CONTENTS

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Introductory[1]
Economic issues: (1) Japan’s side; transition from an agricultural to an industrial stage, pp. [1][10]; community of interest between Japan and Korea and Manchuria, [10][32]. (2) Russia’s side, [32][47]; comparison, [47][48]; political issues, 48–[51]; summary, [51][53]; conclusion, [53][61].
Supplementary Note[61]
Chapter I. Retrocession of the Liao-tung Peninsula[65]
Primorsk and Sakhalien, [65][67]; intervention of 1895, [68][77]; its historical significance, [77][78]; its effects on Japan, 78–[82].
Chapter II. The “Cassini Convention” and the Railway Agreement[83]
The Russo-French loan and the Russo-Chinese Bank, [83][85]; the agreement of alliance, [85][87]; the “Cassini Convention,” 87–[95]; the railway agreement of September 8, and statutes of December 23, 1896, [95][100].
Chapter III. Kiao-chau[101]
The seizure of Kiao-chau, and the Agreement of March 6, 1898, [101][105]; the conduct of Great Britain, [106][109].
Chapter IV. Port Arthur and Talien-wan[110]
Russian warships at Port Arthur, [111][112]; British demand for the opening of Talien-wan, [113][118]; Port Arthur and Talien-wan, the British and Russian Governments, [118][125]; Wei-hai-Wei, [125][129]; the Agreement of March 27, 1898, and supplementary agreements, [129][132]; the administration of the leased territory, and Dalny, [132][134].
Chapter V. Secretary Hay’s Circular Note[135]
The circular of September, 1899, [135]; the Powers’ replies, 136–[138].
Chapter VI. The Occupation of Manchuria[139]
Russia’s attitude toward the Boxer trouble in North China, 139–[143]; the Manchurian campaign, [143][146].
Chapter VII. North China and Manchuria[147]
Characteristics of Russia’s diplomacy regarding Manchuria, 147–[148]; the distinction made between North China and Manchuria; the circular note of August 25, 1900, [148][155].
Chapter VIII. The Anglo-German Agreement[156]
The Northern Railway affair, [156][157]; the Anglo-German Agreement of October 16, 1900, [157][158]; the Powers’ views, [158][160]; Germany’s view, [160][161].
Chapter IX. A Modus Vivendi: the Alexieff-Tsêng Agreement[162]
Peace negotiations at Peking, and Russia’s Manchurian policy, [162][165]; the Alexieff-Tsêng Agreement of November, 1900, [165][168]; the protests of the Powers, [168][169]; Count Lamsdorff’s explanation, [169][172].
Chapter X. A “Starting-Point”—the Lamsdorff-Yang-yu Convention[173]
The Lamsdorff-Yang-yu Convention, [173][176]; China’s appeal, and the Powers’ protests, [176][178]; Russia detached herself from the allies, [178][181]; the amendments of March, 1901, [181][182]; the British and Japanese remonstrances, and withdrawal of Russian demands, [182][188].
Chapter XI. Further Demands[189]
M. Lessar’s demands in August, [189][190]; in October, 190–[193]; protests, replies, and delays, [193][196].
Chapter XII. The Anglo-Japanese Agreement and the Russo-French Declaration[197]
A growing sympathy between Great Britain and Japan prior to the conclusion of the agreement, [197], [198]; diplomatic steps toward the conclusion, [199][202]; the Agreement of January 30, 1902, [202][209]; the Russo-French declaration of March 16, [209][213].
Chapter XIII. The Convention of Evacuation[214]
The Russo-Chinese convention of April 8, 1902, [214][226]; an analysis of the document, [226][232].
Chapter XIV. The Evacuation[233]
The first evacuation, October 8, 1902, [233]; the nominal character of the evacuation, [234][237]; Niu-chwang, [237][238].
Chapter XV. Demands in Seven Articles[239]
The second evacuation, [239][241]; new Russian demands, April 5, 1903, [241][244]; the opposition of three Powers to the demands, [244][246]; Count Lamsdorff’s disclaimer, [246][248]; Count Cassini’s statement, [248][251]; diplomacy at Peking, [251][256].
Chapter XVI. Diplomatic Struggle in Korea, I[257]
Japan’s failure and Russia’s success at Seul, the murder of the Queen, [257][261]; the flight of the King, [262][263]; the Yamagata-Lobanoff Protocol, June 6, and the Komura-Waeber Memorandum, May 14, 1896, [263][268]; a decline of Russian influence, [268][271]; the Nishi-Rosen Protocol, April 25, 1898, [271][272].
Chapter XVII. Diplomatic Struggle in Korea, II[273]
Pavloff and Hayashi, [273]; the Masampo affair, [274][278]; abortive loans, [278][280]; Russians and pro-Russian Koreans at Seul, [280]; the bank-note trouble, [281][282]; the Keyserling whaling concession, [282][283]; the Tumên River telegraph lines, [283][285]; the Seul-Wiju Railway, 285–[289]; the Yong-am-po affair, [289][295].
Chapter XVIII. The Russo-Japanese Negotiations, I[296]
Japan’s invitation to negotiate, July 28, 1903, [296][299]; Russia’s assent, [299]; political changes in Russia, and the Viceroy of the Far East, [299][302]; Japan’s first proposals, August 12, [302][307]; negotiations transferred to Tokio, 307–[308]; Russia’s first counter-proposals, October 3, [308][311]; Russian diplomacy at Peking, [311][318]; the development of the Yong-am-po affair, [318][323].
Chapter XIX. The Russo-Japanese Negotiations, II[324]
Japan’s second proposals, October 30, [324][328]; Russia’s second counter-proposals, December 11, [328][329]; Japan’s third proposals, December 23, [329][331]; pacific declarations of Russia, [331][332]; Russia’s third counter-proposals, January 6, 1904, [332][335]; new ports opened in Manchuria, 335; Japan’s fourth proposals, January 13, [335][339]; military activity of the Russians, [339][341]; the termination of the negotiations and the rupture of diplomatic relations, February 5–[6], [341][344]; the first acts of war, [345]; the Russian Manifesto and the Japanese Declaration of War, January 10, [345][348].
Supplementary Note to Chapter XIX[348]
The Russian communiqué, February 18, [348][349]; the Russian statement of February 20, [349][351]; Japan’s reply to the above, March 3, [352][354]; the Russian note to the Powers regarding Korean neutrality, February 22, [355][356]; Japan’s reply, March 9, [357][360]; Russia’s counter-reply, March 12, [360][362].
Chapter XX. Chinese Neutrality and Korean Integrity[363]
Japan’s advice to China to be neutral, [363], [364]; Secretary Hay’s note, [364][365]; China’s own declaration, [365]; Japan’s pledge to China, [366]; the Korean-Japanese alliance, 366–[368]; its nature analyzed, [368][372].
Index[373]