Transcribers Notes:
4 corrections made based on (multiple) correct spellings elsewhere in text.
pg. 12 "Takenouchi" to "Takénouchi" (2) (statesman named Takénouchi)
pg. 148 "Yang-tsze Kiang" to "Yang-tse-Kiang" (3) (river Yang-tse-Kiang,)
pg. 280 "sufered" to "suffered" (now Chungwan suffered)
pg. 337 "flagship" to "flag-ship" (4) (the Japanese flag-ship,)