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Yang Tu,

champion of neo-imperialists, [111];

publisher famous pamphlet, [111];

the pamphlet, [113]-[127]

Yangtsze Valley, Japanese activities in, [73]

Yuan Shih-kai, [15];

the bailiff of the Powers, [16];

his early life, [17];

first emerges into public view, [18];

in Seoul, [18];

appointed Imperial Resident at Seoul, [19];

leaves Korea, [20];

in command of Hsaiochan camp, [20];

refuses to depose Empress Tzu-Hsi, [21];

appointed Governor of Shantung, [23];

defeats the Boxers, [23];

made Viceroy of Chihli, [33];

reorganizes the army, [24];

made Grand Councillor and President of

the Board of Foreign Affairs, [24];

made "Senior Guardian of the Heir Apparent," [25];

dismissed from Pekin, [25];

appointed Viceroy of Hupeh and Hunan, [26];

appointed President of Grand Council, [26];

schemes for the abdication of the Manchu Dynasty, [26]-[28];

attempted, assassination of, [29];

commissioned to organize the Republic, [29];

elected Provisional President, [30];

takes oath of office, [33];

negotiates the Reorganization loan, [38];

negotiates and controls the great foreign loan, [38]-[40];

suppresses the Southern rebellion, [41];

elected full President, [42];

unseats Radical members of Parliament, [42];

entices Vice-President to Pekin, [45];

position strengthened by death of

Empress Lun Yi, [46];

ruthless suppression of opposition, [47];

brings out the Constitutional Compact, [47];

promulgates the Presidential Succession law, [50];

creates a "Palace of Generals," [50];

negotiates with Germany, [54];

animosity of Japan, [63];

his démenti of, 1913, [64];

bribes the Japanese press, [65];

his Dictatorship recognized by Japan, [66];

the précis of Japanese Minister's coercive conversation, [94];

reviewed in Black Dragon Society's Memorandum, [99];

intrigues of his family, [109];

he yields to advocates of monarchy, [110];

invokes services of Yang-tu, [111];

his interview with Gen. Feng Kuo-chang, [137] n;

his accusation by Liang Chi-chao, [142]-[158];

throws responsibility on the Senate, [159];

his Mandate for a referendum, [161];

elected Emperor, [162];

substitutes title of Emperor for President, [168];

refuses, then accepts the throne, [169];

the revolt of Yunnan, [174]-[183];

he rehearses court ceremonies, [178];

his position weakens, [185];

the communication from Liang Ch'i-chao, [185]-[188];

attempts to placate Japan, [189];

distributes patents of nobility, [189];

financial troubles, [190];

issues the Mandate of Cancellation, [191];

his retirement sought, [193];

he offers to resign, [194];

his death, [196];

his last mandate, [196];

his funeral, [203];

his policy towards the European War, [229]-[231]

Yunnan revolt of 1916, [174]-[183]