessary. See _Tokushu Jōyaku_, pp. 172–173. Footnote 247: _China, No. 1 (1899)_, pp. 127–129, No. 187, dated Peking, April 29. Regarding this _précis_, Sir Claude says: “It bears every sign of foreign authorship, and the original cannot have been drafted by a Chinese. I have no doubt that the document correctly represents the sense of the original agreement, for it fully corresponds with what I have been able to learn of the contents of the latter.” M. Cordier also relies on this _précis_ in his _Histoire des relations de la Chine avec les puissances occidentales_, vol. iii. pp. 362–364. Footnote 248: _Tokushu Jōyaku_, pp. 244–245. This Chinese text naturally clears up some points which are obscure in the _précis_. Footnote 249: See _China, No. 1 (1899)_, p. 188, No. 273. Also Cordier, _Histoire_, vol. iii. pp. 365–366. A Japanese version obtained from the Foreign Office at Tokio appears in _Tokushu Jōyaku_, pp. 246–247. The Special Agreement was supplemented by another Agreement concluded on April 25 (o. s.), 1899. Footnote 250: The boundary of the leased territory began with the northern side of A-tang Bay (Port Adams), on the west coast of the Liao-tung Peninsula, and passed through and included the A-tang Mountains, ending near Pi-tse-wo, and including the adjacent waters and isles. The northern limit of the neutral ground started at the mouth of the Kai-chow River, passed north of Yuyen-ch’êng and along the Ta-yang River, and ended at and included its mouth. Footnote 251: See the Czar’s telegraphic message to the Chinese Emperor, on March 15/27; and his Imperial orders of March 17/29 and July 30/August 11. _China, No. 1 (1899)_, pp. 20–21, 1–2, and 262–263. Footnote 252: Meaning, presumably, east of Shan-hai-kwan. Footnote 253: See _China, No. 1 (1900)_, pp. 292–293, 304–311, and 335. Also the _Tsūshō Isan_ (Japanese Consular Reports), April 28, 1904, pp. 33–46. Footnote 254: See _China, No. 1 (1900)_, pp. 262–263. Footnote 255: _China, No. 1 (1900)_, pp. 308–311. Footnote 256: