A
Abdication Edict of 1912, text of, 294
Absolutism, the myth of, 3
Agreement between the Revolutionary Party and Europe and Asia Trading Co., 107
America drops out of the Six-Power group, 38
American press agents, 51
treaty opening Korea, 60
America's Chinese policy, 233
Anglo-Japanese treaty, 81
Annuity of Manchu Imperial Family, 32
Ariga, Dr., 261
Army Reorganization Council, 24
"Articles of Favourable Treatment for the Manchus," 28, 31;
text of, 294
B
Babachapu, 217
Bannerman families, 215
Belgian loan, the, 15 n
Syndicate, 34
Black Dragon Society, the, 94;
Black Dragon Society's review of European war issues, 95-97
Boycott on Japanese commerce, 109
Boxer Indemnities postponed, 247
rebellion, the, 13;
and European intervention, 23
British policies in China, 52
position towards the Yuan Shih-kai régime, 64
C
Cambaluc of Marco Polo, the, 3
Canton province, 9
Cassini Convention, the, 94
Catholic, Roman, controversies, 4
Central Government, organization of, 31-33
Chang Cheng-wu, Gen., 45;
execution of, 36
Chang Chih-tung, 204
Chang Hsun, Gen., 41, 51, 195, 207, 253, 254, 269, 270
Chang Kuo-kan, 197
Chang, Tsung-hsiang, 197
Chang Yao Ching and the Europe
and Asia Trading Co., 107
Chen Yi, Gen., 194
Chengchiatun incident, the, 216-224
Chekiang revolts against Yuan Shih-kai, 193
Chia Ching, emperor, 2
Chiang Chao-tsung, Gen., 257
Chiang Chun, the, 48
Ch'ien Lung, emperor, 2
Chih Fa Chu, or Military Court, at Pekin, 47
Chihli province, 8
China,
and her foreign residents, 227;
and the Foreign Powers, outstanding
cases between, 351;
and the German submarine war, 233;
considers war with Germany, 244-251;
declares war against Germany, 272;
China's,
break with Germany, causes leading to, 237-241;
economics, weakness of, 14;
financial reorganization, 280;
future in Manchuria, 72;
Imperial Government, negativeness
disguised, 6;
indignation at Japan's ultimatum, 109;
note to Germany severing relations, 243;
neutrality position, 235;
new régime, 273;
passivity, 276;
polity, principles of, 7 n;
protest against submarine war, 234;
reception of Wilson's Peace note, 231-233;
reply to Demands of Japan, 82-88;
reply to Japan's ultimatum, 92;
reply to President Wilson, 232;
tariff question, 277
Chinese army,
German trained, 230;
boycott of the French, 226;
intrigues in Korea, 18;
Ching, Prince, 26
Chino-Japanese,
secret alliance proposed, 98;
treaties of 1915, text of, 320
Chinputang, the (Progressives), 206
Chou An Hui (Society for the Preservation of Peace), 111
Chow Tzu-chi, 197
Chu Chi-chun's telegram devising plans for electing Yuan Shih-kai as Emperor, 167, 168
Ch'un, Prince Regent, 28
Chungking, open port, 74
Clausewitz, war-principle of, 61
Conference of Governors on the war question, 248
Confucian worship re-established by Yuan Shih-kai, 48
Conquest,
Manchu, of XVIIth Century, 3, 4
Mongol, of XIIIth Century, 3
Consolidating national debt, 277
Constitution,
first granted in Japan, 58;
Permanent, work on, 208
"Constitutional Compact",of Yuan Shih-kai, 47;
text of, 305;
monarchy planned, 110
Continental quadrilateral, the, of Japan, 221
Coup d'état, the, of Sept., 1898, 22
Coup d'état, the parliamentary of 1913, 43
Crisp, Birch, attempts to float loan, 35
D
Dane, Sir Richard, 216
Death of Empress Lun Yi, 46
Decree cancelling the Empire, 191
Defence of the monarchial movement,
Dementi, 1913, of Yuan Shih-kai, 64
Diet of Japan, first summoned, 58
Diplomatic relations with China broken, 237-244
Distance in China, philosophy of, 6
E
Eastern Asia, contestants for land-power in, 60
Election,
of 1913, 37;
of Yuan Shih-kai as emperor, machinery of, 163-169;
records ordered burnt, 172
Electoral College, provision for, 50
Emperor,
Chia Ching, 2;
Ch'ien Lung, 2;
Hsiaouri, 49;
Emperors, immurement of in Forbidden City, 2
Empire, the dissolution of, 196
Empress,
Lun Yi, death of, 46;
Tsu Hsi, 45
Europe and Asia Trading Co., the, 107
European War,
the, its effect in China, 54, 229-232;
China's predilection for Teutonism, 230;
consideration of war-partnership with the Allies, 230;
Japan's opposition, 231;
German propaganda, 230;
Pres. Wilson's Peace Note, 231;
China's reply, 232;
the submarine question, 233;
note to Germany, 234;
reply to America, 25;
Chinese diplomacy enters a new field, 237;
Japan's policies, 239;
China considers breaking diplomatic relations with Germany, 241;
Parliament's action, 241;
Germany's reply to China's note, 241;
diplomatic relations severed, 243;
German Minister leaves Pekin, 243;
Liang Ch'i-chao's Memorandum, 244;
Kang Yu-wei's Memorandum, 246;
Cabinet decides on war, 249;
interpellation to the Government, 250;
Parliament mobbed, 251;
Cabinet resigns, 252;
Japan's subterranean activities, 252, 261;
note of the United States, 255;
war against Germany declared, 272
Europeans failed to recognize true state of Chinese government, 5
F
Feng Kuo-chang, Gen., 41, 137 n, 181, 194, 240, 255, 267, 272
Fengtien, Manchurian province, 8
Feudal organization of Japan, 57
Finance,
between the provinces, 11;
the binding chain between provincial
Financial troubles, 31, 34, 46, 190, 216
Foochow arsenal, 75
Forbidden City, immurement of emperors in, 2
Foreign Debt Commission, 38;
intervention threatened, 37
loan, the first, 12
loans, 34
Foreigners in China, position of, 227
Four-Power group, the, 34
France's status after the war, 96
Franco-Belgian Syndicate, 34
French,
diplomacy in China, 226
Republic, Goodnow review of, 132, 139
the, and the Lao-hsi-kai dispute, 225;
the, Chinese boycott of, 226;
Fuhkien province, 9
G
German,
Boxer indemnity, 237;
diplomatic relations broken, 237-244;
minister leaves Pekin, 243;
negotiations with Yuan Shih-kai, 54;
propaganda in China, 230;
reply to China's protest, 241;
war declaration considered, 243;
Germany, war against declared, 272
Germany's status after the war, 95
legal adviser of Yuan Shih-kai, 128;
Gordon, General, 21
Government, the Central, definition of, 31-33
Governmental system of the Manchu dynasty, 4
Great Britain's status after the war, 96, 105
H
Hankow editor flogged to death, 47
Hangchow, open port, 74
Hanyang arsenal, 74
Hanyehping Company, the, 69, 74 n, 80, 83, 84, 87
Heilungchiang, Manchurian province, 8
Hioki, Dr., Japanese Minister, 66, 68, 81
Hsaiochan camp, the, 20
Division, the, 21
Hsiaowu, emperor, 49
Hsuan Tung,
enthroned, 262
Huai Chun, the, 20
Huang Hsin, 40
Hutuktu, the Living Buddha of Urga, 35
I
Imperial Clan Society, 35
Imperialist-Republican conflict of 1917, 268-272
Inner Mongolia, political unrest in, 52
Insurrection of the "White Wolfs," 47
International Debt Commission, 34
financial contests, 34
Interpellation to the government on
the question of war with Germany, 250
Ito, Prince, 19
J
Japan,
and the Kiaochow campaign, 63;
demands participation in loan, 34;
demands the Kiaochow territory from Germany, 54;
feudal organization of, 57;
first Diet summoned, 58;
forced to revise the Twenty-one Demands, 76;
forecasts result of European War, 95-103;
formation of the Shogunate in, 57;
inquires as to the monarchial movement, 161;
militarism in, 57;
receives fugitive President Li Yuan-hung, 266;
recognizes Yuan Shih-kai as Dictator, 65;
socialism in, 58;
the new Far Eastern policy after Russian war, 61;
Japan-China secret alliance proposed, 98
Japanese,
Constitution first granted, 58;
driven from Tong Kwan Palace, 19;
incident at Chengchiatun, 216-224;
intrigues, 35;
Liberalism vs. Imperialism, 58;
merchants and Lun Yat Sen, alleged secret agreement, 105-107;
war indemnity, 12 n;
war of 1894, 12;
Japan's,
activities in the Yangtsze Valley, 73;
account of the Chengchiatun incident, 218;
alarm at the Chinese revolution, 62;
animosity towards Yuan Shih-kai, 63;
attitude toward Yuan Shih-kai, 52;
"Continental quadrilateral," 221;
Doctrine of Maximum Pressure, 61;
German policy, 284 n;
government foundry at Wakamatsu, 74;
influence in China on European war question, 234;
influence on the monarchial election, 168;
influence over China's war measures, 241;
original Twenty-one Demands, 68-70;
Pekin Expeditionary Force, 60;
police rights in Manchuria, 223;
pressure on Yuan Shih-kai, 93;
subterranean activities in China in 1916, 252, 261;
ultimatum to China, 88-91; China's reply, 92;
ultimatum, China's indignation at, 109;
Jehol, mountain palaces of, 2;
Jung Lu, viceroy of Chihli, 22
K
Kameio Nishihara, 249
Kato, Japanese Viscount, 72, 104
Kawasaki Kulanoske, 107
Kiaochow campaign,
unpopularity of, in Japan, 63;
demanded by Japan, 54
Kirin, Manchurian province, 8
Kirin-Changchun railway, 69, 79
Kiushiu, island of, 74
Ko-lao-hui, the, origin of, 1
Korean question, the, 285
Kowshing, British steamer, sinking of, 20
Kublai Khan, 3
Kueichow province, revolt of, 183, 190
Kuo-ti,
the question of, 142
Kwanghsu, emperor, 22, 24, 25, 28, 46
Kwangsi province, revolt of, 183, 190
Kwangtung revolts against Yuan Shih-kai, 193
L
Lansdowne, Lord, 285
Lao-hsi-kai dispute, the, 225
Legations in Pekin,
their attitude towards Yuan Shih-kai, 52;
inquire as to the monarchial movement, 162
Li Lieh-chun, Gen., 40
Li Yuan-hung, 44;
elected President, 194;
assumes the office, 200;
first presidential acts, 201;
monarchists plot against him, 202;
his early life and career, 204-206;
his position as to breaking diplomatic relations with Germany, 241;
he dissolves Parliament, 256;
escapes from Pekin, 266;
his important telegrams, 267, 268
Liang Ch'i-chao,
resigns from Ministry of Justice, 111;
his accusation of Yuan Shih-kai, 141-158;
his address to Yuan Shih-kai, 185-188;
opposes the movement, 179;
directs the Yunnan revolt, 206;
writes note to Germany on the submarine war, 234;
his Memorandum on the war question, 244;
upholds the Republic, 268
Liang Shih-yi, political power of, 160, 195
Likin taxation, introduction of, 10
Liu-Kuan-hsiung, 197
Loan Agreement,
details of, 39
first foreign, 12
foreign, struggles over, 34
Local Government Law, draft of, 345
Lu Yun Ting, Gen., 183
Lun Yi, empress, death of, 46
Lung Chi-Kwang, Gen., 41;
created Prince, 189
Lung Yu, Empress, 26