按桦山资纪的“台澎交接完结报告”记载,6月1日16时李经方在John W. Foster(英语:John W. Foster)陪同下[17],乘德国轮船公义号抵台。6月2日10时偕同翻译卢永铭、陶大均在基隆三貂角外海的日本轮船“横滨丸”上,与日本政府派任第一任台湾总督桦山资纪海军大将会面。11时桦山回访。14时桦山派水野、岛村至公义号商议交接手续,21时完成签署《交接台湾文据》,交换有关交接物件之文书。6月3日0时30分公义号开船。[18][19]
Frank W. Ikle, "The Triple Intervention. Japan's Lesson in the Diplomacy of Imperialism." Monumenta Nipponica 22.1/2 (1967): 122-130. online (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
Conde Pérez, Elena; Valerieva Yaneva, Zhaklin. 国际法中的不平等条约 Unequal Treaties in International Law. Oxford Bibliographies Online. 2019-04-12 [2024-01-20] –通过Oxford Bibliographies Online (英语). The “unequal treaties” (known also by the terms “unjust,” “coercive,” “predatory,” “enslaving,” “leonine”) refers fundamentally, but not exclusively, to a historical category of bilateral treaties concluded in the late 19th and early 20th century between European states, the United States of America (USA) or Latin American countries (states that fulfilled the standards of “civilization”), and Asian or African states (perceived as “uncivilized”). “不平等条约”,(也被称为“不公正”,“强迫”,“掠夺”,“奴役”,“如同狮子般的”)基本上是指历史上主要由(但不仅限于)19世纪末和20世纪初由欧洲国家、美国或拉丁美洲国家等符合“文明”标准的国家与亚洲或非洲国家等被视为“未开化”的国家之间签订的一类的双边条约, (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
Carven, Matthew. What Happened to Unequal Treaties? The Continuities of Informal Empire(PDF). 伦敦大学亚非学院. 2005-10-14 –通过Nordic Journal of International Law (英语). ...that the agreements had been procured by dint of coercion – that they had not been freely consented to, and reflected rather the presence of coercion and the inequalities in bargaining positions of the parties at the time of their conclusion. In the case of China, several treaties had been procured directly as a consequence of coercion. This was the case as regards the agreements with Britain, France and the United States had followed the Opium War in 1842, those with France after the Franco-Chinese war of 1884, and that with Japan following the Chinese-Japanese War of 1894–5. (中文译文)...这些协议是通过威逼利诱达成的——它们并不是签署国自由同意的结果,而是反映了当事各方在达成协议时的威胁存在和谈判地位的不平等。对于中国,有几项协议直接是因为被威胁而获得的。这适用于与英国、法国和美国签署的协议,在1842年的鸦片战争后,与法国在1884年的中法战争后,以及在中日战争(1894-1895年)后与日本签署的协议。 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)