Office of the Historian

List of Persons

(Identification of a person in this list is limited to circumstances under reference in volumes III and IV. Names of persons which appear only in document headings or signatures are not included.)

  • Aall, N., Norwegian Consul General at Shanghai.
  • Abend, Hallett, chief correspondent in China, New York Times.
  • Adachi, Mineichiro, formerly Japanese Member, Permanent Court of International Justice, The Hague.
  • Adams, Walter A., Consul General at Hankow.
  • Addis, Sir Charles S., Representative, British Group, China Consortium, London.
  • Aihaea, Lieutenant Colonel Hiizu, Commandant, Japanese Legation Guard, Peiping.
  • Aldrich, Lieutenant Harry S., Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Aldrovandi Marescotti, Count Luigi, Italian Member, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Aloisi, Baron Pompeo, Italian Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Alphand, Charles, Chef de Cabinet, French Foreign Office (with rank of Minister).
  • Amakasu, Masahiko, Japanese Councilor, Office of Chief Executive, “State of Manchoukuo.”
  • Andrew, G. Findlay, British Field Secretary, China International Famine Relief Commission.
  • Apponyi, Count Albert, Hungarian Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Abaki, Lieutenant General Sadao, Japanese Minister of War.
  • Arita, Hachiro, Director, Asia Bureau, Japanese Foreign Office; Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, May 26.
  • Ariyoshi, Akira, Japanese Minister to China, July.
  • Armour, Norman, Counselor of Embassy in France.
  • Arnhold, H. E., British Member, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai.
  • Arnold, Julean, Commercial Attaché Legation in China.
  • Ashida, Dr. Hitoshi, formerly Counselor of Japanese Embassy in Belgium.
  • Astor, W. W., British Secretary to Chairman, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Atherton, Ray, Counselor of Embassy in Great Britain.
  • Au San-lin, General, Chinese Commander, area north of Shanghai, January–February.
  • Avenol, Joseph, French Deputy Secretary General, League of Nations.
  • Baker, Captain Charles, American master, motor lighter No. 2, Yangtze Rapid Steamship Company.
  • Baldwin, Stanley A., British Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal; Parliamentary Leader, Conservative Party.
  • Balfour, Arthur James, British Chief Delegate, Washington Conference, 1921–22.
  • Ballantine, Joseph W., Consul General at Canton.
  • Barringer, Thomas C., U. S. Trade Commissioner at Hong Kong.
  • Bassett, Major Arthur, Chairman, American Central Committee on Evacuation, Shanghai, 1927, 1932.
  • Bassompierre, Baron Albert Marie Leon Adolphe de, Belgian Ambassador to Japan, doyen of Diplomatic Corps.
  • Baty, Dr. Thomas, British Adviser, Japanese Foreign Office.
  • Baudet, Th., Third Secretary of French Legation in China.
  • Beall, Dr. Jeannette, American missionary (Protestant), Laichowfu, Shantung.
  • Bell, A. D., British Member and Chairman, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai, April.
  • Bell, Major F. Hayley, British, Shanghai Volunteer Corps.
  • Beneš, Eduard, Czechoslovak Minister for Foreign Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Berthelot, Philippe, Political Director, French Foreign Office.
  • Biddle, Lieutenant William S., U.S.A., Personal Assistant to U. S. Member, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Bingham, Hiram, U. S. Senator (Republican), Connecticut.
  • Blackburn, A. D., British Superintending Consul at Shanghai; later, Chinese Secretary, British Legation in China, Peiping.
  • Blakeslee, Dr. George H., Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Special Assistant, Legation in China, and Counselor to General Frank R. McCoy, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry, February–September.
  • Blumberg, S., Lithuanian Assistant, Chinese Customshouse, Manchouli (Manchuria Station), to July.
  • Boone, Lieutenant Ronald A., Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Borah, William Edgar, U. S. Senator (Republican), Idaho; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  • Borgbjerg, Frederik, Netherlands Minister for Public Education; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Bousquet, Raymond, Second Secretary of French Embassy in United States.
  • Brenan, John F., British Consul General at Shanghai.
  • Briand, Aristide, French Minister for Foreign Affairs to February 16; President, League of Nations Council.
  • Britton, T. C., Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai.
  • Brown, Lieutenant Charles C., Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Brown, Don, American press correspondent in Japan.
  • Bruce, W. M., Australian Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Bruning, Dr. Heinrich, German Chancellor, to May 30.
  • Bryan, R. T., Jr., American Municipal Advocate, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai.
  • Buero, Dr. Juan Enrique, Uruguayan Minister to Belgium and the Netherlands; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Bulow, Dr. Bernhard W. von, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Burt, Colonel Reynolds J., commanding, U. S. 15th Infantry Regiment, Tientsin, July.
  • Byas, Hugh, British chief correspondent in Japan, New York Times and the London Times.
  • Cahan, Charles Hazlitt, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Carney, J. W., American Member, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai.
  • Cars, Wilbur J., Assistant Secretary of State.
  • Case, H. E., American Assistant General Manager, Yangtze Rapid Steamship Company; Branch Manager at Ichang.
  • Castle, William R., Jr., Under Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State, April 8–May 14.
  • Cecil, Viscount Robert, British Representative, League of Nations Council, January.
  • Chamberlain, Sir Austen, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1924–29; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1931.
  • Chamberlain, Culver B., Consul at Harbin.
  • Chang Chen, General, Chinese Commander, Changchow, Fukien, April.
  • Chang Chih-chung, General, Director, Chinese Central Military Academy.
  • Chang Chih-kuo, Commander, Director, Yunnan Aviation Bureau.
  • Chang Ching-hui, General, Chinese Administrator, Harbin Special District; Head, Japanese-sponsored Heilungkiang Provincial Government at Tsitsihar (February 18); Chairman, Japanese-sponsored committee for northeastern provinces, February 17; Chairman, “Manchoukuo” Privy Council, March 10; Minister of Defense, April.
  • Chang Hai-peng, General, Chinese former Garrison Commissioner, Taonan, Manchuria; Commander, Japanese-sponsored force, south Manchuria; Member, “Manchoukuo” Privy Council, March 10; Chief Aide-de-Camp, Office of Chief Executive, “State of Manchoukuo.”
  • Chang Hsueh-liang (Hsiao-liang), Marshal, Director of Peace Preservation for North China, Peiping, December 1931–August 1932; Chairman, Peiping Political Council, to August; Member, Chinese Military Council, March 6; Acting Chairman, Peiping branch of same, September.
  • Chang Tso-hsiang, General, uncle of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang; formerly Chairman, Kirin Provincial Government and Deputy Commander in Chief, Northeastern Frontier Defense.
  • Chang Tso-Lin, Marshal, father of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang; Head of Mukden Government and of Peking Government (assassinated June 1928).
  • Chang Wei-cheung (Hui-chang), General, Director, Canton Aviation Bureau, to May.
  • Chang Yu-ting, General, Chinese leader of “Volunteers”, north Manchuria.
  • Chao Hsin-po, Dr., Japanese-sponsored Chinese Mayor of Mukden, October 20, 1931; Chief, “Manchoukuo” Legislative Council, March 10.
  • Chen, Eugene (Yu-jen), Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs at Canton, 1926, 1931, at Hankow, 1927, and at Nanking, December 1931–January 1932.
  • Chen, K. P., Chairman, China Committee, International Chamber of Commerce.
  • Chen Chi-liang, Admiral, commanding, Chinese 1st Naval Squadron, April.
  • Chen Chi-tang, General, Member, Chinese Military Council, March 6; Director of Peace Preservation, Canton, March.
  • Chen Kung-po, Chinese Minister of Industries, January.
  • Chen Kuo-hui, General, Chinese Commander, Chuanchow, Fukien, April.
  • Chen Ming-shu, General, Chinese Garrison Commander, Shanghai-Nanking area, November 1931; Vice President, Executive Yuan (Vice Premier) and Minister of Communications, Chinese National Government, January–June; Member, Chinese Military Council, March 6.
  • Chen Te-lu, Chinese Quartermaster, under Company Commander Liu Jun-hsü (Ekvall case).
  • Chen Tieh-ching, Chinese Commander of “Volunteers,” Chuanchow, Fukien, April.
  • Chen Tzu-chien, Chinese Chief Secretary, General Yang Hu-cheng’s Pacification Headquarters, Sian.
  • Chen Wei-ching, Chinese chauffeur (Ekvall case).
  • Cheng, Dr. F. T., Chinese Vice Minister of Justice.
  • Cheng Hsiao-hsu, Chinese tutor of calligraphy to Manchu Emperor (see Pu-yi); Prime Minister, “State of Manchoukuo,” March 9; Head, “Manchoukuo” State Affairs Council; Minister of Education.
  • Cheng Jun, Chinese Head of Kirin Provincial Government, Pinhsien.
  • Chi Wang (Prince Chi), Mongol Member, Japanese-sponsored committee for northeastern provinces, February 17; Chief, General Administration Office, Hsingan Province, “Manchoukuo” State Affairs Council.
  • Chiang Kai-shek (Chung-cheng or Chieh-shih), Generalissimo, President, Chinese National Government, October 1928–December 16, 1931; Member, State Council, Chinese National Government and Standing Committee, Central Political Council, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party); Chairman, Chinese Military Council and Commander in Chief, National Army, Navy, and Air Forces, March 6.
  • Chiang Kuang-nai, General, Chinese Commander, Shanghai area, January–March.
  • Chiang, Dr. Monlin, Chinese Chancellor, Peiping National University; Trustee, China Foundation for Promotion of Education and Culture.
  • Chiang Shu-kwei, Chinese Commander, 3d brigade, 3d Route Army, south Manchuria.
  • Chiang (Tsiang) Tso-ping, General, Chinese Minister to Japan.
  • Chichibu-no-Miya, Prince Yashuhito, brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
  • Chin Chih-liu, Representative of Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ekvall case).
  • Choy (Tsai Tseng-chi), Jun Ke, Commissioner of Finance, Chinese Municipality of Greater Shanghai.
  • Chu Pei-teh, General, formerly Chief of Chinese General Staff and Member, State Council, Chinese National Government; Director, 1st department, Chinese Military Council.
  • Ciano di Cortellazzo, Count Galeazzo, Italian Consul General at Shanghai; Chargé d’Affaires in China; Chairman, League of Nations Consular Committee at Shanghai; son-in-law of Premier Mussolini.
  • Claudel, General Henri Edouard, French Member, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Claudel, Paul, French Ambassador to United States.
  • Cleveland, Dr. F. A., American Associate Chief Inspector, Chinese Salt Revenue Administration.
  • Colban, Erik, Norwegian Representative, League of Nations Council.
  • Connolly, Joseph, Irish Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Coville, Cabot, Consul at Harbin.
  • Crane, Charles K., American researcher in narcotics.
  • Cranford, Lieutenant Thomas G., Assistant Military Attaché, Embassy in Japan.
  • Cunningham, Edwin S., Consul General at Shanghai; Senior Consul.
  • Curtis, John L., Vice President, National City Bank of New York, Tokyo; General Manager for Japan and Manchuria.
  • Dan, Baron Takuma, Japanese Managing Director, Mitsui & Company.
  • Davis, Colonel Manton, General Attorney and Vice President, Radio Corporation of America.
  • Davis, Norman H., U. S. Delegate, General Disarmament Conference.
  • Dawes, General Charles G., Ambassador to Great Britain, to January 22.
  • Debuchi, Katsuji, Japanese Ambassador to United States.
  • De Valera, Eamon, Irish Representative and President, League of Nations Council, September.
  • De Vault, Charles L., Consul at Yokohama.
  • Dickover, Erie R., First Secretary of Embassy in Japan.
  • Doihara, Colonel Kenji, Japanese “Lawrence of Arabia” in China; Chief, Japanese Kwantung Army’s Special Service section, Mukden, 1931, and Harbin, January–April; Major General, 95th Infantry Brigade in Japan, April.
  • Donald, W. H., Australian Adviser to Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang; to Chinese Mayor at Shanghai.
  • Doom an, Eugene H., First Secretary of Embassy in Great Britain.
  • Drummond, Sir Eric, Secretary General, League of Nations.
  • Deummond-Hay, Lady Grace M., Hearst Press correspondent.
  • Drysdale, Lieutenant Colonel Walter S., Military Attaché Legation in China (assigned March 11).
  • Eden, Anthony, British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Edge, Walter Evans, Ambassador to France.
  • Ekvall, Henry, American businessman.
  • Engert, Cornelius Van H., First Secretary of Legation in China.
  • Englund, William G., American missionary (Protestant), Sian.
  • Fan Chi-wu, Major General, Chief of Staff, Chinese 19th Route Army, Shanghai, January–February.
  • Fang Sheng-tao, General, Chinese Chairman, Fukien Provincial Government.
  • Fechet, Major General James Edmond, Chief, U. S. Air Corps, to December 1931.
  • Feetham, Justice Richard, British Judge, Union of South Africa, employed by Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai, to write special Report (1931–32).
  • Feis, Dr. Herbert, Economic Adviser, Department of State.
  • Feng Yu-hsiang, Marshal, former Commander in Chief, Kuominchun (People’s Army), north China; Member, State Council, Chinese National Government; Chinese Military Council, March 6.
  • Ferguson, Dr. John C., American Adviser, President’s Office, Republic of China, 1917–28; Adviser, Executive Yuan, Chinese National Government, since 1928.
  • Fessenden, Stirling, American Secretary General, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai.
  • Fischer, Martin, Counselor of German Legation in China, at Peiping.
  • Fisher, James W., sales agent in Far East, Arrow Aircraft and Motors Corporation, Havelock, Nebraska; later, American Eastern Aviation Company, Hong Kong.
  • Fitch, George A., American General Secretary, Foreign Young Men’s Christian Association, Shanghai.
  • Fleisher, Benjamin Wilfrid, American founder-publisher, Japan Advertiser and Trans-Paeific Magazine, Tokyo.
  • Fleisher, Wilfrid, correspondent in Japan, New York Herald Tribune; managing editor, Japan Advertiser, Tokyo.
  • Fleming, Brigadier George, Commander, British Forces, Shanghai; Senior Officer (exclusive of Japanese), Foreign Defense Force, January 28.
  • Forbes, W. Cameron, Ambassador to Japan (resigned March 22).
  • Foulois, Major General Benjamin Delahauf, Chief, U. S. Air Corps, December 1931.
  • Franklin, Lynn W., Consul at Amoy.
  • Fujii, Lieutenant Commander, Japanese Officer.
  • Fujiwara, Homei, Japanese Chief, Postal Affairs Bureau, “Manchoukuo” Communications Department.
  • Fukumoto, Junzaburo, Japanese Commissioner, Chinese Customs, Dairen, discharged June; then “Manchoukuo” Commissioner of Customs.
  • Fushimi-no-Miya, Fleet Admiral Prince Hiroyasu, Chief, Japanese Navy General Staff, February; Supreme War Councilor; Member, Japanese Imperial Family.
  • Ganin, John, American businessman, Manchouli (Manchuria Station).
  • Garrels, Arthur, Consul General at Tokyo.
  • Garrido y Cisneros, D. Justo, Spanish Minister to China; Senior Minister.
  • Garvin, James Louis, British editor, the Observer, London.
  • Gasser, Colonel Lorenzo D., Commander, U. S. 31st Infantry Regiment, Shanghai, February.
  • Gauss, Clarence E., Consul General at Tientsin, to June.
  • Genda, Matsuzo, former Chief, Financial Section, Japanese Kwantung Government General; Chief, Customs Bureau, “Manchoukuo” Finance Department.
  • Gerow, Major Leonard T., U. S. 31st Infantry Regiment, Shanghai.
  • Gerrard, Major F. W., British Commissioner, Municipal Police, International Settlement, Shanghai.
  • Gibson, Hugh Simmons, Ambassador to Belgium; Acting Chairman, U. S. delegation, General Disarmament Conference.
  • Gilbert, Prentiss B., Consul at Geneva.
  • Go, Baron Seinosuke, Japanese Chairman, Board of Directors, Tokyo Electric Light Company, Ltd.
  • Goette, John, correspondent in China, International News Service, New York.
  • Gondo, Seikyo, Japanese lecturer on politico-philosophical subjects.
  • Goto, Fumio, Japanese Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, May 26.
  • Grandi, Dino, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Council; Ambassador to Great Britain, July.
  • Granzow, O., Russian engineer, China International Famine Relief Commission.
  • Green, Leonard N., Consul at Swatow.
  • Grew, Joseph Clark, Ambassador to Turkey; Ambassador to Japan (appointed February 19).
  • Gulick, Colonel Louis M., U.S.M.C. Commandant, U. S. Legation Guard, Peiping; Senior Commandant, Foreign Legation Guards.
  • Haas, Robert, French Director, League of Nations Secretariat; Secretary General, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Hailsham, Viscount Douglas, British Secretary of State for War.
  • Hall, Monroe B., Vice Consul at Mukden.
  • Hamaguchi, Yuko, Japanese President, Minseito; Prime Minister, July 2, 1929–April 14, 1931.
  • Hamilton, General Sir Ian (Standish Monteith), retired British Army Officer.
  • Hamilton, Maxwell M., Assistant Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
  • Han Fu-chu, General, Chinese Chairman, Shantung Provincial Government.
  • Han Hui-jung, General, Chinese Chief of Staff to General Chang Chen, Changchow, Fukien.
  • Hang Yi, Colonel, Representative of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (Ekvall case).
  • Hanson, George C., Consul General at Harbin.
  • Harada, Baron Kumao, Japanese Private Secretary to Prince Saionji.
  • Harata, Colonel, Japanese Member, joint commission at Shanghai, May.
  • Hard, William, American journalist and radio commentator, Geneva.
  • Harper, Wallace, Jr., Wallace Harper Company, Ltd., Hong Kong, sales agent for American aircraft.
  • Harriman, Edward Henry, American railroad builder (died 1908).
  • Hashimoto, Tetsuma, Leader, Shiunso (semisecret, reactionary Japanese organization), founded 1924.
  • Hashimoto, Major General Toranosuke, Japanese Kwantung Army Chief of Staff, Manchuria.
  • Hatoyama, Ichiro, Japanese Member, Seiyukai; Minister of Education, December 1931.
  • Hayashi, Baron Gonsuke, Japanese Grand Master of Ceremonies.
  • Hayashi, Kyujiro, Japanese Consul General at Mukden; Ambassador to Brazil, January.
  • Henry, Jules, Counselor of French Embassy in United States.
  • Herridge, William Duncan, Canadian Minister to United States.
  • Herriot, Edouard, President, French Council of Ministers; Minister for Foreign Affairs, June 7–December 14.
  • Hiam, Colonel T. A., Assistant to Chairman, Canadian National Railways; Technical Adviser, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Hines, Major General John L., commanding, U. S. Army, Philippine Department.
  • Hiranuma, Baron Kiichiro, Vice President, Japanese Privy Council; President, Kokuhonsha (Japanese nationalist group).
  • Hirohito, Showa Emperor of Japan, 1926.
  • Hirose, Lieutenant General Jusuke, Japanese Commander, 10th Division, Harbin, April.
  • Hirota, Koki, Japanese Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
  • Ho Cheng-chun, General, Chinese Chairman, Hupeh Provincial Government, to March; Commander in Chief for bandit suppression, Hupeh, March.
  • Ho Chien, General, Chinese Chairman, Hunan Provincial Government.
  • Ho I-san, General, Chinese Commander, Chefoo, December.
  • Ho Ying-chin, General, Chinese Minister of War (Military Affairs), January.
  • Honjo, Lieutenant General Shigeru, Commander in Chief, Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria, to August; Supreme War Councilor, August.
  • Hooker, Colonel R. S., U.S.M.C., Commandant, U. S. 4th Regiment, Shanghai.
  • Hoover, Herbert Clark, President of the United States, 1929–33.
  • Hornbeck, Dr. Stanley K., Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
  • Hoshino, Naoki, former Chief, Indirect Taxation Section, Revenue Superintendence Office, Tokyo; Chief, Bureau of General Affairs, Tokyo; Chief, Bureau of General Affairs, “Manchoukuo” Finance Department.
  • Howard, Edward P., U. S. Trade Commissioner at Shanghai.
  • Hoyt, Lansing, President, Yangtze Rapid Steamship Company.
  • Hsi Chia (Hsi Hsia), General, Chinese Acting Chairman, Kirin Provincial Government, September 1931; Head, Japanese-sponsored Kirin Provincial Government; Member, Japanese-sponsored committee for northeastern provinces, February 17; “Manchoukuo” Minister of Finance, March 9.
  • Hsi, T. C., Chinese Chief, Engineering and Labor Relief Division, National Flood Relief Commission of China.
  • Hsia Tou-ying, General, Chinese Chairman, Hupeh Provincial Government, April.
  • Hsieh Chieh-shih, “Manchoukuo” Minister for Foreign Affairs, March 9.
  • Hsing Shih-lien, General, Chinese Member, Liaoning (Fengtien) Provincial Government, to 1931.
  • Hsu Mo, Dr., Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, February.
  • Hsu Ta-shan, Chinese Commander, 8th Route Army, south Manchuria.
  • Hu Han-min, Member, Standing Committee, Central Political Council, Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party).
  • Huang Hsin-sheng, General, Chinese former chief of police activities, Mukden; Commander, 2d Cavalry Brigade, Kalgan.
  • Huang Kuang-jui, General, Chinese Director, Canton Aviation Bureau.
  • Huang Shao-hsiung, Chinese Minister of Interior.
  • Huang, W. F., Chinese businessman (Ekvall case).
  • Huber, Max, Swiss Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Hughes, Charles Evans, Secretary of State, 1921–25; Chairman, Washington Conference, 1921–22; Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930–41.
  • Hunter, Edward, correspondent in Manchuria, International News Service, New York.
  • Hyakutake, Lieutenant Colonel Seikichi, Chief, Japanese military mission, Harbin.
  • Hymans, Paul, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs; President, Committee of Nineteen, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Iguchi, Sadao, Japanese Consul at Shanghai.
  • Ii Kamon-no-Kami, Chief Minister, Japanese Shogunate (assassinated March 24, 1860).
  • Ikeda, Seihin, Japanese Managing Director, Mitsui Bank.
  • Ikki, Dr. Kitokuro, Japanese Minister of Imperial Household.
  • Ingram, E. M. B., Counselor of British Legation in China.
  • Inouye, Dr. Junnosuke, former Japanese Minister of Finance.
  • Inouye, Marquis Kaoru, Member of Japanese Cabinets and Minister for Foreign Affairs in Meiji era.
  • Inouye, Nissho, Japanese priest.
  • Inukai, Ki (Tsuyoshi), Japanese Head, Seiyukai; Prime Minister, December 13, 1931–May 15, 1932.
  • Isaacs, Harold R., American writer and publisher, Shanghai.
  • Ishii, Itaro, Japanese Consul General at Shanghai.
  • Ishii, Viscount Kikujiro, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1915–16; Special Plenipotentiary to United States, 1917; Privy Councilor, 1929.
  • Ishimoto, Gonshiro, Japanese Army Officer.
  • Ishiwaba (Ishihara), Lieutenant Colonel Tsunetaro, Japanese Kwantung Army, 1931.
  • Itagaki, Major General Seishiro, Japanese Kwantung Army, 1929–31; Personal Adviser to “Manchoukuo” Chief Executive Pu-yi; Chief, Japanese military mission, Mukden, October.
  • Ito, Prince Hirobumi, Japanese Genro and Prime Minister of Meiji era (assassinated 1909).
  • Jacobs, Joseph E., Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
  • Jacquinot de Besange, R., Roman Catholic priest, Church of the Sacred Heart, Shanghai; Major and Chaplain, Shanghai Volunteer Corps.
  • Jenkins, Douglas, Consul General at Hong Kong.
  • Johnson, Captain Isaac C., Jr., Naval Attaché, Embassy in Japan.
  • Johnson, Nelson Trusler, Minister to China.
  • Jones, P. Grant, Assistant Judge, British Supreme Court in China.
  • Josselyn, Paul R., Consul at Shanghai.
  • Jung Chen, General, last Chinese Commander at Chinchow (Chinhsien).
  • Kabayama, Count Aisuke, Member, Japanese House of Peers.
  • Kanai, Chief, Foreign Affairs Section, Japanese Kwantung Government General.
  • Kanaya, General Hanzo, Chief, Japanese Army General Staff, to December 1931; Supreme War Councilor.
  • Kaneko, Viscount Kentaro, Japanese Privy Councilor.
  • Kan-in-no-Miya, Field Marshal Prince Kotohito, Chief, Japanese Army General Staff, December 23, 1931; Member, Japanese Imperial Family.
  • Kao Chi-yi, General, Chinese former Member, Liaoning (Fengtien) Provincial Government and Vice Chairman, Northeastern Communications Commission; Managing Director, Peiping-Mukden Railway.
  • Kao Ching-cheng (Wei-yi), Chinese Militia Commander, Sanchiao, Shensi (Ekvall case).
  • Karakhan, Lev Mikhailovich, Soviet Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
  • Kato, Admiral Kanji, formerly Chief, Japanese Navy General Staff; Supreme War Councilor.
  • Kato, Sotomatsu, Counselor of Japanese Embassy in United States.
  • Kawakami, K. K., Japanese press correspondent and author in United States.
  • Kawasaki, Torao, Japanese Chief, Bureau of Information and Publicity, “Manchoukuo” Foreign Affairs Department.
  • Keen, Victor, correspondent at Shanghai, New York Herald Tribune.
  • Kelly, Admiral Sir W. A. Howard, Commander in Chief, British Naval Squadron, China Station.
  • Keng Shou-pu, Chinese Secretary General, Shensi Provincial Government.
  • Ketcham, John B., Consul at Taihoku, Taiwan (Formosa).
  • Kinney, Henry W., American employee, Japanese South Manchuria Railway Company.
  • Kirk, Alexander C., Counselor of Embassy in Italy.
  • Klots, Allen T., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State.
  • Knox, Philander Chase, Secretary of State, 1909–13.
  • Kobayashi, Colonel J., Japanese Army General Staff Agent to obtain military supplies in France.
  • Kodama, Yoshio, Japanese Leader, Dokuritsu Seinensha (Independent Youth Society).
  • Kohama, Kiyokane, Chief, Bureau of Interior and Acting Director General of Administration, Japanese Government General of Taiwan (Formosa).
  • Koizumi, K., Japanese traveler (Ekvall case).
  • Komai, Tokuzu, Adviser (with rank of Lieutenant General), Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters; Chief, General Affairs Board, “Manchoukuo” State Affairs Council, March–October; “Manchoukuo” Privy Councilor, October.
  • Komatsu, Takashi, Japanese Managing Director, Asano Shipbuilding Company, Ltd.
  • Komatsubara, Colonel Y., Chief, Japanese military mission, Harbin, April 28.
  • Koo, Dr. V. K. Wellington, Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1922–24, 1926–27, December 1931; Chinese Assessor, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry; Chinese Minister to France, October; Representative, League of Nations Council, November.
  • Kotani, Lieutenant S., Japanese Navy airman.
  • Kotze, Baron Hans Ulrich von, German Assistant to Under Secretary General in charge of International Bureaux, League of Nations; to League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry Secretariat.
  • Kouznetsov, S. M., Soviet Vice President, Chinese Eastern Railway Company.
  • Koyama, Matsukichi, Japanese Minister of Justice, May 26.
  • Ku Meng-yu, Chinese Minister of Railways, March.
  • Kuei-fu, Prince, Mongol Administrator (Fututung), Hailar, Heilungkiang (Barga); Member, “Manchoukuo” Privy Council, March 10.
  • Kung, Dr. H. H., Member, State Council, Chinese National Government; Special Industrial Commissioner to United States and Europe.
  • Kung, Dr. W. G. Anching, First Secretary of Chinese Legation in United States.
  • Kuwashima, Kazue, Japanese Consul General at Tientsin.
  • Lagabde, E., Counselor of French Legation in China.
  • Lammers, Commander Howard M., Island Governments and Central Division, Office of Naval Operations, Navy Department.
  • Lamont, Thomas W., Partner, J. P. Morgan & Company, New York; Representative, American Group, China Consortium.
  • Lampson, Sir Miles W., British Minister to China.
  • Lange, Christian L., Norwegian Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Laval, C. J., American acting editor, Far Eastern Review, Shanghai.
  • Laval, Pierre, President, French Council of Ministers; Minister for Foreign Affairs, to February 16.
  • Layton, Captain G., Chief of Staff, H.M.S. Kent, flagship of British Naval Squadron, China Station.
  • Lee, Dr. Chinglun Frank W., Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1931; on special mission to United States, June.
  • Leger, Alexis, Vice Political Director, French Foreign Office.
  • Lester, Sean, Irish representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly.
  • Levi, Daniel, French Consul at Yunnanfu.
  • Li, C. H., Chinese Chairman, Shanghai Universities’ Union.
  • Li Chai-sum (Chi-shen), Marshal, former Chief of Staff, Chinese revolutionary forces; Inspector General of Military Training, Nanking.
  • Li Chih-kang, Chinese Director, Bureau of Civil Affairs, Shensi Provincial Government.
  • Li Chung-jen, General, Member, Chinese Military Council, March 6; Director of Peace Preservation, Nanning, Kwangsi, April.
  • Li Hai-ching, General, Chinese Officer, northern Manchuria.
  • Li Lieh-chun, General, Member, State Council, Chinese National Government, January; Member, Chinese Military Council, March 6.
  • Li Ming, Chinese Chairman, Shanghai Bankers’ Association.
  • Li Shao-keng, Chinese Acting President, Chinese Eastern Railway Company, January; later President.
  • Li Tsze, General, Chinese Officer, northern Manchuria.
  • Li Tu, General, Chinese Commander, Kirin.
  • Li Yu-shu, Chinese “Volunteer” Commander, Amoy.
  • Lin, Admiral K. K., Chinese Commissioner of Naval Defense Forces for Amoy and Changchow.
  • Lin Sen (Shen), President, Chinese National Government, December 1931.
  • Lindley, Sir Francis, British Ambassador to Japan.
  • Lindsay, Sir Ronald Charles, British Ambassador to United States.
  • Ling Kong-hou, Chairman, Associated Chambers of Commerce of China, Shanghai.
  • Ling Sheng, Mongol Member, Japanese-sponsored committee for northeastern provinces, February 17; Governor, “Hsingan north subprovince,” Hailar, June 2; son of Prince Kuei-fu.
  • Litvinov, Maxim, Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
  • Liu Chen-nien, General, Chinese officer in charge of Chefoo district, to December.
  • Liu Jun-hsu, Chinese Commander, special company, 3d Brigade, Shensi Garrison (Ekvall case).
  • Lru Shih-shun, Director, Department of European and American Affairs, Chinese Foreign Office.
  • Lo Cheng-yu, Chinese Member, “Mauchoukuo” Privy Council, March 10.
  • Lo Wen-kan, Dr., Chinese Minister of Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs, January 28.
  • Lockhart, Frank P., Consul General at Tientsin.
  • Londonderry, Marquess of, British Secretary of State for Air; Representative, League of Nations Council, February.
  • Lu, C. S., Chinese Chairman, Shanghai Labor Union.
  • Lu Mu-ting, Chinese former Director, Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces (Manchuria).
  • Lung Yun, General, Chinese Chairman, Yunnan Provincial Government.
  • Lyon, Cecil B., Vice Consul at Hong Kong.
  • Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, The Earl of, British Member and Chairman, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Ma Chan-shan, General, Chinese Commander, Acting Chairman, Heilungkiang Provincial Government, November 1931; Head, Japanese-sponsored Heilungkiang Provincial Government, Tsitsihar; Member, Japanese-sponsored committee for northeastern provinces, February 17; “Manchoukuo” Minister of War, March 9; Chairman, Heilungkiang Provincial Government (Chinese), Heiho, April; Leader, Chinese “Volunteers”, north Manchuria, to December.
  • Ma Lung-shan, Chinese agent for Japanese, Manchuria.
  • MacArthur, General Douglas, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army.
  • McCauley, Commander Cleveland, Division Commander, U. S. Asiatic Fleet; assigned Naval Attaché, Legation in China, April 5.
  • McCoy, Major General Frank R., U.S.A., U. S. Member, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry, January.
  • McDonald, James G., Chairman of Board, Foreign Policy Association, Inc., New York.
  • MacDonald, J. Ramsay, British Prime Minister.
  • McIlroy, Lieutenant Colonel James G., Military Attaché, Embassy in Japan.
  • Mackay, Raymond C., Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
  • MacKillop, Douglas, Acting Head, Far Eastern Department, British Foreign Office.
  • Macnaghten, Brigadier General E. B., British Member and Chairman, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai, to April.
  • MacWhite, Michael, Irish Minister to United States.
  • Madariaga, Salvador de, Spanish Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly.
  • Makino, Count Shinken, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1913–14; Minister of Imperial Household, 1921–25; Lord Keeper of Privy Seal.
  • Marchetti di Muriaglo, Count Alberto, Counselor of Italian Embassy in United States.
  • Marriner, James Theodore, Counselor of Embassy in France.
  • Martel, Count Damien d., French Ambassador to Japan.
  • Martino, Nobile Giacomo de, Italian Ambassador to United States.
  • Massenet, Alfred, French Director, Franco-Asiatic Bank, Paris.
  • Massigli, René, French Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly.
  • Matos, José, Guatemalan Permanent Delegate, League of Nations; Acting President, League Council.
  • Matsubara, Colonel Ko, Head, Japanese mission to negotiate with General Su Ping-wen on Soviet territory.
  • Matsudaira, Tsuneo, Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain; Japanese First Delegate, League of Nations Special Assembly, March 3–April 14.
  • Matsukata, Marquis Masayoshi, Japanese Genro and Prime Minister of Meiji era.
  • Matsuoka, Yosuke, Japanese former Vice President, South Manchuria Railway Company; Japanese Chief Delegate, League of Nations Council and Assembly, November.
  • Mayer, Captain William, Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Maze, Sir Frederick W., British Inspector General, Chinese Maritime Customs Administration.
  • Mei (Yi-chi), Y. C., President, Tsing Hua University, Peiping.
  • Mellon, Andrew W., Ambassador to Great Britain, February 5.
  • Meyer, Paul W., Consul at Nanking.
  • Millard, Dr. Thomas F., American journalist and author; Adviser to Chinese National Government.
  • Minami, Hiroshi, Japanese Member, Seiyukai; Minister of Communications, May 26.
  • Minami, General Jiro, Japanese Minister of War, to December 1931; Supreme War Councilor.
  • Mitsuchi, Chuzo, Japanese Member, Seiyukai; former Minister of Communications; Minister of Railways, May 26.
  • Miyake, Major General Mitsuji, Chief of Staff, Japanese Kwantung Army, Manchuria, 1931; Director, Japanese Military Training Department.
  • Mo Teh-hui, Chinese President, Chinese Eastern Railway Company, to March; Head, Chinese Delegation, Chinese-Soviet Conference, Moscow.
  • Moh, H. Y., Chinese Chairman, Shanghai Exchanges Association.
  • Molotov, Viacheslav Mikhailovich, President, Soviet Council of People’s Commissars (Premier).
  • Moore, Frederick, American foreign correspondent; Foreign Counselor, Japanese Foreign Office, 1921–26; Adviser, Japanese Delegation, League of Nations, November.
  • Moresco, E., formerly Vice President, Council of the Netherlands Indies; Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Mori, Kaku, Seiyukai Member, Japanese House of Representatives.
  • Morishima, Morito, Japanese Acting Consul General at Mukden; later Consul General at Harbin.
  • Moses, George H., U. S. Senator (Republican), New Hampshire; President pro tempore of the Senate.
  • Moss, George Sinclair, British Acting Consul at Weihaiwei; Technical Adviser, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Motta, Giuseppe, Head, Swiss Political Federal Department; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Murai, Kuramatsu, Japanese Consul General at Shanghai; at Sydney, August.
  • Murray, E. Lee, Clerk, Legation in China.
  • Mussolini, Benito, Italian Prime Minister (Il Duce).
  • Muto, General Nobuyoshi, Japanese Special Plenipotentiary (with rank of Ambassador) to “Manchoukuo;” Commander in Chief, Japanese Kwantung Army, Governor General of Kwantung, August; Ambassador to “Manchoukuo,” December 1.
  • Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan, 1867–1912 (Meiji era, 1868–1912).
  • Myers, Myrl S., Consul General at Mukden.
  • Nagai, Matsuzo, Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, to May.
  • Nagai, Ryutaro, Japanese Chief Secretary, Minseito; former Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs; Overseas Minister, May 26.
  • Nagaoka, Shunichi (Haruichi), Japanese Ambassador to France; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Naggiar, Paul-Emile, Chief, Far Eastern Section, French Foreign Office.
  • Nakada, O., Japanese in charge of “Manchoukuo” salt revenue administration.
  • Nakajima, Baron Kumakichi, Japanese Minister of Commerce and Industry, May 26.
  • Nakamura, Captain Shintaro, Japanese Army officer in mufti (killed June 1931).
  • Nelson, Bert N., American missionary (Protestant) in China.
  • Nelson, Captain Fred C., U. S. Army, Philippine Department, Manila.
  • Neurath, Baron Constantin H. K. von, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, June 2; Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Neville, Edwin L., Counselor of Embassy in Japan.
  • Nimmer, Captain David R., Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Ninomiya, Major General Harushige, Commander of Gendarmes (military police), Japanese Kwantung Army, Manchuria.
  • Nishiyama, Masai, formerly Director, Bureau of Religion, Japanese Ministry of Education; Chief, General Affairs Bureau, “Manchoukuo” Education Department, August.
  • Nitobe, Dr. Inazo, Japanese author and lecturer.
  • Nomura, Vice Admiral Kichisaburo, commanding, Japanese 3d Squadron, Yangtze area, February; Commander in Chief, Yokosuka Naval Station, October.
  • Nyhus, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E., American missionaries (Protestant) in China.
  • Ohashi, Chuichi, Japanese Consul General at Harbin; Director, General Affairs Department, “Manchoukuo” Foreign Affairs Department, March; “Manchoukuo” Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, June.
  • Ohrnberger, E. J., Deputy Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Harbin, to July.
  • Okada, Admiral Keisuke, Japanese Minister of Navy, 1927–29; again May 26, 1932.
  • Okazaki, K., Japanese Consul at Shanghai and Third Secretary of Legation in China.
  • Olds, Robert E., Under Secretary of State, 1927–28; Counsel, Chinese Delegation, League of Nations, 1931–32.
  • Orde, Charles William, Counselor and Head, Far Eastern Department, British Foreign Office.
  • Osborne, Francis d’Arcy Godolphin, Counselor of British Embassy in United States.
  • O’Shea, John A., Bishop, American Catholic Mission, Kanchow, Kiangsi.
  • Ozaki, Yukio, veteran Japanese politician touring Europe.
  • Padoux, Dr. Georges, French Adviser, Chinese National Government.
  • Pao Kuan-chen, Chinese Mayor of Japanese-sponsored Harbin municipality, February; “Manchoukuo” Diplomatic Representative in Japan, September.
  • Paul-Boncour, Joseph, French Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly; Minister for Foreign Affairs, December.
  • Pu-yi, Manchu Hsuan-tung Emperor of China, 1908–12; “Manchoukuo” Chief Executive, March 9.
  • Quo Tai-chi, Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs; Minister to Great Britain, August 9; Member, Chinese Delegation, League of Nations.
  • Radek, Karl, Soviet editorial writer, Moscow Pravda.
  • Ramel, Baron S.G.F.T., Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Raven, Frank J., U. S. Member, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai.
  • Ray, Marcel, Assistant Chef de Cabinet, French Foreign Office.
  • Rea, George Bronson, American editor and publisher, Far Eastern Review, Shanghai; counselor, “Manchoukuo” government.
  • Reed, Charles S., 2d, Vice Consul at Yunnanfu.
  • Reed, David Aiken, U. S. Senator (Republican), Pennsylvania.
  • Reifsnider, Charles S., American suffragan bishop, North Tokyo, Protestant Episcopal Church.
  • Remillard, Horace, Consul at, Port Said.
  • Reynolds, Lincoln C., Vice Consul at Nanking.
  • Rice, Captain Paul H., commanding, U.S.S. Tulsa, U. S. Asiatic Fleet.
  • Riddell, Dr. Walter A., Canadian Advisory Officer, League of Nations.
  • Ringwalt, Arthur R., Vice Consul at Shanghai.
  • Rogers, James Grafton, Assistant Secretary of State.
  • Roosevelt, Theodore, President of the United States, 1901–1909.
  • Roosevelt, Colonel Theodore, Jr., Governor General, Philippine Islands.
  • Ros, G., Honorary First Secretary of Italian Legation in China.
  • Rosso, Augusto, Italian Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly.
  • Rozoff, T. M., Assistant, Chinese Customshouse, Harbin, to July.
  • Rudy, J. V., Soviet General Manager, Chinese Eastern Railway.
  • Saionji, Prince Kimmochi, surviving Japanese Genro and Prime Minister of Meiji era; Member, House of Peers.
  • Saito, Hirosi, Counselor of Japanese Embassy in Great Britain; Delegate, League of Nations Special Assembly, March; Counselor of Embassy in United States.
  • Saito, Admiral Viscount Makoto, Japanese Governor General of Chosen (Korea), 1919, 1929–31; Japanese Prime Minister, May 26; concurrently Minister for Foreign Affairs, May 26–July 6.
  • Sakatani, Kiichi, Japanese Head, General Affairs Bureau, “Manchoukuo” Finance Department; Vice Chief, General Affairs Board, “Manchoukuo” State Affairs Council; Chairman, “Manchoukuo” Commission for Liquidation of Claims.
  • Salisbury, Laurence E., Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
  • Sands, H., British missionary (Roman Catholic) in China.
  • Sato, Naotake, Japanese Ambassador to Belgium; Representative, League of Nations Council.
  • Sawada, Setsuzo, Japanese Minister and Director, Japanese League of Nations Office at Geneva.
  • Schjoth, Erik T., Norwegian Assistant in Chargé, Chinese Customshouse, Manchouli (Manchuria Station), to July.
  • Schnee, Dr. Heinrich, German Member, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Schroeder, C. E., Belgian Representative in Far East, Fabrique National des Armes de Guerre.
  • Sellett, Dr. George, U. S. District Attorney, Shanghai.
  • Semenoff, Atamen, White Russian political exile.
  • Sexton, Rear Admiral Walton R., Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department.
  • Shang Chen, General, Chinese Chairman, Shansi Provincial Government; Commander, 32d Army, 1931.
  • Shao Lin, Chinese Chief, Japanese-sponsored Harbin branch, Kirin Provincial Foreign Office.
  • Shecklen, George F., Representative at Shanghai, Radio Corporation of America.
  • Shidehara, Baron Kijuro, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1924–27, July 1929–December 11, 1931; Member, Minseito.
  • Shigemitsu, Mamoru, Japanese Minister to China.
  • Shih Ching-yang, Chinese Chairman, Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, Nanking.
  • Shimamoto, Major General, Japanese Officer at Shanghai, February.
  • Shiozawa, Rear Admiral Koichi, Japanese Senior Officer at Shanghai; Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral K. Nomura, February.
  • Shirakawa, General Yoshinori, Chief, Japanese Land Forces, Shanghai area, March–April.
  • Shiratori, Dr. Kurakichi, Member, Japanese Imperial Academy; emeritus professor, Tokyo Imperial University.
  • Shiratori, Toshio, Director, Bureau of Information and Intelligence, Japanese Foreign Office.
  • Short, Robert M., American lieutenant, Chinese Air Force.
  • Simon, Sir John, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly.
  • Simpson, Sir John Hope, British Director General, National Flood Relief Commission, China.
  • Skinsnes, Dr. Casper C., American missionary (Protestant), Sinyangchow, Honan.
  • Smedley, Agnes, American writer and traveler.
  • Smith, F. L., Commissioner, Chinese Postal Service, Harbin.
  • Smyth, Robert Lacy, Consul at Shanghai.
  • Soong, T. V., Chinese Minister of Finance, 1928–31; again January 29, 1932; Vice President, Executive Yuan (Vice Premier), Chinese National Government, January 29; Acting President of same, August.
  • Soule, Lieutenant Robert H., Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Sovik, Mrs. Erik, American missionary (Protestant).
  • Stanton, Edwin F., Second Secretary of Legation in China.
  • Stevens, Harry E., Consul at Yunnanfu; at Tsinan, April.
  • Stevens, Colonel John F., U. S. Chairman, Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia, 1918; President, Inter-Allied Technical Board to operate Chinese Eastern and Siberian Railways, 1919.
  • Stimson, Henry L., Secretary of State; Chairman, U. S. Delegation, General Disarmament Conference.
  • Stirling, C. N., Second Secretary of British Legation in China.
  • Stroebe, Colonel George G., U. S. Chief Survey Engineer, Yangtze River Commission, Nanking.
  • Sturgeon, Leo D., Consul at Tokyo.
  • Su Ping-wen, General, Chinese Commander, guard troops, Chinese Eastern Railway, Hailar.
  • Sudo, Japanese Adviser, Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces (Manchuria).
  • Sugihara, formerly Secretary, Japanese Consulate General, Harbin; Assistant to “Manchoukuo” Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, Harbin.
  • Sugimura, Yotaro, Japanese Under Secretary General, League of Nations.
  • Suma, Yakichiro, First Secretary of Japanese Legation in China, at Shanghai.
  • Sun Fo (Ke), Dr., Son of Dr. Sun Yat-sen; President, Executive Yuan (Premier), Chinese National Government, December 1931–January 1932.
  • Sun Yat-sen (Wen or Chung-shan), Dr., Chinese revolutionary (republican) leader; Provisional President at Nanking, January 1, 1912 (to abdication of Manchu Emperor and succession of Yuan Shih-kai in February); Head of Canton governments subsequently.
  • Sun Yu-ju, General, Chinese Commander, 17th Division, Kansu.
  • Suvich, Fulvio, Italian Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Suzuki, Dr. Hideo, Japanese President, Seiyukai, succeeding Ki Inukai.
  • Swanson, Claude A., U. S. Senator (Democrat), Virginia; Delegate, General Disarmament Conference.
  • Sweetser, Arthur, U. S. Member, Information Section, League of Nations.
  • Sze, Dr. Sao-ke Alfred, Chinese Minister to Great Britain, 1929–32; Representative, League of Nations Council, 1931.
  • Tai Chi, Lieutenant General, Chinese Garrison Commander, Shanghai area.
  • Takahashi, Korekiyo, Japanese Minister of Finance, December 1931.
  • Takamatsu-no-Miya, Prince Nobuhito, brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
  • Takeda, Yenji, Japanese Executive Secretary, America-Japan Society, Tokyo.
  • Takigawa, K., Japanese Vice Consul at Harbin.
  • Talbot, R. M., American Commissioner, Chinese Customs, Antung, to June 29.
  • Tamon, Lieutenant General Jiro, Japanese Commander, Harbin.
  • Tanaka, General Baron Giichi, Japanese President, Seiyukai; Prime Minister, April 1927–July 1929.
  • Tanaka, Count Koken, former Minister of Japanese Imperial Household.
  • Tang Chu-wu, Colonel, formerly Commander, Chinese 1st Regiment, Fengtien Army, Mukden; “Volunteer” Leader, south Manchuria.
  • Tang Yu-lin, General, Chinese Chairman, Jehol Provincial Government.
  • Taniguchi, Admiral Naozane, Chief, Japanese Navy General Staff, to February 1.
  • Tardieu, André, French Representative, League of Nations Council; President, French Council of Ministers, Minister for Foreign Affairs, February–June.
  • Tashiro, Major General K., Chief of Staff, Japanese Army forces, Shanghai.
  • Taylor, Colonel James D., commanding, U. S. 15th Infantry Regiment, Tientsin, to May.
  • Taylor, Admiral Montgomery M., Commander in Chief, U. S. Asiatic Fleet.
  • Teichman, Eric, Chinese Secretary of British Legation in China.
  • Tenney, Captain Parker G., Assistant Military Attaché Legation in China.
  • Teusler, Dr. Rudolf B., Director, St. Luke’s Hospital (Protestant Episcopal Mission), Tokyo.
  • te Water, Charles Theodore. (See Water, Charles Theodore te.)
  • Thomas, James Henry, British Secretary of State for the Dominions; Representative, League of Nations Council.
  • Thoms, Colonel N. W. B. B., British Commandant, Shanghai Volunteer Corps.
  • Thorbecke, W. J. R., Netherlands Minister to China.
  • Thorburn, John, Briton murdered near Shanghai, June 1931.
  • Ting Chao, General, Chinese Commander, guard troops, Chinese Eastern Railway, Kirin, to January.
  • Ting Chien-hsiu, “Manchoukuo” Minister of Communications.
  • Titulesco, Nicolas, Rumanian Representative, League of Nations Assembly; Minister to Great Britain.
  • Todd, Oliver J., U. S. Engineer in Chief, China International Famine Relief Commission.
  • Tornvall, Gustaf, Swedish businessman (Ekvall case).
  • Toyama, Hidezo, Japanese Leader, Tenkokai (Heavenly Conduct Society).
  • Toyama, Mitsuru, Japanese founder, Kokuryukai (Black Dragon Society).
  • Toyoda, Vice Admiral Teijiro, Chief, Japanese Kure Naval Arsenal.
  • Tratman, D. W., Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary, British Colonial Secretariat, Hong Kong.
  • Truesdell, Lieutenant Colonel Karl, temporarily commanding, U. S. 15th Infantry Regiment, Tientsin, May.
  • Tsai Ting-kai, General, Commander, Chinese 19th Route Army, Shanghai; Director of Peace Preservation, Fukien, July.
  • Tsang Shih-yi, General, Chinese Head, Japanese-sponsored Liaoning (Fengtien) Provincial Government, Mukden; Member, Japanese-sponsored committee for northeastern provinces, February 17; “Manchoukuo” Minister of Civil Affairs, March 9.
  • Tsurumi, Ken, Third Secretary of Japanese Embassy in “Manchoukuo”.
  • Turner, William T., Third Secretary of Embassy in Japan.
  • Tyrrell, Lord William George, British Ambassador to France.
  • Uchida, Ryohei, Leader, Japan Production Party (patriotic association).
  • Uchida, Count Yasuya, President, South Manchuria Railway Company; Minister for Foreign Affairs, July 6.
  • Ugaki, General Kazushige, Japanese Governor General of Chosen (Korea).
  • Unden, Oesten, Swedish Representative, League of Nations Assembly, December.
  • Uyeda, Lieutenant General Kenkichi, Commander, Japanese 9th Army Division, Shanghai, February.
  • Vansittart, Sir Robert Gilbert, British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Vikner, Mr. and Mrs. D. W., American missionaries (Protestant).
  • Vincent, John Carter, Consul at Mukden, January 1931; at Nanking, June 1932; at Dairen, September.
  • Voroshilov, General Klimenti Efremovich, Soviet Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs.
  • Wakatsuki, Baron Reijiro, Japanese President, Minseito; Prime Minister, January 1926–April 1927; April 14–December 11, 1931.
  • Wan Fu-lin, General, Chinese former Chairman, Heilungkiang Provincial Government.
  • Wang, General Gaston K., Chinese Officer, Shanghai, February.
  • Wang Ching-wei, Member, Standing Committee, Central Political Council, Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party); President, Executive Yuan (Premier), Chinese National Government, January 28.
  • Wang Chung-hui, Dr., Chinese Judge, Permanent Court of International Justice; President, Judicial Yuan, Chinese National Government, to December 1931; Chairman, Chinese Commission for Consolidation of China’s Indebtedness, since 1930.
  • Wang Shih-tse, Chinese Manager, Northeastern Steamship Company, Manchuria.
  • Wang Te-lin, General, Chinese Officer, Kirin.
  • Washio, Isoichi, Japanese former Manager, Dairen branch, Yokohama Specie Bank; Director, Central Bank of “Manchoukuo.”
  • Watanabe, Captain S., Japanese Legation Guard, Peiping.
  • Watari, Colonel Hisao, Japanese Officer attached to Japanese Assessor, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Water, Charles Theodore te, South African Representative, League of Nations Assembly; High Commissioner for Union of South Africa in Great Britain.
  • Waterman, Henry S., Consul at Saigon.
  • Watson, J., British missionary (Protestant), Sian.
  • Weizsacker, Baron Ernst von, German Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly; Minister to Norway.
  • Wellesley, Sir Victor Alexander Augustus Henry, British Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Wetzel, General, German Military Adviser in China.
  • Whang Ping-hang, General, Director, Chinese Aviation Bureau, Nanking.
  • Whigham, Charles F., Morgan Grenfell & Company, London.
  • White, Francis, Assistant Secretary of State.
  • Whitener, S. W., American missionary (Protestant), Yochow, Hunan.
  • Wiart, Count Carton de, Belgian Minister of State; Representative, League of Nations Assembly.
  • Wiegand, Karl H. Von, American foreign correspondent, Hearst Press.
  • Wilden, H. A., French Minister to China.
  • Williams, Rear Admiral Y. S., commanding, Yangtze Patrol, U. S. Asiatic Fleet.
  • Wilson, Hugh Robert, Minister to Switzerland.
  • Wilson, Huntington, Secretary of Legation and Chargé d’Affaires in Japan, 1906.
  • Wong Shao-lai, Chinese Chairman, Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce.
  • Wu Chao-chu, Dr. (C. C.), Chinese Minister to United States, 1929–31; Chief, administrative office, Hainan Special Administrative Area, Hainan, March.
  • Wu En-pei, Chinese Director, “Manchoukuo” Bank of the Three Eastern Provinces.
  • Wu Te-chen, General, Mayor, Chinese Municipality of Greater Shanghai.
  • Wyman, Lieutenant Willard G., Language Officer, Legation in China.
  • Yamagata, Field Marshal Prince Aritomo, Japanese Genro and Prime Minister of Meiji era.
  • Yamamoto, Baron Tatsuo, Japanese Home Minister, May 26.
  • Yamasaki, Seiichiro, Japanese Consul at Manchouli (Manchuria Station).
  • Yang Feng-nien, Brigadier General, Chinese Officer, southern Fukien.
  • Yang Hu-cheng, General, Chinese Chairman, Shensi Provincial Government.
  • Yano, Makoto, Counselor of Japanese Legation in China, at Peiping.
  • Yeh Kung-cho, Chinese Minister of Railways, January.
  • Yen, Dr. Hawkling, Counselor of Chinese Legation in United States.
  • Yen, Dr. W. W., Chinese Minister in United States; Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly; Ambassador to the Soviet Union, December.
  • Yen Chuan-fu, Chinese Mayor of Mukden, May.
  • Yen His-shan, Marshal, Member, State Council, Chinese National Government, January; Director of Peace Preservation, Taiyuan, February; Member, Chinese Military Council, March 6.
  • Ying Hsun, Chinese Manager, Japanese-sponsored Northeastern Steamship Company.
  • Yoshida, Isaburo, Japanese Assessor, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Yoshihito, Taisho Emperor of Japan, 1912–26; father of Emperor Hirohito.
  • Yoshizawa, Kenkichi, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, January 14–May 16, 1932.
  • Young, A. Morgan, British author, Japan Under Taisho Tenno.
  • Young, Dr. Arthur H., American Adviser, Chinese Ministry of Finance.
  • Young, Dr. C. Walter, Far Eastern Representative, Institute of Current World Affairs, New York; Technical Adviser, League of Nations (Lytton) Commission of Inquiry.
  • Yu Chih-shan, General, formerly high officer in Mukden Government; in service of “Manchoukuo.”
  • Yu Shao-wu, Chinese Assistant, Chinese Customshouse, Harbin and Manchouli (Manchuria Station); “Manchoukuo” Customs Chief, Harbin, July.
  • Yu Ya-ching, Chinese Member, Municipal Council, International Settlement, Shanghai; Chairman, Chinese Shipowners’ Association.
  • Yuan Chin-kai, Member, “Manchoukuo” Privy Council, March 10.
  • Yuan Shih-kai, General, Viceroy, Grand Councilor and Prime Minister, Chinese Imperial Government; Provisional President of China, 1912–13; President, 1913–16.
  • Yui, O. K., Chinese Secretary to Mayor Wu Te-chen, Municipality of Greater Shanghai.
  • Zaleski, Auguste, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Council.
  • Zing Chun-ching, Chinese Chairman, Shanghai Native Bankers’ Guild.
  • Zulueta Escolano, Luis de, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Representative, League of Nations Council and Assembly.
  • Zumoto, Motosada, Japanese newspaperman and publisher.