Index

• Aeronautical and Engineering Co., 123
• Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Aliens, discussions between Japanese Embassy and Department of State regarding difficulties relating to admission to the United States of Japanese treaty (trade) aliens, 1056–1058
• Andersen, Meyer & Co., financial loss due to Japanese closure of Antung (Manchuria) electric light plant, and U. S. representations to Japan, 120–121, 238, 361–362, 563
• Arbitration: Civil or commercial controversies, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 728, 764, 766, 773, 780–781, 783, 797, 800–801, 807–808, 814, 820–821, 826, 829, 830, 887, 898–899; Sino-Japanese difficulties over treaty interpretation, proposed arbitration, 278, 332–333, 346, 384, 483
• Arms and munitions. See under China.
• Arrests, etc., provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 728, 742, 745, 755, 784, 795, 797, 798–799, 800, 807, 813, 818–819, 851, 889, 897–898, 906, 907, 911–912
• Automatic Telephones of China, Federal, Inc., 123
• Aviation. See China: Arms and munitions and Japan: Trans-Pacific flight.
• Bandit and communist activity. See under China.
• Bonds issued by Canton rebels, refusal of National Government to recognize, 1041
• Boxer indemnity, noninclusion in Hoover debt moratorium, 1040–1041
• Boxer Protocol, 709, 1013
• Boycotts. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Castine case, cited, 991, 992
• Chiang Kai-shek. See under China: Political situation; also under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• China (see also Sino-Japanese dispute), 1–715 passim, 716–1062
  • Aeronautical and Engineering Co., 123
  • Andersen, Meyer & Co., financial loss due to Japanese closure of Antung (Manchuria) electric light plant, and U. S. representations to Japan, 120–121, 238. 361–362, 563
  • Arms and munitions (including military aircraft), export to China, 122–123, 542, 1016–1028
    • American aircraft firms: Interest in securing contracts in South China, 1016, 1017, 1019, 1026; Japanese detention of American demonstration airplane at Mukden, 122–123, 542
    • British policy and procedure concerning shipments to Canton faction via Hong Kong, 1018, 1019–1020, 1021, 1022–1023, 1026–1028
    • U. S. attitude: Interception of European shipments to Canton via Manila, question of, 1023–1024; issuance of export licenses for military material only on notification from National Government, 1016–1017, 1018, 1024–1025; objection to contracts involving purchase of military equipment from U. S. Government departments, 1017; prevention of export of certain commercial airplanes at request of National Government, 1020, 1020–1022, 1023, 1025; recommendation by U. S. Minister for change in attitude toward sales to Canton government, 1027–1028
  • Automatic Telephones of China, Federal, Inc., 123
  • Aviation. See Arms and munitions, supra.
  • Bandit and communist activity (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: Banditry; also Protection, infra), 805, 883
  • Bonds issued by Canton rebels, refusal of National Government to recognize, 1041
  • Boxer indemnity, noninclusion in Hoover debt moratorium, 1040–1041
  • Boxer Protocol, 709, 1013
  • Boycotts. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Canton faction (see also Political situation: Conflict, infra): Aircraft purchases, attitude of Great Britain and the United States, 1018, 1019–1020, 1021, 1022–1023, 1023–1024, 1020–1028; bonds, refusal of National Government to recognize, 1041
  • Chang Hsueh-liang, 4–5, 8, 76, 106, 144, 165, 222, 288, 315, 316, 320, 321, 360, 451, 569, 669, 686, 710, 713
  • Changsha claims, Chinese declination to consider, 1037–1038
  • Chiang Kai-shek. See under Sino-Japanese dispute; also under Political situation, infra.
  • Chinese Eastern Railway, Soviet interests and Japanese attitude, 55, 67, 368, 385, 393, 446, 512
  • Chinese Engineering & Development Co., 123
  • Civil war. See Political situation: Conflict, infra.
  • Claims of American citizens and organizations against China, 971–974, 1034–1046
    • Boxer indemnity, noninclusion in Hoover debt moratorium, 1040–1041
    • Claims commission, U. S.-China, U. S. proposal for establishment of, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038–1040, 1042; text of draft convention, 1043–1046
    • Consolidation of foreign debts (see also Claims commission, supra), question of U. S. submission of list of claims against China, 1034–1036
    • Damages to property by revolutionary forces: Changsha claims, Chinese declination to consider, 1037–1038; U. S. reservation of right to present claims for damages to missionary property, 971–974
    • Warning by National Government of refusal to recognize bonds issued by Canton rebels, 1041
  • Commercial treaty with the United States (1903), expiration in 1934, 804, 847, 848
  • Commissions (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute), Sino-U. S. claims commission, U. S. proposal for establishment of, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038–1040, 1042; text of draft convention, 1043–1046
  • Communism. See Bandit and communist activity, supra.
  • Concessions and international settlements. See under Foreign powers, infra.
  • Courts. See Extraterritorial rights and Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens, infra.
  • Curtiss-Wright Co., 1016
  • Customs. See under Taxation: Imposition, infra.
  • Debts, Chinese. See Boxer indemnity and Claims, supra.
  • Deeds, title, to real property, U. S. protection of, 1028–1033
  • Dollar Co., Robert, 1006–1007
  • Douglas Aircraft Co., 1024–1025
  • Evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from places of danger:
    • Americans: Advice of U. S. diplomatic officers in China, 227, 392, 961, 978–979; conflicting views of missionaries and Department of State, 965–969; reports of, 128, 227, 392, 434, 463
    • Japanese, 41, 55, 102, 114, 128, 161–162, 170, 210, 227, 283, 465
  • Extraterritorial rights (see also Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens, infra), negotiations for relinquishment by the United States and other powers, 716–932, 965, 996, 1002–1003, 1010–1012, 1013–1016, 1028–1029, 1031
    • France, exchange of views with the United States, 804, 835
    • Great Britain, negotiations: Chinese complaint of U. S. interference in progress of negotiations, and U. S. attitude, 839, 839–840, 841, 845–846, 853–854, 858; exchange of views and information with the United States, 716–721, 722–726, 732–733, 736, 737, 738–739, 744–745, 753–754, 755–758, 759–769, 771–772, 778, 788–789, 790–791, 794, 795, 811, 812, 827–831, 832–834, 836, 837, 843, 844–845, 849, 851, 852, 854, 857–860, 863–864, 867–868, 876–877, 885–886, 890–893, 911, 914, 916–920, 920–921, 926–931, 932; reports concerning negotiations of British Minister at Nanking, 741–742, 744–745, 753–754, 762–769, 771–772, 775–776, 777–786, 787, 795–802, 807–808, 811, 812–813, 827–831, 836, 837, 842, 845, 850, 854–857, 859, 863–865, 868–869, 875–877
    • Japan: Attitude toward possible entrance into negotiations, 745–748, 804, 843; exchange of views and information with the United States, 739–740, 745–748, 843–844, 881, 882–883; rights in Manchuria under 1915 treaties, Japanese desire for special provisions to protect, and Chinese objections, 814, 843–844, 880–881, 881, 882–883, 883
    • National People’s Convention, manifesto of May 13 concerning abolition, 853
    • Netherlands, exchange of notes with China, Apr. 23, for relinquishment of extraterritoriality upon relinquishment by great powers, 737, 809
    • Provisions of proposed treaties, discussions and draft texts:
      • Arbitration of civil or commercial controversies, 728, 764, 766, 773, 780–781, 783, 797, 800–801, 807–808, 814, 820–821, 826, 829, 830, 887, 898–899
      • Arrests, imprisonment, detention, and bail, 728, 742, 745, 755, 784, 795, 797, 798–799, 800, 807, 813, 818–819, 851, 889, 897–898, 906, 907, 911–912
      • Authorized text, 825, 828–829, 831, 851, 855, 903
      • Codes, publication of, 719, 727, 814, 827, 830, 855, 905
      • Commercial books, examination, 821, 907
      • Companies, 722, 728, 764, 768, 774, 781–782, 784, 796, 801, 807, 821–822, 859, 889, 900–901
      • Consular officers’ rights and privileges, 848, 857, 861–862, 863, 905
      • Criminal jurisdiction. See Transfer of jurisdiction, infra.
      • Definition of “nationals”, 729, 813, 824, 903
      • Duration, 729, 788, 793, 807, 812, 813, 814, 825, 831, 836, 840–841, 847, 851, 859, 863–864, 872, 874–875, 876, 903
      • Evocation, 719, 723, 725, 727–728, 733, 738, 741, 744, 753, 755, 760, 764, 771, 775–776, 784, 807
      • Excluded areas, 719, 720, 721, 721–722, 723–724, 725, 732, 738, 742, 743, 744, 746, 748, 751, 752, 753–754, 755, 756, 757, 760, 760–761, 761, 764, 769, 770, 771, 772, 784, 785, 788–789, 792, 793, 794, 795, 800, 802, 802–803, 804, 805–806, 806–807, 807, 809, 812, 813, 814, 825, 828, 831, 832–834, 835–836, 837, 840–841, 843, 846–848, 849, 856, 858–859, 862, 863, 864–865, 866, 867–868, 868–869, 869, 870, 871, 873–874, 876–877, 878, 880–881, 881, 883–884, 884, 890–893, 902, 910, 912, 916, 917–919, 1014; special treatment of Shanghai, 721–722, 724, 725, 738, 742, 753–754, 755, 756, 760, 760–761, 769, 771, 785, 789, 793, 794, 803, 804, 806, 807, 809, 828, 831, 834, 837, 840–841, 847–848, 856, 868, 873–874, 877, 880–881, 884, 890–893, 910, 912, 916, 919
      • Lawyers and interpreters, 764–765, 772, 777, 779, 783, 788, 807, 814, 816–817, 826, 896, 906, 911
      • Legal counselors (without functions as co-judges), 720, 721, 722, 725, 726, 732, 733, 735, 736, 742, 743, 744, 751, 752, 753, 755, 757, 760, 761, 762–764, 770, 771, 772–773, 775–776, 779–780, 783, 785, 792, 795–796, 800, 801–802, 806, 807, 808, 814, 816–817, 851, 859, 864, 871, 872, 872–873, 894–896, 904, 907–908
      • Military service and forced loans, 722, 764, 768, 781, 784, 797, 798, 801, 807, 821, 830, 887, 900
      • Mutual relations of courts, 851, 905
      • Nondiscriminatory treatment, 729, 748, 764, 769, 775, 781, 782, 784, 796, 801, 807, 824, 829, 871, 886–887, 889, 890, 903, 912
      • Patents and copyrights, protection, 881–882, 885, 890, 908–909
      • Pending cases, 720, 729, 764, 768–769, 774–775, 807, 823, 901
      • Personal status matters, 720, 721, 725–726, 732, 757, 784, 807, 813, 823–824, 828, 830, 836, 837–838, 842, 850, 851, 851–852, 854, 857, 871, 886, 890, 902, 907, 909, 910–911, 912, 913
      • Preamble, 719, 727, 858, 888, 893
      • Property, immovable, rights in, 721, 726, 728, 745, 748, 755, 756, 757, 760, 764, 766–767, 772, 773–774, 777, 781, 783, 797, 801, 807, 814, 821, 826, 829–830, 889–890, 899, 906, 912, 913, 965, 1028–1029, 1031
      • Protected persons: British, 764, 769, 807, 829, 855–856; U. S., 904, 906–907, 1010–1012
      • Protection of courts, 813, 825, 904
      • Ratification, 719, 727, 729, 807, 813, 825, 831, 851, 876, 884, 904
      • Residence and trade, rights of, 719, 722, 724, 726, 729, 732, 746, 748, 757, 784, 807, 813, 814, 823, 829, 831, 831–832, 854–855, 881, 902, 908
      • Search of premises, 720, 722, 728, 764, 767–768, 774, 784, 807, 821, 830, 899
      • Shipping, 784, 799, 801, 807, 822, 851, 900
      • Special chambers, 736, 749, 752, 764, 765, 770, 773, 806, 807, 813, 814, 815–816, 825–826, 851, 859, 864, 870–871, 894, 904
      • Taxation, 720, 721, 726, 727, 742, 745, 755, 764, 765–766, 773, 780, 783, 807, 819–820, 862, 898, 912, 996, 1002–1003
      • Transfer of jurisdiction, including criminal jurisdiction, 719, 721, 722, 723–724, 725, 726, 727, 733, 735, 741–742, 743–744, 744, 746, 748, 751, 752, 753, 755, 757, 760, 761, 764, 769, 770, 771, 772, 776, 777, 778–779, 782, 784, 785, 787–788, 792, 795, 796, 800, 802–803, 807, 811, 814, 815, 888–889, 894
      • Treaties, existing, 729, 807, 813, 825, 831, 851, 855, 857, 861, 871, 903
    • Signature of treaties, question of, 808, 809–810, 827, 835
    • Texts, draft, of proposed treaties. See United States: Texts, infra.
    • Unilateral action of China terminating extraterritorial rights:
      • Discussions and statements concerning possibility of, 731, 790–791, 792, 803, 804–805, 828, 833–834, 836, 837
      • Mandates:
        • May 4: Issuance, 839, 845; postponement of entry into effect by mandate of Dec. 29, 931; proposed enforcement of, and attitude of Great Britain and the United States, 837, 858, 860, 921, 922–923, 923–924, 926–931, 932, 965
        • Dec. 29, mandate postponing enforcement of May 4 mandate, text, 931
      • Yunnan Province, question of assuming jurisdiction over extraterritorial foreigners, 740, 748–749, 754–755, 759, 922–923
    • United States:
      • Discussions at Nanking, instructions and reports, 733, 743–744, 751–753, 757, 758, 759, 761–762, 771–772, 776, 786, 791–793, 802–803, 805–806, 808, 809–810, 811–812, 839–841, 845–848, 850–852, 853–854, 869–870, 879–881, 882, 883–884, 887–888, 908–909, 914, 915–916, 919–920, 924–925
      • Exchange of views with other extraterritorial powers. See Exchange of views under France, Great Britain, and Japan, supra.
      • Instructions to consular officers to refrain from discussing extraterritoriality with local authorities, 749, 755, 759
      • Negotiations in Washington, 726–731, 733–736, 739–740, 749–751, 776–777, 787, 789, 794, 810, 813–827, 831–832, 835–836, 837–838, 866, 870–873, 873–874, 884–885, 886–887, 888–890; question of transfer to Nanking, 738–740, 743n, 745, 751–753, 758, 758–759, 761–762, 770, 877–880
      • Relation of negotiations to U. S. discussions concerning Chinese jurisdiction over American physicians in China, 907, 1010–1012; municipal taxation questions, 996, 1002–1003; protection of missionary property, 965; retention of U. S. Army forces at Tientsin, 1013–1016
      • Signature of treaty, question of time and place, 808, 809–810, 811–812
      • Texts, draft, of proposed treaty: Apr. 27, U. S. revised draft, including exchange of notes, 815–827; July 14, U. S. revised draft, including declarations and exchanges of notes, 893–908
      • Treaty of 1903, expiration in 1934, 804, 847, 848
  • Flood relief, Chinese refusal of Japanese offer of, 41
  • Foreign powers (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute):
    • Arms and munitions shipments to China. See Arms and munitions, supra.
    • Concessions (see also Extraterritorial rights: Provisions: Excluded areas, supra, and Shanghai International Settlement, infra), question of rendition of British concessions at Canton, Hankow, and Tientsin, 805, 828, 865
    • Evacuation of Americans and other foreigners. See Evacuation, supra.
    • Extraterritorial rights. See Extraterritorial rights, supra.
    • France (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace), exchange of views with the United States regarding extraterritorial rights, 804, 835
    • Germany. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace.
    • Great Britain (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace; also under Extraterritorial rights, supra): Concessions at Canton, Hankow, and Tientsin, question of rendition, 805, 828, 865; naval vessels in China, 241, 961, 962; policy and procedure concerning arms and munitions shipments to Canton faction via Hong Kong, 1018, 1019–1020, 1021, 1022–1023, 1026–1028; taxation questions, attitude, 989, 1001, 1007
    • Italy. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace.
    • Japan (see also Sino-Japanese dispute; also under Extraterritorial rights, supra): Assistance to Canton faction, 8; attitude toward taxation questions, 986–987, 1001
    • Netherlands, exchange of notes with China, Apr. 23, for relinquishment of extraterritoriality upon relinquishment by great powers, 809
    • Norway: Exchange of notes with China, Apr. 23, for relinquishment of extraterritoriality upon relinquishment by great powers, 737, 809; Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 229, 341
    • Panama, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 341
    • Peru. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace.
    • Portugal, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 341
    • Protection of American and other foreign lives and property. See Protection, infra.
    • Russia. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers.
    • Spain, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 224, 230, 241, 341
    • Taxation. See Taxation, infra.
    • Treaties and agreements regarding China. See Treaties, infra.
    • Turkey, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 349
    • United States. See under Sino-Japanese dispute; also, Arms and munitions, Claims, Deeds, Evacuation, and Extraterritorial rights, supra; Jurisdiction, Protection, Taxation, U. S. citizens, U. S. commercial interests, U. S. military and naval forces, and U. S. policy, infra.
    • Yugoslavia, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 341
  • Frazar, Federal, Inc., 121
  • Gale Co., L. E.: Demonstration airplane at Mukden, detention by Japanese military, 122–123, 542; interest in airplane sales to South China, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1026
  • Halverstadt, Harriet, kidnapping by bandits, 979–981
  • Hoggard-Sigler, 981–982
  • Johnson, Nelson T. (U. S. Minister), arrangements for presence at Nanking and Shanghai, 136–137, 329, 331, 332
  • Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens in China (see also Extraterritorial rights, supra), application of Chinese jurisdiction to American missionary, educational, and medical enterprises and personnel, 1010–1013
  • Kidnapping of American missionaries. See under Protection: Missionaries, infra.
  • Koo, V. K. Wellington: Proposal for neutral zone at Chinchow (Manchuria) and Sino-Japanese controversy concerning, 558, 564–565, 570, 572, 579–580, 589–592, 597, 605–606, 608–609, 613, 614, 618, 620, 621, 629, 641–642, 649, 651–652, 657–660, 663–667, 668–669, 671, 679–680, 681; resignation as Foreign Minister and plans for departure from China, 684, 702, 714
  • Kuomintang, National People’s Convention (May 5), 744, 791, 794–795, 803, 813, 827, 834, 836, 838–839, 853, 858
  • Lockheed Aircraft Co., 1020–1021, 1025
  • Manchurian incident. See Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Mandates (see also under Extraterritorial rights: Unilateral action of China, supra): Nov. 16, nonrecognition of acts of illegal authorities in Manchuria, 472; Nov. 17, appointment of Gen. Ma Chan-shan as Chairman of Heilung-kiang, 472
  • McDonnell and Gorman, 123
  • Missionaries and mission property (see also under Protection, infra): Application of Chinese jurisdiction to American missionary, educational, and medical enterprises and personnel, 1010–1013; exemption of property from house tax at Tsinanfu, 992–993; Japanese interference with banking arrangements in Manchuria, 124
  • National City Bank of New York, 20, 26, 124–125, 133, 681
  • Nelson, Rev. Bert N., kidnapping by bandits, 934, 936–937, 938–945, 953, 959, 960–961, 962, 963, 975–977
  • Nichols Superyarn and Carpets, Federal, Inc., 981–982
  • Nordlund, Esther, kidnapping by bandits, 957–958
  • Open-door principle, 441, 461, 483, 491, 681
  • Patents and copyrights, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties for relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 881–882, 885, 890, 908–909
  • Political situation:
    • Chiang Kai-shek: Resignation from presidency, and arrangements for future duties, 133, 354–357, 684, 686, 702, 714, 922, 925; U. S. attitude, 355–356, 922, 925
    • Communist activity in South China, 805, 883
    • Conflict between National Government at Nanking and Canton government: Japanese assistance to Canton, 8; military operations, 962, 963, 974–975; settlement of difficulties, and order for dissolution of Canton government, 133, 219, 329, 354–357, 507, 711, 919, 921, 922
    • Foreign Minister C. T. Wang: Assault by students, U. S. expression of sympathy on occasion of, 84; resignation, 94
    • Internal difficulties of National Government, 859
    • Japanese assistance to Canton faction, 8; concern over political growth of China, 87
    • National People’s Convention of Kuomintang (May 5), 744, 791, 794–795, 803, 813, 827, 834, 836, 838–839, 853, 858
    • Public sentiment: Attitude toward the United States, 673; general, 55, 67, 84, 105, 113, 126, 133, 134, 145, 146, 170, 264, 265, 337, 451–452, 496, 507, 573, 620, 622, 642, 647–648, 669–670, 684–685, 702
    • Reorganization of National Government, 329, 560–561, 684–685, 686, 701–702, 713–714, 922, 923, 924, 925—926, 929
    • Student activities, 84, 532, 570, 642, 670, 684–685, 686–687
    • U. S. policy of noninvolvement in Chinese domestic politics, 355–356
  • Property:
    • Claims for damages. See Claims: Damages, supra.
    • Mission property. See Missionaries and mission property, supra.
    • Patents and copyrights, provisions of proposed treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 881–882, 885, 890, 908–909
    • Protection. See Protection, infra.
    • Rights in immovable property, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 721, 726, 728, 745, 748, 755, 756, 757, 760, 764, 766–767, 772, 773–774, 777, 781, 783, 797, 801, 807, 814, 821, 826, 829–830, 889–890, 899, 906, 912, 913, 965, 1028–1029, 1031
    • Title deeds to real property of Americans, U. S. protection, 1028–1033
  • Protection of American and other foreign lives and property (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute), 933–981
    • American merchant vessels:
      • Boarding and search by Chinese authorities, and U. S. attitude, 935–936, 956, 964, 970–971, 978, 979
      • Firing upon vessels in Yangtze by bandits and communists, 934, 937, 938, 952–953, 954, 974
      • Forced transport of Chinese military, U. S. protest, 957
      • Incidents involving clashes between American vessels and Chinese military search parties: Chi Ta incident, 964; [Page 1071] Ifung incident, 978, 979; Iping incident and U. S.-Chinese correspondence concerning, 954–955, 955–957, 959, 969–970
      • U. S. naval armed guards, 954–955
    • British naval vessels, 961, 962
    • Claims for damages to missionary property, U. S. reservation of rights concerning, 971–974
    • Evacuation of Americans from places of danger: Advice of U. S. diplomatic officers, 961, 978–979; conflicting views of missionaries and Department of State, 965–969
    • Missionaries and mission property (see also Evacuation, supra):
      • Kidnapping of American missionaries by bandits and communists, and U. S. representations to National Government and local authorities to secure release, case of Harriet J. Halverstadt, 979–981; Rev. Bert N. Nelson, 934, 936–937, 938–945, 953, 959, 960–961, 962, 963, 975–977; Esther Nordlund, 957–958
      • Murder of Rev. J. W. Vinson, 978
      • Occupation of missionary property by Chinese military, and U. S. representations and reservation of right to claim damages, 945–951, 953–954, 967, 971–974
    • U. S. naval forces: Armed guards aboard merchant vessels, 954–955; dispatch of naval vessels to places of danger, 962–963, 975; firing upon naval vessels by bandits and communists, 934, 937, 937–938
    • U. S. representations concerning—
      • Chinese responsibility, under treaties, for protection of Americans, 933–934
      • Interference with American merchant vessels: Firing upon vessels by Chinese military search parties, 964; forced transport of Chinese military, 957; regulations regarding boarding and search, U. S. attitude, 935–936, 971
      • Kidnapping of American missionaries, 936–937, 938–939, 940, 941—942, 943, 944, 945, 953, 957–958, 963, 975, 977, 979–980, 980–981
      • Occupation of American mission property, 945–946, 947, 948, 949, 952, 953–954, 971–973
  • Radio Corporation of America, interruption of service through Japanese closure of Mukden radio station, and U. S. representations to Japan, 56, 92, 101, 102–103, 107, 114, 121–122, 133, 135, 153, 162, 186–187, 240, 262, 331–332, 364, 382, 435, 475–476, 617
  • Railways. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Salt funds. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Shanghai International Settlement (see also Taxation: Imposition: Tobacco tax, infra):
    • Extra-Settlement roads and other problems, question of negotiations concerning, 837, 840, 847–848, 865, 866
    • Extraterritoriality. See Extraterritorial rights: Provisions: Excluded areas, supra.
    • Sino-Japanese difficulties in Shanghai. See Sino-Japanese dispute: General situation: China: Shanghai.
    • Title deeds to property owned by Americans, U. S. protection, 1028–1029, 1029–1030, 1033
  • Shantung settlement of 1922, cited, 105, 176–177, 194–195, 369, 370, 405, 410–411, 425, 427, 444, 457, 464, 553
  • Shipping. See Protection: American merchant vessels, supra; also under Extraterritorial rights: Provisions, supra.
  • Smith Co., Werner G., 994
  • Soong, T. V., 43, 66, 73, 133, 686, 702, 713, 714
  • Soviet relations with China. See Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Russia.
  • Standard Oil Co.: Foreshore permit fee, Chinese effort to collect, 1005, 1006–1007; property endangered by Sino-Japanese conflict in Manchuria, 121; shipping, firing upon by bandits and communists, 934, 938, 974; taxation, imposition of military surtax on certain imports [Page 1072] of company into Kwangsi Province, U. S. protest and ultimate discontinuance of, 985, 987
  • Taxation:
    • British attitude, 989, 1001, 1007
    • Imposition of taxes considered unfair to American trade, 981–1009
      • Business tax, Chinese efforts to impose, and U. S. reservation of attitude pending conclusion of extraterritoriality negotiations, 986–987, 989–990, 993, 1001–1004
      • Customs duties and surtaxes: Double collection of duties by de facto authorities at Tientsin and National authorities at Shanghai, U. S. efforts to obtain refund of Shanghai duties paid by American firms, 981–982, 991–992; military surtax on certain imports into Kwangsi Province, U. S. protest on behalf of Standard Oil Co., and ultimate discontinuance of tax, 985, 987; provincial surtaxes, U. S. protests against imposition of, 993–995, 908–1000, 1005–1006, 1009
      • Forced levies by Honan authorities on Chinese agents of American company, question of U. S. protest, 982–983
      • Foreshore property regulations imposed by Shanghai municipal authorities, U. S. protest and question of compliance with revised regulations, 995–996, 1000–1001, 1004–1005, 1006–1008
      • Plumbing contractors’ licenses in Chinese municipality at Shanghai, question of U. S. protest against excessive cost, 983–985
      • Tobacco tax, agreement of Shanghai consular body for application to Chinese in International Settlement, and question of extension to non-extraterritorial foreign residents, 988, 997–998, 1000
    • Japanese attitude, 986–987, 1001
    • Principle regarding taxes and customs paid to de facto authorities, 991–992
    • Provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 720, 721, 726, 727, 742, 745, 755, 764, 765–766, 773, 780, 783, 807, 819–820, 862, 898, 912, 996, 1002–1003
  • Texas Co., 123–124, 124
  • Title deeds to real property of Americans, U. S. protection, 1028–1033
  • Treaties, agreements, etc. (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute):
    • Boxer Protocol, 1013
    • Extraterritoriality, Sino-foreign negotiations for treaties regarding relinquishment of. See Extraterritorial rights, supra.
    • U. S.–China:
      • Claims commission convention, U. S. proposal for negotiation of, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038–1040, 1042; text of draft convention, 1043–1046
      • Commercial relations treaty (1903), expiration in 1934, 804, 847, 848
      • Consular convention, question of negotiating, 848, 857
    • Validity of existing Sino-foreign treaties, provisions of proposed treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 729, 807, 813, 825, 831, 851, 855, 857, 861, 871, 903
  • U. S. citizens. See Extraterritorial rights, Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens, and Protection, supra.
  • U. S. commercial interests (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute; also, supra, Extraterritorial rights: Provisions: Companies; Protection: American merchant vessels; Taxation: Imposition):
    • Curtiss-Wright Co., 1016
    • Dollar Co., Robert, 1006–1007
    • Douglas Aircraft Co., 1024–1025
    • Hoggard-Sigler, 981–982
    • Lockheed Aircraft Co., 1020–1021, 1025
    • Nichols Superyarn and Carpets, Federal, Inc., 981–982
    • Standard Oil Co. See Standard Oil Co., supra.
    • Vought Corsair Airplane Co., 1025
    • Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co. See Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co., infra.
  • U. S. military and naval forces (see also Protection: U. S. naval forces, supra); U. S. Army forces at Tientsin, proposed reduction in strength, 1013–1016; naval vessels in China, number of, 241
  • U. S. policy (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: United States: Policy), noninvolvement in Chinese politics, 355–356
  • Vinson, Rev. J. W., murder by bandits, 978
  • Vought Corsair Airplane Co., 1025
  • Wang, C. T.: Assault by students, and U. S. expression of sympathy, 84; resignation as Foreign Minister, 94
  • Wang Ching-wei, 219
  • Washington Conference of 1922. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co.:
    • Firing upon vessels by bandits and communists, 937, 952–953
    • Forced transport of Chinese military, 957
    • Incidents involving clashes with Chinese military search parties: Chi Ta incident, 964; Ifung, 978, 979; Iping, 954–955, 955–957, 959, 969–970
• Chinchow incidents. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Chinese Eastern Railway, Soviet interests and Japanese attitude, 55, 67, 368, 385, 393, 446, 512
• Chinese Engineering & Development Co., 123
• Civil war. See China: Political situation: Conflict.
• Claims. See under China.
• Commercial treaties. See under Treaties.
• Commissions. See under China.
• Communism. See China: Bandit and communist activity.
• Concessions. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Conventions. See Treaties, etc.
• Copyrights and patents, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 881–882, 885, 890, 908–909
• Courts. See Extraterritorial rights and Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens under China.
• Curtiss-Wright Co., 1016
• Customs. See under China: Taxation: Imposition.
• Dawes, Charles G. See Sino-Japanese dispute: United States: Cooperation with League: Meetings: U. S. representation.
• Deeds, title, to real property of Americans in China, U. S. protection, 1028–1033
• De facto authorities, principle concerning payment of taxes and customs duties to, 991–992
• Depression, world economic, alleged relation to Manchurian situation, 71, 321
• Disarmament Conference (1932): Appointment of Matsudaira as chairman of Japanese delegation, 28; relation to Sino-Japanese conflict in Manchuria, 44, 249, 320, 386, 400, 441
• Dollar Co., Robert, 1006–1007
• Douglas Aircraft Co., 1024–1025
• Evocation, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 719, 723, 725, 727–728, 733, 738, 741, 744, 753, 755, 760, 764, 771, 775–776, 784, 807
• Extraterritorial rights. See under China.
• Far Eastern crisis. See Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Four-Power Pacific Treaty (1921), 15, 19, 31
• France (see also under China: Foreign powers): Plans for army reorganization, 386; U. S. attitude toward Franco-Italian naval construction, 639–640; visit of Pierre Laval to the United States, 267, 271, 342
• Frazar, Federal, Inc., 121
• Gale Co., L. E. See under China.
• Germany (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace), treaty with the United States (1921), cited, 1024
• Great Britain. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Guatemala, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, question of, 341
• Halverstadt, Harriet J., kidnapping by Chinese bandits, 979–981
• Herndon, Hugh, Jr. See Japan: Trans-Pacific flight.
• Hines, Walker D., proposed appointment as U. S. member of League Commission of Inquiry into Sino-Japanese controversy in Manchuria, 682, 688
• Hoggard-Sigler, 981–982
• Hoover, Herbert (President): Proposal for moratorium on intergovernmental debts, nonapplicability to Boxer indemnity, 1040–1041; suggestions regarding Sino-Japanese controversy in Manchuria, 431–432, 496, 663, 667
• Hughes, Charles Evans, activities and statements at Washington Conference of 1922, 177, 334, 338–339, 384, 410–411, 418–419, 424, 425, 427, 461, 523
• Immigration:
  • Admission into the United States of Japanese treaty (trade) aliens, Japanese discussions with Department of State, 1056–1058
  • Exclusion clause of Immigration Act of 1924, 191
• Irish Free State, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Sino-Japanese dispute, 341
• Italy (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace), U. S. attitude toward Franco-Italian naval construction, 639–640
• Japan (see also Sino-Japanese dispute and under China: Foreign powers), 1–715 passim, 844, 1047–1062
  • Admission into the United States of Japanese treaty (trade) aliens, 1056–1058
  • Lindbergh, Charles A., visit to Japan, 1051
  • Load-line certificates, reciprocal recognition by the United States and Japan, arrangement effected by exchange of notes signed Feb. 13, Mar. 19 and 30, Aug. 25, and Sept. 7, texts, 1059–1062
  • Matsudaira, Tsuneo (Ambassador to Great Britain), 28, 29, 446, 449
  • Political situation. See Sino-Japanese dispute: Political situation in Japan.
  • Russo-Japanese relations in Manchuria (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Russia), 844
  • Trans-Pacific flight of Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., from Japan to the United States, 1047–1056
    • Arrangements for emergency landing or flight over Japanese territory, 1047–1048
    • Congratulatory message from Japan to the United States upon successful completion of flight, 1056
    • Violation by Pangborn-Herndon of Japanese restrictions concerning aerial photography and flights over fortified zones, and U. S. assistance in obtaining Japanese permission for resumption of flight, 1049–1055
  • Treaties with the United States (see also Load-line certificates, supra), commercial treaty of 1911, cited, 1056–1057, 1057
• Johnson, Nelson T. (U. S. Minister in China), arrangements for presence at Nanking and Shanghai, 136–137, 329, 331, 332
• Jurisdiction over U. S. citizens in China. See under China.
• Kamanomido v. Nagle, cited, 1057
• Kellogg-Briand Pact. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Kidnapping. See under China: Protection: Missionaries.
• Koo, V. K. Wellington. See under China.
• Kuomintang, National People’s Convention (May 5), 744, 791, 794–795, 803, 813, 827, 834, 836, 838–839, 853, 858
• Latin American states, attitude toward use of foreign military force for protection of railway investments, 557–558, 650, 662
• Laval, Pierre (Premier), visit to the United States, 267, 271, 342
• League of Nations. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Lindbergh, Charles A., visit to Japan, 1051
• Load-line certificates, reciprocal recognition of, U. S.-Japanese arrangement effected by exchange of notes signed Feb. 13, Mar. 19 and 30, Aug. 25, and Sept. 7, texts, 1059–1062
• Lockheed Aircraft Co., 1020–1021, 1025
• Manchurian incident. See Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Matsudaira, Tsuneo, 28, 29, 446, 449
• McDonnell and Gorman, 123
• Merchant vessels. See Japan: Load-line certificates and China: Shipping.
• Missionaries. See under China.
• Mukden incident. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: General situation: Manchuria.
• Munitions. See China: Arms and munitions.
• Nakamura incident, 1–3, 4–5, 7, 9–10, 13, 21, 32, 33, 75, 77, 83, 86, 95–96, 210, 316, 320
• National City Bank of New York, 20, 26, 124–125, 133, 681
• Nelson, Rev. Bert N., kidnapping by Chinese bandits, 934, 936–937, 938–945, 953, 959, 960–961, 962, 963, 975–977
• Netherlands, exchange of notes with China, Apr. 23, for relinquishment of extraterritoriality upon relinquishment by great powers, 809
• Nichols Superyarn and Carpets, Federal, Inc., 981–982
• Nine-Power Treaty. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Nondiscriminatory treatment, provisions of Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 729, 748, 764, 769, 775, 781, 782, 784, 796, 801, 807, 824, 829, 871, 886–887, 889, 890, 903
• Nonni River-Tsitsihar situation. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: General situation: Manchuria.
• Nordlund, Esther, kidnapping by Chinese bandits, 957–958
• Norway. See under China: Foreign powers.
• Olds, Robert E., 519, 583
• Open-door principle, 441, 461, 483, 491, 681
• Panama, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 341
• Pangborn, Clyde E. See Japan: Trans-Pacific flight.
• Patents and copyrights, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties for relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 881–882, 885, 890, 908–909
• Peru. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Efforts to preserve peace.
• Pittman, Key (U. S. Senator), visit to China, 870
• Portugal, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 341
• Property. See under China.
• Pu-yi (Hsuan Tung), 290, 323, 433, 435, 437, 475, 476, 486–487, 531
• Radio Corporation of America, interruption of service through Japanese closure of Mukden radio station, and U. S. representations to Japan, 56, 92, 101, 102–103, 107, 114, 121–122, 133, 135, 153, 162, 186–187, 240, 262, 331–332, 364, 382, 435, 475–476, 617
• Railways. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Religious questions. See China: Missionaries.
• Renunciation of War, Treaty for (1928). See Sino-Japanese dispute: Kellogg-Briand Pact.
• Russia. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers.
• Sanctions. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: League of Nations.
• Search: Boarding and search of American merchant vessels by Chinese authorities, and U. S. attitude, 935–936, 956, 964, 970–971, 978, 979; immunity of premises from search, provisions of proposed Sino-foreign treaties regarding relinquishment of extraterritoriality, 720, 722, 728, 764, 767–768, 774, 784, 807, 821, 830, 899
• Shanghai International Settlement. See under China.
• Shantung settlement of 1922, cited, 105, 176–177, 194–195, 369, 370, 405, 410–411, 425, 427, 444, 457, 464, 553
• Shipping. See Japan: Load-line certificates; and under China.
• Sino-Japanese dispute—occupation of Manchuria by Japan, beginning of Japanese military aggression, and efforts of the United States and other powers to preserve peace, 1–715, 814, 843–844, 880–881, 881, 882–883, 883
  • Banditry in Manchuria: Activities, 93, 174, 186, 289–290, 446; inability of Chinese forces to control, and consequent need for Japanese forces, alleged, 53–54, 83, 102, 223, 239, 290–291, 328, 569–570; Japanese operations against bandits, 587–588, 593–594, 600, 602, 604–605, 607, 607–608, 609, 624–625, 625, 627, 631, 635–636, 643–644, 645, 646, 656, 659, 661, 662, 670, 671, 672, 688, 697, 698, 699, 705, 706, 710
  • Boycotts, anti-Japanese: Chinese boycott and Japanese attitude, including threat of force, 29, 83–84, 114, 126, 128, 132–133, 147–148, 151–152, 160, 161, 163–164, 166, 170, 183, 343, 358, 377, 386, 471; world economic boycott, proposed, and question of U. S. participation, 299, 466–467, 471, 477, 489, 492, 494, 496–497, 499, 503, 525, 533–534, 677–678
  • Chiang Kai-shek, action in Manchurian situation: Attitude and statements, 41, 67, 188, 228–229, 264, 266, 330–331, 340, 342, 436–437; visit to Manchuria, proposed, 507, 511, 570
  • Chinchow:
    • Bombing by Japanese during initial incident in Manchuria, and U. S. representations concerning, 143–144, 147, 155, 157, 166, 167, 168, 174–175, 183, 193, 196–197, 220, 265, 315, 316, 324
    • Japanese attack, threat of, League and U. S. efforts to prevent hostilities, and ultimate withdrawal of Chinese forces:
      • Efforts of League and the United States to prevent hostilities (see also Neutral observers and Neutral zone negotiations, infra):
        • Appeals of League to disputants, 567, 569, 571, 633, 634, 679–680, 684, 685
        • Future action of League, question of, 646, 648, 653, 655
        • Representations by France, 654–655, 700, 702, 708, 715; Great Britain, 702; United [Page 1076] States, 534–535, 543, 550, 571, 578, 629–630, 637, 638, 639, 646, 649, 679, 680, 681, 684–685, 695–696, 698–699, 700, 702, 703, 705, 707–708
        • Sanctions, rumored application of, 587
      • Military situation:
        • Chinese troop movements and ultimate withdrawal of forces from Chinchow, 350, 530, 612, 628, 631–632, 634, 636, 641, 642, 669–670, 683, 701, 703, 708, 710, 711, 713
        • Japanese troop movements: Denial by Japan of hostile intentions, 166, 556, 559, 571, 574, 578, 579, 582, 587–588, 595–596, 628, 654, 660, 674–675; reports and indications of aggressive intentions, 189, 196–197, 360, 530, 536, 560, 562, 566, 569–570, 573, 574, 578, 581, 582, 586, 628, 633, 634, 637, 642, 667, 669–670, 677, 681, 683, 685, 687, 688–689, 697, 697–699, 700, 702, 704–705, 706, 707, 709, 710, 712, 713, 714–715; temporary withdrawals, 579, 583, 586, 587–588, 589, 590, 594, 595–596, 597, 598, 599, 601, 611, 612, 617, 620, 641–642, 651, 706
      • Neutral observers, League and U. S., investigations and efforts to prevent troop collisions, 531, 541, 542–543, 571, 576, 578, 580–581, 585, 586, 589, 594, 599, 603, 605–606, 608, 611, 616–617, 628, 640, 641, 653–654, 657, 677, 679, 683, 697–698, 708, 711, 713
      • Neutral zone negotiations, League and U. S. assistance: Discussions concerning, 558, 564–565, 566, 566–567, 570, 571, 572–573, 574, 576–577, 589–592, 597, 601, 605–606, 608–609, 613, 614–616, 617–620, 621–622, 626, 629, 631, 632–634, 636, 641–642, 649, 651–653, 654–655, 657–661, 663–667, 668–669, 671, 679–680, 681, 684, 687, 701, 703; Sino-Japanese informal negotiations at Peiping, 649, 669, 687, 710; Wellington Koo proposal, and Sino-Japanese misunderstanding concerning, 558, 564–565, 570, 572, 579–580, 589–592, 597, 605–606, 608–609, 613, 614, 618, 620, 621, 629, 641–642, 649, 651–652, 657–660, 663–667, 668–669, 671, 679–680, 681
    • Withdrawal of Chinese forces, 708, 710, 711, 713
  • Civil authority in Manchuria, Japanese interference. See Independent regime and Salt funds, infra.
  • Commissions, missions, etc., concerning dispute:
    • Commission of Inquiry. See under League, infra.
    • Evacuation, proposed Sino-Japanese commissions to arrange:
      • Chinese commissions, appointment, 112, 350–351, 359, 364, 380, 387, 425, 438–439
      • Japanese commission, Chinese requests for appointment, and Japanese refusal, 134, 149–150, 158, 161, 165, 169–170, 208, 353, 358–359, 372, 373; question of U. S. efforts to encourage Japanese action, 353
      • Neutral observers, question of association with Chinese forces, 150, 191–192, 207–208, 219, 226, 264, 277, 279, 297, 303, 304, 330–331, 342, 347–348, 349, 350–351, 353, 364–365, 382, 384, 387, 389, 420, 425, 438–439; with Sino-Japanese commissions, 88, 93
    • Investigation (see also League: Commission of Inquiry and Neutral observers: Investigation, infra): Chinese initial proposal, 33, 35; first League proposal for investigation commission, and question of U. S. participation, 36, 37, 38, 44–45, 45–46, 47, 48–49, 50, 50–51, 52, 57, 59–60, 60–61, 63, 66, 67–68, 73, 82, 88, 93, 97, 115
    • Neutral observers. See Neutral observers, infra.
    • Sino-Japanese joint investigation committee to conduct direct negotiations, alleged Chinese proposal of, 32, 33, 34, 37, 43, 55, 66, 73
  • Correspondence (see also Manifestoes, infra):
    • China–Japan:
      • Sept. 20, Chinese demand for Japanese withdrawal, cited, 23
      • Oct. 4 (5, 6?), Chinese announcement of preparations to take over evacuated areas, cited, 134, 161
      • Oct. 9, Chinese renewal of request for arrangements regarding evacuated areas: Cited, 208; text, 149–150
      • Oct. 9, Japanese reply to Chinese requests regarding evacuation arrangements, cited, 158, 161, 169, 337
      • Oct. 9, Japanese protest against Chinese boycott: Cited, 148, 166, 170, 358; text, 151–152
      • Oct. 10, Chinese reply to Japanese suggestion of Oct. 9 proposing announcement of representatives to negotiate concerning Manchuria, cited, 169–170
      • Oct. 12, Chinese reply to Japanese protest of Oct. 9, text, 192–194
      • Oct. 27, Chinese request for appointment of representatives to arrange evacuation, cited, 353, 358, 372
      • Oct. 31, Japanese reply to Chinese request of Oct. 27, text, 372
      • Nov. 3, Chinese reply to Japanese note of Oct. 31, and renewal of request for appointment of representatives to arrange evacuation, text, 373
    • Kellogg-Briand Pact signatories–China and Japan. See League of Nations: Kellogg-Briand Pact: Correspondence, infra.
    • League–China and Japan. See League: Correspondence: China and Japan, infra.
    • United States–China and Japan. See United States: Correspondence: China and Japan–United States, infra.
    • United States–League. See under League: Correspondence, infra.
  • Depression, world economic, alleged relation, 71, 321
  • Difficulties between China and Japan prior to Mukden incident:
    • Early indications of Japanese intentions in Manchuria (see also Extraterritoriality, infra), 3, 4, 5–7, 7–10, 94–96
    • Incidents: Nakamura incident, 1–3, 4–5, 7, 9–10, 13, 21, 32, 33, 75, 77, 83, 86, 95–96, 210, 316, 320; Wanpaoshan incident and anti-Chinese riots in Korea, 4, 6–7, 9, 77
  • Evacuation of foreigners from places of danger: Japanese citizens, 41, 55, 102, 114, 128, 161–162, 170, 210, 227, 283, 465; U. S. citizens, 128, 227, 392, 434, 463
  • Extraterritoriality negotiations between China and foreign powers, Japanese declarations prior to Mukden incident regarding insistence on protection of Japanese rights acquired under 1915 treaties, and Chinese objections, 814, 843–844, 880–881, 881, 882–883, 883
  • Foreign powers:
    • Efforts to preserve peace (see also League of Nations, infra):
      • Attitude of certain diplomats in Japan toward use of pressure on Japan, 452, 474
      • France:
        • Appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact: French appeal, 224, 230, 241, 264–265, 341; French notification to other signatories, 224, 230, 241, 241–242, 260, 262, 262–263
        • Consultations with the United States, 66–67, 94, 164–165, 211–212, 260–261, 341, 342–344, 368–370, 385–387, 404–405, 422–423, 542–543, 700, 702, 708
        • Dispatch of note to Japan reinforcing League note of Sept. 22, 57, 66
        • Observers in Manchuria, 353, 387, 389, 422–423, 531, 542–543, 576, 580–581, 628
        • Pro-Japanese policy, alleged, 361, 388
        • Representations at Tokyo against Japanese aggression, 285, 654–655, 700, 702, 708, 715
      • Germany: Appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 224, 230, 241, 264–265, 341; dispatch of note to Japan reinforcing League note of Sept. 22, 57; observer in Manchuria, 576
      • Great Britain: Appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 224, 230, 241, 264–265, 340–341; consultations with the United States, 30, 57–58, 63, 139–240, 248, 258, 260–261, 262, 351, 477; dispatch of note to Japan reinforcing League note of Sept. 22, 57, 66; observers in Manchuria, 99, 110, 347, 531, 542–543, 576, 580–581, 603, 628; pro-Japanese [Page 1078] attitude, alleged, 27; protectection of British citizens, inquiries and protests, 20, 22; representations at Tokyo against Japanese aggression, 702
      • Guatemala, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, question of, 341
      • Irish Free State, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 341
      • Italy: Appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 224, 230, 241, 341; desire for membership on Commission of Inquiry, 606; dispatch of note to Japan reinforcing League note of Sept. 22, 57; observer in Manchuria, 576, 580–581; readiness to comply with Chinese request for stationing of international forces at Chinchow, 571
      • Norway, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 229, 341
      • Panama, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 341
      • Peru: Appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, question of, 341; correspondence with United States concerning possible U. S. action under League resolution of Oct. 24, 342, 347
      • Portugal, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 341
      • Spain, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 224, 230, 241, 341
      • Turkey, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 349
      • United States. See United States, infra.
      • Yugoslavia, appeal to disputants under Kellogg-Briand Pact, 341
    • Protection and evacuation of foreign nationals. See Evacuation, supra, and Protection, infra.
    • Russia:
      • Aid to China, question of, 27, 29, 68–69, 99, 104, 105, 371, 391–892, 416, 443
      • Chinese Eastern Railway interests: Japanese attitude, 368, 385, 393, 512; Soviet protest against Japanese interference with railway operations, 55, 67, 446
      • Concentration of troops on border and other military movements, question of, 23, 27, 28, 42, 55, 58, 317, 371, 391, 446, 459, 506
      • Understanding with Japan, rumored, 38, 42, 58, 99
  • Four-Power Pacific Treaty (1921), 15, 19, 31
  • General situation (see also Military aggression, infra):
    • China proper:
      • Evacuation of Japanese residents and consular officers from interior, 114, 128, 161–162; from Nanking, 41, 55, 133
      • Nanking: Evacuation of Japanese residents, 41, 55, 133; possibility of Japanese military action on account of anti-Japanese boycott, and U. S. evacuation plans in event of, 128, 132–133, 137, 143, 148
      • Peiping: Anti-Japanese activity, 596; possibility of Sino-Japanese incidents, 17, 55, 137, 669
      • Shanghai:
        • Japanese dispatch of warships and landing of marines to combat anti - Japanese movement: Chinese apprehension, 127–128, 228–229; Japanese explanations, 132–133, 148, 183, 234
        • Sino-Japanese disorders in International Settlement, 163–164, 281–282, 531–532
      • Tientsin:
        • Civil authority, Japanese efforts to undermine, 401, 451
        • International military forces at Tientsin: Chinese requests for use in policing neutral zone outside Japanese concession, 436–437, 437–438, 575; investigation of incidents, 417; Japanese troops and reinforcements, 137, 451, 582, 697, 706, 709; protection of foreign lives and property, 404, 428, 435, 552; U. S. forces, employment for guard duty, 428, 552
        • Investigation by—
          • Commandants of international forces, 417
          • Consular body, Chinese request and U. S. acquiescence, 394–395, 404, 429–430
          • Special mission, Chinese request and question of U. S. participation, 421, 429–430, 430–437, 466, 502
        • Japanese measures:
          • Demand for withdrawal of Chinese troops to 20–li limit prescribed by provisional note of July 15, 1902, and Chinese compliance, 450; U. S. attitude, 442, 552
          • Dispatch of reinforcements, 582, 697, 706, 709
          • Proposed joint control of Tientsin, Chinese disavowal of, 687
        • Proposal by China for creation of international council to direct picked Chinese troops, 616
        • Reports of Sino-Japanese clashes, 394–395, 401–402, 402–403, 417, 418, 427–428, 434–435, 436–437, 438, 439–440, 449–450, 463, 486, 582, 597
    • Manchuria:
      • Antung: Japanese interference with U. S. commercial interests, 120–121, 238, 361–362, 563; Japanese occupation, 14, 19, 24, 25, 40, 53, 74, 90, 100, 237–240, 288, 290, 315, 320, 321, 324, 327; Japanese seizure of communications, 325
      • Changchun (Kwanchengtze): Civil administration and public facilities, Japanese control, 40, 132, 142, 290, 325; occupation by Japanese forces, 13, 14, 19, 25, 53, 74, 89, 90, 100, 132, 140–142, 288, 315, 316, 317, 318–320, 321, 324; salt revenues, 375, 414; status of Japanese forces, 56, 72, 89, 90, 100, 327–328
      • Chengchiatun: Bandit menace, 328; occupation by Japanese forces, 74, 88, 89, 90, 100, 288–289, 315, 321–322, 328
      • Chinchow. See Chinchow, supra.
      • Chuliuho, 406
      • Dairen, 87, 289
      • Hailar, 227, 371, 392, 446, 459
      • Harbin: Banditry, 446; communications, 100; disorders, 41, 42; evacuation of Japanese women and children, 102; occupation by Japanese forces, question of, and complications with Russia, 23, 42, 56, 67, 317, 451; Soviet protest against Japanese interference with Chinese Eastern Railway operations, 55, 67
      • Hwaitehhsien, 348–349
      • Ichienpu, 329
      • Jehol and Chahar Provinces: Evacuation of Japanese residents, 283; Japanese proposed seizure of Jehol, 560
      • Kirin: Banditry, 173, 328; establishment of new provincial government under Japanese domination, 92–93, 106, 171, 172, 290, 322, 323, 325–328, 487–488; evacuation of Japanese women and children, 102, 170; Japanese seizure of banks and salt revenues, 325, 360; occupation by Japanese forces, 23, 25–26, 39, 40, 42, 42–43, 53, 56, 64, 65, 72, 74, 88, 89, 90, 100, 170–173, 288, 289, 315, 320, 321–322, 325, 360, 406
      • Kowpangtze, 11, 12, 13, 24, 530, 710, 713
      • Manchouli (Manchuria Station), 371, 446, 459, 560
      • Mukden:
        • Banditry, 93, 186
        • Civil administration, Japanese domination: Mukden municipal government, 26, 31, 40, 53, 64, 76, 91–92, 119, 186, 287, 290, 322–323, 325, 393–394; new provincial government, formation, 687, 697
        • Incident of Sept 18–21 involving clash between South Manchuria Railway guards and Japanese Kwantung forces, and ultimate Japanese occupation of Mukden and vicinity, 10–14, 16, 19–22, 24, 25, 26, 42–43, 53, 54–55, 65, 72, 74–80, 81, 88, 89, 90, 93, 100, 140–141, 234, 288–291, 315, 317–318, 319, 321, 451, 632, 691
        • Japanese interference in commercial affairs, 20, 26, 31, 56, 87, 92, 100, 101, 102–103, 107, 114, 118–125, 133, 135, 153, 162, 186–187, 240, 262, 325, 331–332, 364, 382, 435, 475–476, 542, 617, 681, 685–686
        • Newchwang (Yingkow): Banditry, 223, 328; civil administration, Japanese control, 40, 53, 222–223, 290, 325; occupation by Japanese forces, 11, 13, 14, 19, 53, 74, 112, 222–223, 288, 289, 315, 316, 317, 320, 321, 326, 327, 328; seizure of salt revenues by the Japanese, 348, 360, 374, 414; U. S. representations against occupation of Frazar, Federal, Inc., premises, 121
        • Nonni River-Tsitsihar region, Sino-Japanese conflict:
          • Advance on Tsitsihar by Japanese-sponsored Chinese general, and ultimate withdrawal, 226–227, 322–323, 360, 363, 393
          • Attack by Japanese forces on Chinese troops at Nonni River bridge and occupation of Tsitsihar, 227, 289, 322, 360, 363–364, 365–366, 371–372, 378–379, 382–383, 385, 390, 391–393, 403–404, 415–416, 418, 419–420, 433–434, 437, 440, 443, 445–446, 447–448, 451, 455, 462–464, 465, 473, 475, 476, 483, 486, 487–488, 491, 506, 507, 512, 560, 562, 596, 612; Japanese troop withdrawal, proposals and reports, 476, 516, 517, 519–520, 521, 536, 559, 579, 586, 587–588, 594, 596
          • Evacuation of Americans and other foreigners, 227, 392, 434, 463, 465
          • Neutral observers, question of dispatch, 422–423, 429, 437, 462, 466, 507, 531
          • Soviet attitude and interests, question of, 368, 371, 385, 391–392, 393, 416, 420, 443, 446, 506, 512
      • Nunkingchiao, 329
      • Panshan, 707, 710
      • Shanhaikwan, 228, 229, 530, 697
      • Taonanfu: Banditry, 210; establishment of independent border administrator, 210, 322; Japanese occupation, 210, 289, 315, 317, 322, 324, 326–327, 366
      • Tiehling, 301–302
      • Tienchwangtai, 707
      • Tsitsihar. See Nonni River-Tsitsihar region, supra.
      • Tungliao: Japanese occupation and withdrawal, 289, 315, 321–322; subsequent Japanese military operations, 360, 695
      • Tunhua, 74, 89, 90, 150, 173–174, 289, 315, 317, 322
  • Independent regime in Manchuria under Japanese military control, Japanese endeavors to establish:
    • Japanese intentions and plans, 106–107, 144–145, 290, 322–323, 324–325, 341, 393, 451, 486–487, 562, 569–570, 570, 642, 675–676; Japanese explanations, 102, 108, 430–431
    • Mongolian independence movements, Japanese aid, 145, 465, 676
    • Municipal administrations: Changchun, 40, 132, 142, 290, 325; Hwaitehhsien, 348–349; Mukden, 26, 31, 40, 53, 64, 76, 91–92, 119, 186, 287, 290, 322–323, 325, 393–394; Newchwang, 40, 53, 222–223, 290, 325; Taonanfu, 210, 322
    • Provincial governments, Japanese assistance in formation:
      • Heilungkiang, 290, 323, 360; National Government announcement of appointment of Gen. Ma Chan-shan, 472
      • Kirin, 92–93, 106, 171, 172, 290, 322, 323, 325–326, 487–488
      • Liaoning, 107, 108, 290, 687, 697
    • Repudiation by National Governments of acts of illegal organizations in Manchuria, Chinese statements, 106, 472, 486–487
    • Status of Pu-yi (Hsuan Tung), 290, 323, 433, 435, 437, 475, 476, 486–487, 531
  • Japanese political situation, relation to Manchurian situation. See Conflict of policy and Political structure under Political situation in Japan, infra.
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact (see also under League of Nations, infra): Allusions to, 12, 15–16, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27, 27–28, 31, 34, 38, 44, 47, 49, 50, 51, 63, 80, 81, 104, 111, 115, 117, 154, 164–165, 167–168, 170, 176, 177–182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 192, [Page 1081] 195, 198, 199, 201–203, 205–207, 208, 209–210, 211–212, 213–214, 215–218, 220–221, 224–225, 229–230, 233, 241–242, 243–244, 247–248, 249–250, 252–256, 258, 260, 262–263, 264, 267, 275, 280–281, 284–285, 293–294, 295–296, 298, 302–303, 304, 309, 312, 340–341, 349, 370, 387, 399, 400–401, 409, 413, 424, 432, 445, 483, 492, 496, 504, 506, 525, 560, 562–563, 564, 612, 629, 673, 687, 696, 712; Chinese appeal to United States as sponsor of Pact, Sept. 21, text, 24
  • League of Nations, efforts to preserve peace:
    • Chinese initial appeal, Sept. 21, for League action to preserve peace: Discussions, 12, 19, 24–25, 31; text, 25
    • Commission of Inquiry, proposed:
      • Discussions regarding establishment of, 468, 479, 480, 484–485, 495, 501–502, 508–512, 514–516, 517–522, 523–530, 532–534, 597, 601, 606, 610–611, 612–616, 622–628, 635–636, 639, 645, 682–683
      • Membership (see also U. S. participation, infra), number and nationality, 530, 575, 576, 593, 597, 600, 601, 606, 607, 610–611, 613, 614, 623, 650, 651
      • Resolution establishing. See Resolutions: Dec. 10, infra.
      • Terms of reference, 682–683
      • U. S. participation, proposed, 485, 510–511, 514, 515, 520, 523, 525, 535–536, 575, 597, 611, 650, 682
    • Commissions, committees, etc., concerning dispute (see also Commissions, supra), “Committee of Five”, 39–40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 178, 190, 198–199, 283, 284, 291–292, 388
    • Correspondence (see also under Kellogg-Briand Pact, infra):
      • China and Japan-League:
        • Sept. 21, Chinese appeal for action under art. 11 of Covenant: Discussions, 12, 19, 24–25, 31; text, 25
        • Sept. 22, first League appeal to disputants to preserve peace, text, 36; reinforcement by like messages to disputants from France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy, 57, 66
        • Sept. 23, Japanese explanation and defense of position, 52–54; text, 53–54
        • Sept. 24, Japanese reply to League appeal of Sept. 22: Cited, 66, 72; text, 64–65
        • Oct. 9, League identic telegrams to disputants to fulfill engagements not to aggravate situation, 146; text, 147
        • Oct. 11, Chinese reports of continued Japanese military activity, texts, 168–169
        • Oct. 12, Japanese willingness to withdraw troops upon establishment of direct negotiations, text, 158–159
        • Oct. 12, Japanese explanation of attitude toward general situation, text, 160–161
        • Oct. 12, Japanese notification regarding evacuations in Yangtze region because of anti-Japanese movement, text, 161–162
        • Oct. 12, Japanese notification regarding dispatch of warships to Shanghai, text, 183
        • Oct. 14, Japanese explanation of status of troops at Mukden and dispatch of cruiser to Shanghai, text, 234
        • Oct. 15, Japanese objections to U. S. participation in Kellogg Pact discussions, and League reply, cited, 212, 259
        • Oct. 17, Japanese notification of return of Korean garrison from Manchuria, text, 298–299
        • Oct. 17, second Japanese note regarding objections to U. S. participation in Kellogg Pact discussions, text, 232–233
        • Oct. 18, League reply to Japanese note of Oct. 17, preparation of, 233–234, 258–259
        • Oct. 23, Chinese report of Japanese bombings at Nungan and Ichienpu, text, 329
        • Oct. 24, Chinese communication of intention to observe all treaty obligations, text, 332–333
        • Oct. 26, Japanese statement concerning League resolution of Oct. 24: Cited, 334, 341; text, 336–338
        • Oct. 29, League observations to Japan regarding declaration of Oct 26: Absence of Japanese reply, 380; publicity, 347, 380; text, 345–346
        • Oct. 30, Chinese concern over Japanese efforts to organize independence movements in Manchuria, summary, 348–349
        • Oct. 31, Chinese memorandum concerning Japanese declaration of Oct. 26, summary, 384
        • Nov. 3, Chinese concern over continued Japanese activity in Manchuria, text, 358–361
        • Nov. 3, Japanese transmittal of their reply of Oct. 31 to Chinese request for appointment of representatives, text, 372
        • Nov. 4, Chinese protest against Japanese seizure of salt funds, text, 374
        • Nov. 4, Chinese comments on Japanese reply to Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal of Oct. 17, cited, 387
        • Nov. 5, League inquiry to Japan regarding salt funds, text, 396–397
        • Nov. 5, Japanese denial of Chinese allegations regarding seizure of salt funds, text, 406–407
        • Nov. 6, League identic telegram reminding disputants of engagements not to aggravate situation, text, 402
        • Nov. 6, Japanese note regarding reduction of forces at Chu-liuho and Kirin, text, 406
        • Nov. 7, Japanese reply to League observations of Oct. 29 regarding Japanese declaration of Oct. 26, text and discussions, 397–399
        • Nov. 8, Japanese telegram regarding military at Nonni River, text, 403–404
        • Nov. 9, Chinese renewal of accusation against Japan regarding seizure of salt funds, extract, 414
        • Nov. 11, League insistence on disputants refraining from hostilities, text, 429
        • Nov. 13, Chinese request for use of international forces to preserve order at Tientsin, text, 437–438
        • Nov. 16, Chinese appeal for League assistance in Nonni River situation, text, 462–463
        • Nov. 22, Chinese memorandum concerning proposed appointment of Commission of Inquiry, text, 538–539
        • Nov. 25, Chinese request for establishment of neutral zone at Chinchow, text, 566
        • Nov. 25, League telegraphic appeal to disputants to refrain from hostilities: Cited, 567; text, 569
        • Nov. 26, League proposal for dispatch of observers and establishment of neutral zone at Chinchow, cited, 591–592
        • Nov. 27, Chinese request for action in view of imminent Japanese attack on Chinchow, text, 574
        • Nov. 28, Japanese note regarding Chinchow proposal, text, 591
        • Nov. 29, League reply to Japanese note of Nov. 28, text, 591–592
        • Nov. 30, Japanese private aide-mémoire to Council President regarding Chinchow, discussions and summary, 601, 608–609, 613, 614–615
        • Dec. 5, Chinese memorandum regarding neutral zone at Chinchow, text, 621–622
        • Dec. 7, Japanese reply to Council President’s inquiry regarding Japanese intentions concerning Chinchow evacuation, text, 632
        • Dec. 7, Council President’s reply to Japanese aide-mémoire of Nov. 30, text, 633
        • Dec. 8, Japanese assurances regarding Chinchow, text, 654
        • Dec. 26, Chinese appeal for action to deal with Japanese obvious intentions of attacking Chinchow, text, 714–715; Council President’s letter of transmittal to Secretary-General, text, 715
      • United States-League:
        • Sept. 22, League transmittal of resolution of Sept. 21 and related documents, cited, 29
        • Sept. 24, U. S. expression of sympathy with League action, 46–47, 48–49, 50–51, 52; text, 48
        • Sept. 24, League reply, text, 62
        • Oct. 9, U. S. statement regarding policy toward Manchurian situation: Cited, 169, 190–191; text, 175–176
    • Kellogg-Briand Pact, invocation by signatories members of Council and by the United States:
      • Correspondence between invoking powers and China and Japan:
        • Oct. 17, appeal by signatories members of Council: Arrangements and reports concerning, 224, 224–225, 229, 230, 241, 241–242, 264–265, 340–341; text, 224
        • Oct. 21, Turkish appeal, cited, 349
        • Oct. 21, U. S. appeal: Arrangements, 224, 230, 241, 241–242, 260, 279–280; text, 275
        • Oct. 22, Chinese reply to signatories’ appeal of Oct. 17, cited, 296
        • Oct. 22, Chinese reply to U. S. appeal of Oct. 21, text, 293–294
        • Oct. 23, Japanese reply to signatories’ appeal of Oct. 17, cited, 302; Chinese comments thereon, Nov. 4, cited, 387
      • Notification to signatories by France, 224, 230, 241, 241–242, 260, 262; text, 262–263
      • Press and public statements by League, 224–225, 284–285, 295–296
      • U. S. attitude toward possible invocation: Initial suggestion for invocation, 154, 164–165, 167–168; insistence on invocation at Geneva rather than Washington, 181, 205–207, 211–212, 214, 220, 247, 281
      • U. S. participation in League discussions concerning invocation:
        • Chinese approval, 199
        • Japanese objections and ultimate withdrawal thereof, 188, 195, 199, 200, 205, 206, 211, 212–213, 214, 218, 230–231, 232–234, 240, 242–243, 245–246, 250, 251, 252, 256, 258–259, 295
        • League invitation and U. S. acceptance: Arrangements and discussions, 154, 177–182, 183–184, 184–185, 187, 195, 198–207, 211, 212–214; report of U. S. opening statement to Council and replies thereto, 203, 204, 209–210, 211, 215–218; texts of invitation and U. S. acceptance, 201–202, 202–203
        • U. S. attitude (see also League invitation, supra), desire to withdraw following invocation, 242–258, 259–260, 263–264, 266–271, 274–275, 276, 280–281, 283–284
    • Meetings, negotiations, and proceedings: Sept. 19–30, 17–19, 22, 24–25, 27–28, 29, 31–36, 37, 38, 39–40, 40–41, 43–52, 52–54, 57, 59–60, 61–62, 64–65, 70–73, 88–89, 93–94, 96–99; Oct. 13–24, 128–130, 145–146, 148, 154, 157–158, 160–162, 168–169, 176–182, 183–185, 187–188, 189–190, 190, 191–192, 195, 198–199, 201–208, 209–210, 211, 212–213, 215–218, 220–221, 224–226, 231–237, 241–261, 262, 263–264, 266–275, 276–281, 283, 284–287, 291–292, 294–301, 302–314, 329, 332–333; Nov. 16–Dec. 10, 467, 480–484, 484, 490–491, 522, 523–527, 529–530, 536–539, 545–547, 550–552, 556–558, 563–564, 566–569, 570–571, 573–574, 576–577, 583–585, 586–587, 590–594, 598–602, 607–609, 609–611, 612–616, 617–628, 630–636, 637, 638–639, 642–646, 649–651, 652–653, 654–656, 661–662, 670–672, 674
    • Neutral observers. See Neutral observers, infra.
    • Resolutions:
      • Sept. 21: Discussions and negotiations, 27–28, 29, 34–35; text, 29
      • Sept. 30: Cited, 285, 286, 312, 345, 350, 352, 358, 381, 397, 398, 405, 429, 536, 568, 624; discussions [Page 1084] and negotiations, 96–98; text, 96–97
      • Oct. 24: Adoption with Japanese dissenting vote, 312; discussions and negotiations, 225–226, 231–232, 235–237, 243, 251, 253, 286, 291–292, 294, 296–298, 300–301, 303–313; texts, draft, 225–226, 296–297; Japanese attitude and counterproposal, 304–311, 312, 333–334, 335, 358, 366, 372, 423–424, 432–433, 437, 481–483; U. S. attitude, 343, 351, 381, 405, 432–433, 437; validity, lack of, 350, 352, 372, 382
      • Dec. 10:
        • Adoption, unanimous, 674
        • Chinese attitude, 538–539, 556–558, 563–564, 577, 583, 585, 598, 599, 600, 601, 615, 617, 621–622, 647–648
        • Declarations, accompanying: Chinese observations, 657, 662, 672; Japanese statement regarding police action against bandits, and League reply, 593–594, 600, 602, 621, 625, 627, 631, 635–638, 643–644, 646, 656, 661–662, 670, 671; President Briand’s declaration, 592, 593–594, 600, 602, 604–605, 607–608, 609, 610, 612, 613, 621, 622, 624–625, 625–626, 627–628 636, 637, 644–645, 646, 656, 661
        • Discussions and negotiations, 539, 545–547, 551–552, 553–556, 556–558, 559–560, 563–564, 566, 567–568, 570–571, 572, 573–574, 575–577, 583–585, 586–587, 588–589, 592–594, 598–602, 604–605, 607–611, 612–616, 617, 621, 622–628, 630–631, 635–636, 637–639, 642–644, 645–646, 648–649, 649–651, 654–656, 660–663, 671
        • Japanese attitude, 559, 593–594, 600, 602, 621, 625, 627, 631, 635–636, 646, 656, 661–662, 670
        • Texts, draft, 529, 533, 536–537, 537–538, 550, 564, 609–610, 642–643
        • U. S. attitude (see also Commission of Inquiry: U. S. participation, supra), 543–545, 547–549, 552–555, 558, 559–560, 561–562, 626, 648, 653, 655–656, 662–663, 663–668; cooperation in League efforts to obtain Chinese and Japanese consent, 540–541, 543, 547–549, 550, 562, 565, 630, 649–650
      • Sanctions, economic boycott, and withdrawal of diplomatic representatives, proposed application against Japan, 71, 130, 179, 190–191, 299, 508, 533–534, 587, 646; question of U. S. cooperation, 299, 466–467, 471, 477, 489, 492, 494, 496–497, 499, 503, 511, 525, 587, 647–648
      • U. S. cooperation with League in efforts to preserve peace. See United States: Cooperation, infra.
  • Manifestoes, declarations, etc.: Sept. 22, statement by Chiang Kai-shek, cited, 41; Sept. 24, Japanese declaration issued after extraordinary Cabinet meeting, cited, 66; Oct. 27, Japanese statement regarding League resolution of Oct. 24, text and discussions, 334, 336–338; Nov. 17, Chinese manifesto regarding nonrecognition of proposed government of Pu-yi and repudiation of acts of illegal organizations in Manchuria, 486–487; Dec. 17, Japanese declaration regarding military operations against bandits, cited, 712
  • Military aggression by Japan:
    • Number and status of Japanese troops in Manchuria, 23–24, 25–26, 28, 40, 42–43, 53–54, 56, 65, 69–70, 72, 74–75, 83, 88, 89–90, 100, 102, 133, 234, 240, 241, 298–299, 323, 327, 335, 417–418, 472, 473, 475, 476, 483, 521, 579, 582, 586
    • Reports (see also General situation, supra), 1–14, 16, 19–22, 23–24, 25–28, 26–27, 39, 40–41, 42–43, 54–55, 56, 64, 74–80, 80–81, 81–82, 85–87, 89–90, 92–93, 94–96, 100, 102, 106–107, 112, 118–125, 127–128, 132, 140–144, 144–145, 147, 168–169, 170–174, 186–187, 189, 196–197, 210, 222–223, 226–227, 228, 237–240, 265, 281–283, 287–291, 301–302, 314–328, 329, 348–349, 359–361, 363–364, 365–366, 371–372, 374–375, 382–383, 385, 390, 391–394, 394–395, 401–402, [Page 1085] 402–404, 400–407, 414, 415–418, 427–428, 433–437, 437–438, 439–440, 442, 445–446, 447–448, 449–450, 451–452, 462–464, 465, 472–473, 475, 476, 486, 487–488, 506, 512, 530–531, 531–532, 541–542, 569–570, 578, 581–582, 587, 596–597, 611–612, 617, 628, 632, 677, 687, 688–689, 691, 695, 697–698, 699, 704, 705, 706–707, 708–711, 711–713, 714–715
  • Mukden. See under General situation: Manchuria, supra.
  • Nakamura incident, 1–3, 4–5, 7, 9–10, 13, 21, 32, 33, 75, 77, 83, 86, 95–96, 210, 316, 320
  • Neutral observers representing League members and the United States:
    • Association with Chinese forces upon reoccupation of territory to be evacuated by Japanese, proposed, 150, 191–192, 207–208, 219, 226, 264, 277, 279, 297, 303, 304, 330–331, 342, 347–348, 349, 350–351, 353, 364–365, 382, 384, 387, 389, 420, 425, 438–439
    • Chinese requests for, texts, 111–112, 155, 364–365, 421
    • Investigations (see also Commissions: Investigation, supra): Chinchow bombings, investigation, 154–155, 157, 168, 183, 196–197; Chinchow military situation, investigation and efforts to prevent Sino-Japanese troop collisions, 531, 541, 542–543, 571, 576, 578, 580–581, 585, 586, 589, 594, 599, 603, 605–606, 608, 611, 616–617, 628, 640, 641, 653–654, 657, 677, 697–698, 708, 711; Japanese-sponsored tour, 431, 443, 475, 581, 582, 616; Mukden incident, proposed investigation, 30; Nonni River-Tsitsihar region, proposed investigation, 422–423, 429, 437, 462, 466, 507, 531; Tientsin incidents, proposed investigation, 421, 429–430, 436–437, 439–440, 466, 502
    • Permanent organization of observers, proposed, 576, 585, 598–599, 603, 606, 614, 615, 668
    • Presence at Sino-Japanese direct negotiations in accordance with Shantung precedent, proposed, 105, 176–177, 190, 194–195, 218–219, 221, 226, 278, 369, 370, 405, 410–411, 419, 425, 427, 429, 432, 444, 448–449, 457, 464, 553
    • U. S. observers. See United States: Missions of observation, infra.
  • Nine-Power Treaty regarding principles and policies (1922): Allusions to, 12, 26, 27–28, 31, 47, 49, 50, 63, 80, 117, 170, 176, 182, 197–198, 208–209, 225, 228–229, 264–266, 292–293, 362, 370, 399, 413, 441–442, 461, 468, 478, 483, 485–486, 491–492, 496, 504, 506, 511, 525, 528, 560, 562, 577, 629; invocation, question of, 441–442, 461, 468, 478, 485–486, 491–492, 511, 560
  • Political situation in Japan and relation to Manchurian situation:
    • Conflict of policy between military and civilian elements of government, 3, 20, 21, 26, 29, 38, 43, 44, 67, 71, 83–84, 113, 134, 135, 165, 166, 175, 230–231, 283, 316, 327, 340, 386, 409, 447, 474–475, 476, 496, 498, 582, 597–598, 688, 691–692, 693; League pressure, effect of, 452, 474
    • Political structure and “right of direct access”, 175, 588, 689–695
    • Public sentiment: Attitude toward the United States, 214, 219–220, 230, 240, 707; general, 2, 3, 38, 113, 280, 334, 447, 450, 454–455, 475, 630, 649; U. S. concern over Japanese public sentiment, 44, 45, 48, 49, 65, 455
    • Wakatsuki Cabinet: Plots against, 446–447, 479, 484, 498, 513–514; resignation of, and formation of Inukai Cabinet, 474–475, 677, 679
  • Proposals and suggestions for solution of dispute, discussions:
    • Arbitration of Sino-Japanese difficulties over treaty interpretation, Chinese willingness, 278, 332–333, 346, 384, 483
    • Armistice, 426–427
    • Chinese “compromise” proposal, 93–94, 97, 98
    • Commissions. See Commissions, supra.
    • Direct negotiations, Sino-Japanese:
      • Chinese attitude: Denial of alleged entry into, 37, 41, 190, 196; denial of alleged proposal for Sino-Japanese joint investigation committee to conduct negotiations, 33, 34, 37, 55, 66, 73; general, 190, 196, 451, 459–460; insistence on neutral observers, 218–219, 264, 277, 278, 459, 528; withdrawal of Japanese troops as prerequisite to negotiations, 104–105, 108–109, 110, 129, 189, 219, 265, 277, 304, 359, 373, 384, 483, 684, 685–686
      • Concurrent negotiations on immediate questions and on fundamental issues, proposed, 226, 297, 306–307, 380, 390, 394, 425–426, 444, 455–456, 458
      • Existence at Peiping of negotiations regarding Chinchow, 649, 669, 710
      • Japanese attitude: General, 32, 34, 43, 65, 66, 68, 72, 82–84, 109, 110, 113–114, 167, 175, 180, 189, 218, 265, 287, 300, 306, 337–339, 359, 372, 423–424, 430, 432–433, 437, 456, 458, 467, 468, 477, 480, 618; insistence on negotiations prior to troop withdrawal, 158–159, 160–161, 189, 272–273, 278–279, 294, 305, 358, 366, 372, 376, 378, 398, 456, 458, 482; objections to presence of neutral observers, 194–195, 218, 279, 291, 477–478
      • League recommendations, 129–130, 157–158, 226, 231–232, 236, 237, 292, 297, 300, 347, 441, 553
      • Neutral observers, presence of, proposed, 105, 176–177, 190, 194–195, 218–219, 221, 226, 278, 353, 369, 370, 405, 410–411, 425, 427, 429, 432, 444, 448–449, 457, 464, 553
      • U. S. preference for direct negotiations rather than foreign intervention, 49, 51, 63, 109, 166, 194–195, 209, 221, 280, 281, 548, 553
    • Four-Power Pacific Treaty (1921), question of invocation, 15, 19, 31
    • Japanese proposals involving settlement of fundamental issues, discussions, 304–311, 312, 423–425, 430, 432, 437, 456, 458, 467, 468, 477–478, 478–479, 480–481, 510
    • Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal. See League: Kellogg-Briand Pact, supra.
    • Neutral observers. See Neutral observers, supra.
    • Nine-Power Treaty, question of invocation, 441–442, 461, 468, 478, 485–486, 491–492, 511, 560
    • Railway problems, settlement, 460–461, 470, 503–504
    • Satisfactory police conditions, 430–431, 432–433, 437, 456, 467–468
    • Simon proposals, and U. S. attitude, 460–462, 468, 469–471, 473, 503–504
    • Viceroyship for Manchuria, proposal of President Hoover, 431–432, 496
  • Protection of American and other foreign lives and property (see also Evacuation, supra):
    • British protests and inquiries to Japan, 20, 22
    • Chinese assurances of protection in territory to be evacuated by Japanese troops, 73, 194, 219, 303–304, 310, 384, 438, 467–468
    • International forces at Tientsin, Japanese inquiry regarding possible use to protect Japanese residents, 17
    • Japanese assurances regarding safety of foreigners, 20, 22, 53–54, 149
    • Japanese troops, dispatch for alleged protection of Japanese, 23–24, 53–54, 65, 91, 158, 173–174, 210, 289–290, 316, 316–320, 322, 327, 328, 456, 495–496, 629, 700
    • United States: Naval vessels, 386; protests and representations for protection, and Japanese replies, 16, 20, 22, 127, 149
  • Pu-yi (Hsuan Tung), 290, 323, 433, 435, 437, 475, 476, 486–487, 531
  • Railway interests in Manchuria (see also Foreign powers: Russia: Chinese Eastern Railway, supra), difficulties between Chinese and Japanese interests, 83, 87, 218–219, 226, 237, 272, 314, 333, 334–335, 338, 339, 378–380, 418–419, 442, 460–461, 470, 503–504, 512
  • Reparations for China, proposed, 25, 31, 32, 104, 129, 157, 304, 672
  • Salt funds, Japanese seizure:
    • Japanese attitude, 406–407, 430
    • League of Nations correspondence with China and Japan concerning, texts: Nov. 4, Chinese protest against seizure, 374; Nov. 5, League inquiry of Japan, 396–397; Nov. 5, Japanese denial of seizure, 406–407; Nov. 9, Chinese renewal of accusation against Japan, 414
    • Reports concerning, 348, 358, 359–360, 360, 374–375
  • Sanctions. See under League of Nations, supra.
  • Treaties:
    • Boxer Protocol (1901), Japanese violation in connection with transport of reinforcements to Tientsin 709
    • Four-Power Pacific Treaty (1921), question of invocation, 15, 19, 31
    • Kellogg-Briand Pact. See Kellogg-Briand Pact, supra.
    • League Covenant, invocation of. See League of Nations, supra.
    • Nine-Power Treaty (1922). See Nine-Power Treaty, supra.
    • Note of July 15, 1902, regarding prohibition of Chinese troops within 20 li of Tientsin, Japanese demand for withdrawal of Chinese troops, and Chinese compliance, 436, 442, 450, 552
    • Portsmouth Treaty (Japan-Russia, 1905), 70, 442, 585
    • Renunciation of War, Treaty for. See Kellogg-Briand Pact, supra.
    • Sino-Japanese treaties concerning Manchuria (see also Extraterritoriality negotiations,supra):
      • Cited: Dec. 22, 1905, 70, 300, 323, 334–335, 339, 456–457, 503; Sept. 4, 1909, 300, 334, 338; May 25, 1915, 218, 228–229, 338–339, 418–419, 451, 460, 461, 483, 503, 523, 882
      • Validity and enforcement, question of:
        • Chinese attitude: Refusal to recognize validity, 69–70, 104, 129, 228–229, 314, 316, 424, 451, 456–457, 460, 461, 482, 483, 503; willingness to submit to arbitration, 332–333, 346, 483
        • Examination by League Commission of Inquiry, proposed, 585
        • Japanese attitude and insistence on rights under, 218–219, 228–229, 300–301, 308, 314, 333–339, 346, 372, 377–380, 398, 399, 424, 461, 467, 477, 480, 482, 503
        • U. S. attitude: General, 334, 338–339, 418–419, 424, 442, 456–457, 461, 470–471, 473, 477–479, 523; statement of Secretary Hughes to Washington Conference of 1922, cited, 334, 338–339, 418–419, 424, 461, 523
  • United States (see also U. S. citizens, U. S. commercial interests, and U. S. missionary interests, infra), efforts to preserve peace:
    • Chinese attitude: Allegations of U. S. favoritism toward Japan, 26–27, 30, 164, 459–460, 464–465, 466–467, 471, 502–503, 596, 673; approval of U. S. cooperation with League, 151, 199, 313, 340, 492; inquiries regarding U. S. policy, 104–105, 164, 170, 197, 485; opinion regarding weakening of League action by U. S. attitude, 104–105, 135
    • Cooperation with League of Nations in efforts to preserve peace (see also League: Correspondence: United States, supra):
      • Alleged division of policy between the United States and League, and U. S. denials, 261, 263, 268–269, 299, 343, 353, 466–467, 471, 480, 500, 503, 562
      • Chinese approval, 151, 199, 313, 340, 492
      • Commissions and committees, question of U. S. participation: Commission of Inquiry, 485, 510–511, 514, 515, 520, 523, 525, 535–536, 575, 597, 611, 650, 682; “Committee of Five”, 39–40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48–49, 50, 198–199, 283, 284; committee of investigation as originally proposed by League, 36, 37, 38, 44–45, 45–46, 47, 48–49, 50, 52, 57, 60–61
      • Exchange of views and information with League and League officials, 22, 26, 27–28, 29, 36, 57–58, 59, 60–61, 62, 65, 82, 98–99, 110, 116–117, 128–132, 136, 144–146, 154, 155–156, 159, 164–165, 167–168, 175–178, 190, 191–192, 195, 199, 207–208, 212, 220–221, 234, 246, 248–258, 260–261, 285–287, 298–301, 329, 330, 332, 341–342, 352–354, 381, 387–389, 395, 397–401, 440–441, 484–485, 495, 682–683
      • Japanese objections and ultimate withdrawal, 39, 40, 188, 195, 199, 200, 205, 206, 211, 212–213, 214, 218, 230, 232–234, 240, 242–243, 245–246, 250, 251, 252, 256, 258–259, 260, 264, 295, 313
      • Meetings of League, U. S. participation or representation:
        • U. S. participation in September and October meetings:
          • Arrangements and suggestions concerning (see also U. S. attitude, infra), 39–40, 43–44, 44, 50, 187, 199, 200, 201–207; League invitation and [Page 1088] U. S. acceptance, texts, 201–203
          • Chinese approval, 151, 199, 313
          • Japanese objections and ultimate withdrawal, 39, 40, 188, 195, 199, 200, 205, 206, 211, 212–213, 214, 218, 230, 232–234, 240, 242–243, 245–246, 250, 251, 252, 256, 258–259, 260, 264, 295, 313
          • Thanks of League, 312–313
          • U. S. attitude, 43–47, 48–49, 50–51, 154, 177–182, 183–184, 184–185, 198–199, 203–207, 209–210, 211–212, 213–214, 220–221, 242–258, 259–260, 263–264, 266–268, 274–275, 276, 280–281, 283, 284
        • U. S. representation at Paris during November–December meeting (mission of Charles G. Dawes), for purpose of holding individual conferences with League members: Arrangements and instructions, including memoranda of telephone conversations with Secretary of State, 407–414, 414–415, 418, 422, 423–426, 431–432, 432–433, 441–442, 452–457, 465, 466–467, 470–471, 473, 477–478, 488–498, 499–502, 503–506, 507–512, 514, 515–523, 543–545, 547–549, 549–550, 559–560, 609, 637–641, 648, 651–652, 657–661, 662–668, 701; attendance at meetings, question of compliance with League desire for, 399–401, 415, 418, 422, 427, 444–445, 452–454, 459, 462, 465, 488–490, 492–495, 497, 500, 505, 506, 664, 665; conferences with League members and officials, 426, 427, 444–445, 448–449, 450–451, 452–453, 454–455, 457–458, 460–463, 464, 467–470, 478–479, 484–485, 489, 490–491, 493, 495, 501–502, 512–513, 514–515, 515–516, 519, 532–533, 535–536, 540–541, 544, 552–556, 561, 575–576, 588–589, 598, 604–605, 606, 638, 648–649, 652–653, 659–660, 663–664, 668–669; reports of proceedings and other negotiations of League, 467, 480–484, 484, 490–491, 522, 523–527, 529–530, 536–539, 545–547, 550–552, 556–558, 563–564, 566–569, 570–571, 573–574, 576–577, 583–585, 586–587, 590–594, 598–602, 607–609, 609–611, 612–616, 617–628, 630–636, 637, 638–639, 642–646, 649–651, 652–653, 654–656, 661–662, 670–672, 674; tribute to Briand upon termination of meetings, 676, 687
      • U. S. policy of independent action through diplomatic channels, and reinforcement of League action, 49, 50–51, 116–117, 118, 170, 175–176, 198, 248, 279, 331, 335–336, 366–367, 400, 408, 480 488–489, 489–490, 492, 493–495, 498, 505, 506, 512–513
    • Correspondence:
      • China and Japan–United States:
        • Sept. 10, Chinese warning of Japanese intentions in Manchuria, text, 5–7
        • Sept. 21, Chinese appeal to United States under Kellogg-Briand Pact, text, 24
        • Sept. 24, U. S. identic note to China and Japan, 37, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 58–59, 62, 66, 80, 104; text, 58
        • Sept. 25, U. S. reply to Chinese appeal of Sept. 21, text, 69
        • Sept. 27, Chinese reply to U. S. note of Sept. 24, text, 81–82
        • Oct. 3, Chinese request for U. S. investigation of Manchurian situation: Cited, 138; text, 111–112
        • Oct. 5, U. S. reply to China regarding dispatch of diplomatic observers to Manchuria, text, 115–116
        • Oct. 5, Chinese request for U. S. assistance in obtaining withdrawal of Japanese troops, text, 126
        • Oct. 9, Chinese request for U. S. investigation of Chinchow bombings, text, 155
        • Oct. 21, U. S. appeal to China and Japan regarding Kellogg-Briand Pact obligations, text, 275
        • Oct. 22, Chinese reply to U. S. appeal of Oct. 21, text, 293–294
        • Oct. 28, Chinese request for designation of U. S. observers to watch evacuation, cited, 349
        • Nov. 2, Chinese request for expedition of appointment of U. S. observers: Text, 364–365; U. S. oral reply, 382
        • Nov. 5, U. S. memorandum of representations to Japan regarding Manchurian situation, cited, 367–371, 375–380, 381, 385, 386, 387–388, 389, 396, 399, 404–405, 421–422, 464, 516, 517
        • Nov. 9, Japanese reply to U. S. memorandum of Nov. 5, cited, 418, 423, 459, 517
        • Nov. 10, Chinese request for investigation of Tientsin incidents, text, 421
        • Nov. 11, Chinese transmittal of plans for reoccupying Manchuria, cited, 438–439
        • Nov. 25, Chinese summary of Kuomintang resolution regarding action in Manchurian situation, text, 560–561
        • Dec. 31, Chinese appeal for U. S. action to prevent aggravation of situation in Manchuria, text, 712
      • League–United States. See League: Correspondence: United States, supra.
    • Discussions with—
      • China, 18–19, 49, 54, 64, 65, 69, 80–81, 82, 104–106, 117–118, 126, 129, 134–135, 136, 137–139, 144, 146, 151, 152–153, 154–155, 164, 165–167, 169–170, 183, 190, 197–198, 208, 218–219, 228–229, 264, 266, 330–331, 349, 354–357, 361, 362–363, 380, 396, 436–437, 459–460, 485–486, 507, 527–529, 533–534, 562–563, 572, 588–589, 605–606, 647–648, 673, 680, 695–697, 698–699, 704–705
      • France, 94, 164–165, 211–212, 342–343, 344, 368–370, 381, 385–387, 404–405, 422–423, 542–543, 700
      • Great Britain, 30, 57–58, 63, 139–140, 248–258, 351, 477
      • Japan, 49, 52, 54, 55–56, 64, 66–67, 67–69, 69, 85, 90–91, 94–96, 100–102, 108–109, 110, 113–115, 132–133, 147–148, 152–153, 165–167, 174–175, 190–191, 194–195, 200, 218, 219–220, 230–231, 240–241, 313–314, 333–339, 366, 367–368, 371, 375–380, 385, 417–419, 430–431, 446–447, 476, 487, 516–517, 534–535, 550, 579–580, 587–588, 589–590, 595, 596–598, 603–604, 604–605, 629–630, 677–678, 679, 681–682, 707n
      • Peru, 342, 347
    • Japanese attitude: Foreign Office attack upon the United States in the press, 214, 219–220, 230, 240, 247, 250, 251, 579, 587–588, 589–590, 596, 604; military, objections, 283, 707; objections to participation of U. S. observer at League meetings, and ultimate withdrawal, 39, 40, 188, 195, 199, 200, 205, 206, 211, 212–213, 214, 218, 230, 232–234, 240, 242–243, 245–246, 250, 251, 252, 256, 258–259, 260, 264, 295, 313
    • Missions of observation in Manchuria:
      • Diplomatic mission: Arrangements and instructions, 85, 90–92, 100–101, 109, 110, 111–112, 115–116, 117, 138, 139–140, 157, 159, 218, 221–222; reports, 132, 140–142, 150, 170–174, 186–187, 210, 222–223, 237–240, 288–291, 314–328
      • Military and naval attachés’ missions:
        • Chinchow bombings, investigation and report, 154–155, 157, 168, 183, 196–197
        • Chinchow mission of U. S. and other foreign military attachés to report on situation and prevent Sino-Japanese troop collisions, 531, 541, 542–543, 571, 576, 578, 580–581, 585, 586, 589, 594, 599, 603, 605–606, 608, 611, 616–617, 628, 640, 641, 653–654, 657, 677, 697–698, 708, 711, 713; reports of U. S. attaché, 578, 611, 616–617, 628, 640, 641, 677, 697–698, 711, 713
        • Dispatch of attachés to Mukden upon outbreak of initial incident, 11, 77, 110; report, 89–90
        • Japanese-sponsored tour of Manchuria by U. S. and other foreign military attachés at Tokyo, arrangements and reports concerning, 431, 443, 475, 581, 582, 616
        • Manchouli and Tsitsihar visit, report, 226–227
        • Nonni River–Tsitsihar region, question of dispatch of observers to, 422–423, 437, 462, 466, 507, 531
        • Tientsin incidents, question of participation of U. S. military attaché in proposed investigation of, 421, 429–430, 436–437, 466, 502
    • Policy: Chinese inquiries regarding, 104–105, 164, 170, 197, 485; division of policy between League and the United States, alleged, 261, 263, 268–269, 299, 343, 353, 466–467, 471, 480, 562; favoritism toward Japan, alleged, 26–27, 30, 459–460, 464–465, 466–467, 471, 502–503, 596, 673; independent action through diplomatic channels, and reinforcement of League action, 49, 50–51, 116–117, 118, 170, 175–176, 198, 248, 279, 331, 335–336, 360–367, 400, 408, 480, 488–489, 489–490, 492, 493–495, 498, 505, 506, 512–513; statements to the press, 15–16, 30–31, 169, 175–176, 190–191, 422, 480, 505–506, 578, 705; traditional policy, expression in Nine-Power Treaty, 441
  • U. S. citizens in Manchuria: Evacuation, 128, 227, 392, 434, 463; U. S. protests and representations to Japan for protection of, and Japanese replies, 16, 20, 22, 127, 149
  • U. S. commercial interests in Manchuria, Japanese interference: Aeronautical and Engineering Co., 123; Andersen, Meyer & Co., financial loss due to Japanese closure of Antung electric light plant, and U. S. representations concerning, 120–121, 238, 361–362, 563; Automatic Telephones of China, Federal, Inc., 123; Chinese Engineering & Development Co., 123; Frazar, Federal, Inc., 121; Gale Co., L. E., 122–123, 542; McDonnell and Gorman, 123; National City Bank of New York, 20, 26, 124–125, 133, 681; Radio Corporation of America, interruption of service due to Japanese closure of Mukden radio station, and U. S. representations to Japan, 56, 92, 101, 102–103, 107, 114, 121–122, 133, 135, 153, 162, 186–187, 240, 262, 331–332, 364, 382, 435, 475–476, 617; reports, general, 118–125, 685–686; Standard Oil Co., 121; Texas Co., 123–124, 124
  • U. S. missionary interests in Manchuria, Japanese interference, 124
  • Wanpaoshan incident and anti-Chinese riots in Korea, 4, 6–7, 9, 77
  • Washington Conference of 1922:
    • Statement by Secretary Hughes regarding Sino-Japanese treaties of 1915, cited, 334, 338–339, 418–419, 424, 461, 523
    • Treaties. See Four-Power Pacific Treaty and Nine-Power Treaty under Treaties, supra.
• Soong, T. V., 43, 66, 73, 133, 686, 702, 713, 714
• Soviet Union. See Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Russia.
• Spain, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchurian dispute, 224, 230, 241, 341
• Standard Oil Co. See under China.
• Taxation. See under China.
• Territorial waters, 971
• Texas Co., 123–124, 124
• Three-mile limit, 971
• Tientsin incidents. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: General situation: China.
• Title deeds to real property of Americans in China, U. S. protection, 1028–1033
• Treaties, conventions, etc. (see also under China, Japan, and Sino-Japanese dispute):
  • Barcelona convention on freedom of transit (1921), cited, 1019, 1021, 1024
  • Commercial treaties: U. S.–China (1903), expiration in 1934, 804, 847, 848; U. S.–Japan (1911), cited, 1056–1057, 1057
  • Load-line certificates. See under Japan.
  • U. S.–China. See under China: Treaties.
  • U. S.–Germany, treaty restoring friendly relations (1921), cited, 1024
  • U. S.–Japan. See Japan: Treaties.
  • Versailles, Treaty of (1919), cited, 1024
• Turkey, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchuria, 349
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Sino-Japanese dispute: Foreign powers: Russia.
• United States v. Rice, cited, 991, 992
• U. S. citizens. See Japan: Trans-Pacific flight of Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr.; and under China and Sino-Japanese dispute.
• U. S. commercial interests. See under China and Sino-Japanese dispute.
• U. S. military and naval forces. See under China.
• Versailles, Treaty of (1919), cited, 1024
• Vinson, Rev. J. W., murder by Chinese bandits, 978
• Vought Corsair Airplane Co., 1025
• Wang Ching-wei, 219
• Wang, C. T. See under China.
• Wanpaoshan incident and anti-Chinese riots in Korea, 4, 6–7, 9, 77
• Washington Conference of 1922. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Yangtze Rapid Steamship Co. See under China.
• Yugoslavia, Kellogg-Briand Pact appeal to China and Japan regarding Manchuria, 341