PEKING, June, 1917.

CONTENTS

[I.—GENERAL INTRODUCTION]
[II.—THE ENIGMA OF YUAN SHIH-KAI]
[III.—THE DREAM REPUBLIC]
(From the Manchu Abdication to the dissolution of Parliament)
[IV.—THE DICTATOR AT WORK]
(From the Coup d'état of the 4th Nov. 1913 to the outbreak of the
World-war, 1st August, 1914)
[V.—THE FACTOR OF JAPAN]
[VI.—THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS]
[VII.—THE ORIGIN OF THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS]
[VIII.—THE MONARCHIST PLOT]
1o The Pamphlet of Yang Tu
[IX.—THE MONARCHY PLOT]
2o Dr. Goodnow's Memorandum
[X.—THE MONARCHY MOVEMENT IS OPPOSED]
The Appeal of the Scholar Liang Chi-chao
[XI.—THE DREAM EMPIRE]
("The People's Voice" and the action of the Powers)
[XII.—"THE THIRD REVOLUTION"]
The Revolt of Yunnan
[XIII.—"THE THIRD REVOLUTION" (continued)]
Downfall and Death of Yuan Shih-kai
[XIV.—THE NEW RÉGIME—FROM 1916 TO 1917]
[XV.—THE REPUBLIC IN COLLISION WITH REALITY: TWO TYPICAL INSTANCES OF
"FOREIGN AGGRESSION"]
[XVI.—CHINA AND THE WAR]
[XVII.—THE FINAL PROBLEM:—REMODELLING THE POLITICO-ECONOMIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WORLD]
[APPENDICES—DOCUMENTS AND MEMORANDA]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[President Li Yuan-Hung]

[The Funeral of Yuan-Shih-kai: The Procession passing down the great Palace Approach with the famous Ch'ien Men (Gate) in the distance]

[The Provincial Troops of General Chang Hsun at his Headquarters of Hsuchowfu]

[The Funeral of Yuan Shih-kai: The Catafalque over the Coffin on its way to the Railway Station]