Index

• Agricultural Adjustment Act, 980, 1004, 1019, 1047
• Amau statement. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Andersen, Meyer, & Co., 65, 102, 757–758, 760–761
• Argentina, 958
• Arizona, proposed land legislation affecting Japanese nationals, 1068–1072
• Arms and munitions. See under China.
• Australia, 363–365, 946
• Aviation. See under China and Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Baldwin Locomotive Works, 757–758, 760–761
• Belgium, 720, 721, 726, 729, 731, 736, 737
• Bell, Sir Charles, 124
• Benedum Trees Co., 773–774, 779–781
• Bess, Demaree, 193, 194
• Boeing Aircraft Co., 714–717, 725
• Boycotts. See under China.
• Buck, J. Lossing, visit to China, 574, 580–581
• Bullitt, William C.: Comment on possible Soviet influence in China, 32; report on interviews with Japanese and Chinese officials, 4–7
• Bush, Father Henry J., 684, 685–686, 687
• California, proposed land legislation affecting Japanese nationals, 1070–1071
• Canada, 946, 984, 987, 1110
• Censorship, 102, 223, 254–255, 294
• Chaco dispute, 115, 738
• Chase National Bank, 543–544, 552, 559, 589, 632, 635
• Chiang Kai-shek. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• China (see also Sino-Japanese dispute), 508–820
  • American educational institutions in China, registration with Chinese authorities, U. S. attitude toward, 815–817
  • Arms and munitions (including military aircraft), export to China, 711–738
    • Boeing fighter planes for Cantonese forces, difficulties in effecting delivery, 714–717, 725
    • Cooperation of various countries in effecting uniform export practices, question of, 711, 719–721, 722–723, 724, 726, 729, 731–732, 735, 736, 737
    • Embargo, question of, position of Swiss Government, 738
    • Military aircraft, definition and licensing questions, 711, 714, 715–718, 719, 725–727, 730, 733–735
    • New Chinese regulations governing importation of airplane materials, 717–718, 719
    • Transshipment of arms from Hang Kong, question of, 711–713, 715, 718–719, 721–722, 723–724, 727–728, 730, 731–732, 736–737
    • U. S.-British discussions, 711–713, 718–719, 719–722, 730, 731–734, 735, 737
  • Aviation (see also Arms and munitions, supra, and under Sino-Japanese dispute): Aircraft manufacture in China, question of, 730, 802; Cantonese air force, 714–717, 725; Chinese disinclination to permit establishment of civil aviation or grant of landing rights to foreign interests, 800–802; Hangchow Aviation School, question of continued reliance on American advice and supervision, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 177, 224–225, 339
  • Boycotts: Anti-American, 579, 584, 588–589, 594, 602–603, 610–611; anti-Japanese, 48, 54, 112, 113, 125, 127–128, 141–142, 318–319
  • Cabinet and administrative changes, 296–297, 320, 321, 335–336, 337–339, 477, 484, 487
  • Chang Hsueh-liang, 43–44, 200, 201, 214, 684
  • Chiang Kai-shek. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Chiang Kai-shek, Madame, 21–22, 33–34, 130, 335, 426
  • Chiang Monlin, 403–404, 475–476, 483, 491
  • Chinese Eastern Railway. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
  • Chinese leaders, Chinese objections to editorial comments by Time magazine on, 817–820
  • Claims against China, 753–767
    • American claims (see also Hukuang Railway loan, infra): Chinese preferential treatment of Japanese claims, alleged, 758–759, 766–767; Sino-American claims [Page 1116] commission, proposed, 753, 754–755, 762; status of, and U. S. efforts for action by Chinese Government, 754–758, 759–761, 762–763, 766–767
    • British claims (see also Hukuang Railway loan, infra), 753–754, 766
    • Hukuang Railway loan of 1911, defaults in servicing of, 761–762, 763–766
    • Japanese claims, question of preferential treatment, U. S. interest in, 758–759, 766–767
    • Sino-American claims commission, proposed, 753, 754–755, 762
  • Communists and bandits. See under Protection, infra, and under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Consortium agreement of Oct. 15, 1920, 30, 536, 553, 560, 592, 617, 761
  • Cotton-wheat credit of 1933 (U. S.), 211, 579, 585–587, 602–603, 616–618, 651–654, 656–658, 658–659, 661–664
  • Customs problems:
    • American citizens in Chinese Maritime Customs Service, position of, attitude of U. S. Legation with respect to, 795–796
    • Customs Rules of 1868, reservation of American rights under, 790–795
      • Case of Dollar Steamship Co., 792–795
      • New Customs Preventive Regulations in apparent contravention of Rules of 1868, 790–792
  • Diplomatic and consular relations:
    • Legation of China in United States, elevation to status of Embassy, 513, 522, 526
    • Legations of foreign powers in China, elevation to status of Embassies. See Legations of foreign powers, infra.
    • U. S. Consulate General at Nanking, abolition of, 516–517, 521–522, 523–524
  • Economic reconstruction of China and question of financial assistance by other governments, 526–664
    • American economic mission to China, unofficial, 527, 527–528, 538–539, 541, 583, 607–609, 941
    • American loans and credits: Chicago Bank Loan, 649, 652–653, 655–656, 658, 660, 663; Farm Credit Administration, 647–650, 651–654, 656–658, 658–664; Reconstruction Finance Corp. (cotton-wheat credit of 1933), 211, 579, 585–587, 602–603, 616–618, 651–654, 656–658, 658–659, 661–664
    • Borah Resolution in U. S. Senate, Chinese concern over, 576–577
    • Boycott, anti-American, question of, 579, 584, 588–589, 594, 602–603; Japanese instigation, alleged, 579, 602–603, 610–611
    • British attitude (see also Financial experts, infra), 542, 544–545, 547–550, 553–554, 554–555, 556–558, 563, 565, 569–572, 575, 628–629, 630, 645–647
    • Buck, J. Lossing, mission as economic observer in China, 574, 580–581
    • Chinese efforts at reconstruction and currency reform (see also Silver, infra), 18–19, 34, 84, 133, 532–534, 537, 540, 554, 565–566, 566–567, 582–584
    • Financial experts, question of assignment by foreign governments to their diplomatic missions in China:
      • British initiative, and consideration of question by United States and other governments, 96, 322, 323, 330, 567–568, 569, 571–572, 574–575, 577, 580, 591–593, 594–602, 603–604, 605–607, 600–610, 611, 612–616, 618–621, 623–627, 631–632, 636, 643, 645–646, 918
      • Leith-Ross, Sir Frederick, mission as British expert, 308, 328, 353, 378, 429–431, 459–460, 503, 504, 506–507, 591–593, 594–595, 618–621, 623–627, 629, 631–632, 636, 643, 645–646, 918; question of visit to United States, 595–598, 605–606, 612–616
    • General economic situation (see also Silver, infra), 84–85, 131–132, 159–160, 307–308, 395, 506–507, 532–533, 537, 551–554, 574, 584, 587–588, 589–590, 592, 604–605, 627
    • International and foreign loans, question of, 20, 24, 27, 30, 38–39, 54, 57, 74, 81, 89, 96, 130, 132–133, 165, 236, 322, 506–507, 532–533, 534, 536–537, 530–540, 542, 543, 544–550, 553–558, 560–566, 573–574, 576–577, 611, 620–621, 624, 625–626, 631–632, 633, 638, 642–643, 644–645, 656
    • Japanese attitude, 27, 54, 66, 80, 81–82, 84, 89, 133, 236, 417, 443–444, 544–545, 550, 554, 560–563, 564–565, 566, 568–569, 572, 573–574, 577, 603, 632, 634–635, 639–641, 642–643, 644–645
    • League of Nations, technical cooperation with China, 582, 621–623
    • Loans. See American loans and International and foreign loans, supra.
    • Monetary decree of Nov. 3. See Silver: Nationalization, infra.
    • Railway construction, 32, 583–584, 608–609; German contracts, 583
    • Shanghai situation, 79–80, 84, 531, 543–544, 551–553, 559, 565–566, 566–567, 578, 581, 587–588, 589–590, 593–594, 627
    • Silver: Effect of U. S. silver-purchasing program on Chinese economy, question of, 37, 38, 45, 84, 142–143, 147, 242–243, 308, 330, 375, 510, 526, 527, 528–532, 533–536, 537, 539–544, 552–553, 558–560, 572–573, 576, 578–579, 582, 584–585, 587–590, 594, 604–605, 628, 649, 834; nationalization of silver by China, and subsequent negotiations with United States, 417, 430–431, 443–444, 504, 506–507, 629–631, 632–645, 650, 654–655
    • Sino-American trade: American economic mission, unofficial, 527, 527–528, 538–539, 541, 583, 607–609; statistics, 510
    • Technical experts to be attached to foreign diplomatic missions, proposed. See Financial experts, supra.
  • Expropriation of land and registration of American educational institutions with Chinese authorities, U. S. attitude, 815–817
  • Foreign policy, 207–213, 308–309
  • France, relations with, 308
  • Hsu Mo, 268–269, 458, 459
  • Hu Shih, 400–401, 410, 482–483
  • Italy, relations with, 508, 509, 802
  • Japan, relations with. See Sino-Japanese dispute and under Japan.
  • Kan Chieh-hou, 202–207
  • Killing of Chinese citizen by American naval enlisted men, alleged, U. S. denial of responsibility for, 702–711
  • Kung, H. H., 37–38, 189–190, 325, 375–376, 472, 480, 530–532, 533–534, 537, 611–612, 625–626
  • Kuomintang:
    • Fifth Congress of, 378, 406, 407, 411–412, 420, 426, 504; speech of Chiang Kai-shek, 426–428
    • Miscellaneous, 262, 294–295, 298, 304, 319, 348, 396, 438–439, 487
  • League of Nations: Arms embargo, question of, 738; narcotics control in China, League recommendations and U. S. attitude, 739–741, 742–743, 744–752; technical cooperation with China, 582, 621–623
  • Legations of foreign powers in China, elevation to status of Embassies:
    • Chinese attitude and reciprocation, 308–309, 509, 511, 513, 522, 526
    • Germany, 523
    • Italy, 168, 508, 509
    • Japan (see also Sino-Japanese dispute, infra), 508–510, 511–513, 514–516, 517–519
    • Sino-Japanese dispute, relation to, 90, 165, 166, 167, 168, 185, 190, 197, 205, 246, 303, 379
    • Soviet Union, 509–510
    • United Kingdom, 508, 509, 510–511, 512, 516, 524–525
    • United States, 508–526
  • Loans:
    • American. See under Economic reconstruction, supra.
    • Hukuang Railway loan of 1911, defaults in servicing of, 761–762, 763–766
    • International and foreign, question of. See under Economic reconstruction, supra.
  • Mao Tze-tung, 695
  • Missionaries and mission property (see also Protection, infra), questions of land rent tax and of re-registration of title deeds to real property in China, 803–804, 806–808, 809–811, 813
  • Monopolies, Chinese tendency toward establishment of, and U. S. representations against, 767–789
    • American firms, question of participation in monopoly arrangements, 773–774, 779–781, 788–789; other foreign firms, 769
    • British attitude, 772, 778–779, 782
    • Japanese position, 771, 772–773, 778, 779
    • Monopolies on—
      • Antimony (Hunan Province), 767–768, 769, 771–773, 775, 778–779, 782–784, 786–789
      • Cigarettes, 783–784
      • Kerosene (Kiangsi Province), relation to Communist and bandit suppression program, 775–777, 781
      • Matches, 770, 773, 783, 784
      • Oil refining and refined oil products, 773–775, 779–781
      • Salt (Kiangsi Province), 781, 784
      • Sugar, proposed, 285, 769, 770
      • Sulphuric acid, 783–784
      • Tungsten (Kiangsi Province), 785–786, 789
  • Narcotic drugs and opium control, 739–753
    • Chinese regulatory action, 270, 744, 753
    • League of Nations recommendations for control, and U. S. attitude, 739–741, 742–743, 744–752
    • Smuggling on American naval vessels, alleged, question of, 739, 741–742
  • National Economic Council, 32, 66, 347, 621–623
  • National unity, 123, 306–307, 407–408, 506
  • Pilotage procedure at Shanghai, U. S. reservation of rights with respect to proposed changes in, 312, 797–800
  • Postal questions, 1, 2, 9, 26, 36, 197, 220
  • Protection of American and other foreign lives and property, 664–700
    • American mission properties, occupation by Chinese troops, 694–695
    • Bush, Father Henry J., kidnaping of, 684, 685–686, 687
    • Communist bandits, military activity (see also Stam, infra), 664–667, 670, 678–679, 680–684, 686–687, 688, 689–690, 695, 697–700; U. S. representations for protection of American nationals, 666, 670, 678, 679, 694, 700
    • Evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from places of danger, question of, 678, 679, 680–684, 685, 688, 690–691, 692, 693, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699
    • Japanese difficulties concerning provincial taxes at Swatow, relation to, 408, 689, 690–691, 692, 693, 696
    • Stam, Rev. John C. and wife, murder of, 667–668, 670–675, 676–678
    • Transportation of Chinese troops on American and other foreign commercial vessels, question of, 668–669, 675–676, 679
  • Railways:
    • Chinese Eastern Railway. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
    • Construction, proposed, 32, 161, 583–584, 608–609
    • Hukuang Railway loan of 1911, 761–762, 763–766
    • Peiping-Hankow Railway, 420, 454, 461, 757–758, 760–761
    • Peiping-Mukden Railway, 344, 347, 348, 450, 452, 462, 499
    • Shanhaikwan-Peiping Railway, 421, 423
    • South Manchuria Railway, 330–333, 350, 372, 378, 942
    • Tientsin-Pukow Railway, 161, 367, 461, 766–767
    • Tsingtao-Tsinan Railway, 183–185
  • Reviews of developments in China during 1935, 306–309, 502–507
  • Shanghai (see also under Economic reconstruction, supra, and under Sino-Japanese dispute), pilotage procedure (Pilotage Regulations of 1868), U. S. reservation of rights with respect to proposed changes in, 797–800; Japanese attitude, 285, 312
  • Shangpu Regulations, 806, 808
  • Siam, relations with, 308
  • Silver. See under Economic reconstruction, supra.
  • Sinkiang Province, Chinese concern over Soviet influence in, 7, 31–32, 120, 123–124, 186, 258–261, 289, 300–301, 307, 308, 361–362, 383, 479, 507
  • Soong, T. V., 19, 20, 73–74, 84, 130, 159–161, 335, 522, 532–533, 553, 555, 566, 577, 580–581, 600–610, 621, 624
  • Sun Fo, 76–77, 296, 335, 355–356
  • Sun Yat-sen, 61, 62, 70, 73, 76–77
  • Tang Yu-jen, assassination, 498, 504
  • Ting, V. K., 408–410
  • Taxation: Consolidated taxes as security for American loans, 586, 617, 658; land rent tax, question of payment by foreigners, 802–804, 812–813; provincial taxes at Swatow, Japanese demands in connection with, 408, 689, 690–691, 692, 693, 696
  • Time magazine, editorial comments on Chinese leaders, Chinese objections to, 817–820
  • Title deeds to real property of Americans in China, question of re-registration of, 802–814
  • Tsingtao-Tsinan Railway notes, question of redemption by Chinese Government, 183–185
  • United Kingdom, relations with. See under United Kingdom.
  • U. S. Army forces at Tientsin, recommendation of War Department for withdrawal of, 700–702
  • U. S. consular courts in China, 746–748, 1091, 1093
  • U. S. Consulate General at Nanking, abolition of, 516–517, 521–522, 523–524
  • U. S. Court for China, 1088, 1101–1103
  • U. S. Legation, elevation to status of Embassy, 508–526; appointment of Minister Nelson T. Johnson as Ambassador, 520, 522–523
  • U. S. silver-purchasing program. See Economic reconstruction: Effect of U. S. silver-purchasing program on Chinese economy, supra.
  • Wang, C. T., 447–448
  • Wang Ching-wei, 6–7, 60–62, 70–71, 129, 201, 212, 251, 272–273, 296, 304–305, 320, 335, 336, 337, 338–339, 389, 394–395, 420, 487, 503
  • Yu Hsueh-chung, 188, 191–192, 196, 198–199, 200, 201, 202, 214, 217
• China Weekly Review, 375, 410–411
• Chinese Eastern Railway. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
• Chosen. See Korea.
• Claims. See under China.
• Comintern Congress, 292, 345, 440
• Communists. See under China: Protection and Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Czechoslovakia, 735
• Dern, George H. (Secretary of War), visit to China, 375–376
• Diplomatic and consular relations. See Japan: Consular convention: and under China and Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
• Dollar Steamship Co., 792–795
• Duranty, Walter, 193, 194
• Eden, Anthony, 103, 108–109, 293
• El Salvador, 115, 117
• Eminent domain, 815–817
• Ethiopian-Italian dispute, allusions, 115, 116, 292–293, 357, 394, 431, 442, 466, 507, 738
• Export-Import Bank, 538–539, 607, 941
• Extraterritoriality. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
• Far Eastern Crisis. See Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Fisheries. See under Japan.
• Formosa, 137–138
• France, 112–113, 174–175, 308, 317, 329, 343, 349, 595, 620, 625, 676, 681, 682, 714–715, 720, 791
• Freedom of speech and freedom of the press, 410, 817–820, 865
• General American Car Co., 757–758, 760–761
• General Motors Corp., 1051
• Germany, 95–96, 107, 108, 110, 114, 115, 116, 374, 481–482, 523, 583, 943, 946
• Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
• Hirota, Koki. See under Japan.
• Hong Kong (see also China: Arms and munitions: Transshipment and Japan: Trade relations: Philippines), 624, 627
• Immigration restrictions, 135, 364–365, 834–835
• India, 530
• Inner Mongolia, 3, 53, 234–235, 307, 334–335, 341–342, 488, 494, 499, 507
• Italy: Ethiopian-Italian dispute, 115, 116, 292–293, 357, 394, 431, 442, 466, 507, 738; relations with China, 168, 508, 509, 802
• Japan (see also Sino-Japanese dispute), 821–1104
  • Alien land legislation in Arizona and California, proposed, Japanese representations and U. S. attitude, 1068–1072
  • Amau statement of Apr. 17, 1934, 46, 89, 112, 376, 826, 874
  • American commercial interests, U. S. attitude regarding corporation in “Manchoukuo” organized under American law but without American financial interest, 1100–1104
  • American economic mission, unofficial, 838–840, 841, 941–942
  • Australia, relations with, 363–365, 946
  • Automobile industry, U. S. attitude on proposed legislation violative of American treaty rights, 875, 1048–1052
  • Canada, relations with, 946, 984, 987
  • Chefoo incident between American and Japanese nationals, 1087–1097
  • China, relations with (see also Sino-Japanese dispute):
    • Aviation, alleged Japanese interest in permission to establish civil aviation in China, 801–802
    • Claims, alleged Chinese preferential treatment of Japanese claims, 758–759, 766–767
    • Economic reconstruction of China, and question of financial aid, Japanese attitude, 27, 54, 66, 80, 81–82, 84, 89, 133, 236, 417, 443–444, 544–545, 550, 554, 560–563, 564–565, 566, 568–569, 572, 573–574, 577, 603, 632, 634–635, 639–641, 642–643, 644–645
    • Emperor of Japan, alleged derogatory publicity in China, 293–294, 298, 305, 375
    • Legation in China, elevation to status of Embassy, 90, 165, 166, 167, 168, 185, 190, 197, 205, 246, 303, 379, 508–510, 511–513, 514–516, 517–519
    • Monopolies in China, Japanese attitude, 771, 772–773, 778, 779
    • Pilotage procedure at Shanghai, Japanese attitude, 285, 312
    • Provincial taxes at Swatow, controversy concerning, 408, 689, 690–691, 692, 693, 696
  • Commercial treaty with United States (1911). See Treaty, infra.
  • Conflict between American and Japanese nationals in Chefoo, U. S. refusal to accede to demand of Japanese Consul for an official apology, 1087–1097
  • Consular convention with United States, proposed, 1052–1068
  • “Continental policy”, 385–386, 387
  • Contract rights of Oriental Consolidated Mining Co. (American firm in Korea), U. S. efforts to protect, 1097–1099
  • Doihara, Kenji. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Economic situation, general, 29, 83, 85, 97–100, 105–106, 112, 134–135, 138–140, 143–144, 247, 845–852, 949–951
  • Emperor. See under Political situation, infra.
  • Fisheries:
    • Alaskan coast, Japanese disinclination to negotiate regulatory convention with United States, 1022, 1072–1080; U. S. national defense, relation to, 1073
    • Licensing of fishing in Japanese waters, 1085, 1086
    • Siamese waters, poaching by Japanese fishermen, 172
    • Soviet Union, fisheries negotiations with, 107, 169, 189, 299, 310, 346, 1074–1075
  • Foreign policy (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: Hirota), 51–52, 134–144, 148–149, 375–376, 472, 492, 500–501
  • Germany, relations with, 95, 181, 481–482, 946
  • “Goodwill” flight to Nanking sponsored by Tokyo Asahi, 178
  • Hirota, Koki. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Immigration question, U. S.-Japan, 135, 834–835
  • Kurusu, Saburo (see also Trade relations with United States, infra, passim), 500–501
  • Latin American States, relations with, 940, 942–946, 965, 983
  • League of Nations, Japanese withdrawal from, 46, 83, 93–95, 113–117, 246, 501, 874; continued representation on committees, question of, 145, 146, 182–183
  • “Manchoukuo”. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Mandated islands in Pacific, 35–36, 94, 114–115, 116, 145–146
  • Matsumoto, M. (of Japanese Foreign Office), 202–207
  • Matsumoto, S. (of Rengo News Agency), 160, 161–163
  • Matsuoka, Yosuke, 331–333, 372
  • Military element, political activities of: Cliques in Japanese Army, 100–101, 370–373, 379–380; conflicting views of military and civil authorities, 75, 80, 82–83, 88–89, 90–93, 100–101, 110–120, 122, 126, 139–140, 148–151, 162–163, 167–168, 185, 190, 193, 194, 197, 202, 203–204, 215–220, 245–248, 251, 257, 281–282, 283–284, 303–304, 309, 314, 352–353, 356, 365–366, 379, 465, 515–516, 519, 561–562, 824, 825, 826, 872–874
  • Minobe controversy relative to position of the Emperor, 869–871, 872–874, 875
  • Natural resources: Analysis by U. S. Ambassador, 846–847; development and exploitation by foreign nationals, question of, 1082, 1085–1087
  • Naval limitation, attitude toward, 14, 46, 47, 49, 83, 246, 827–828, 853–854, 862–863, 874
  • Nishihara loans, 66, 504
  • Oil monopoly (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”), situation of foreign oil companies:
    • Discussions between companies and Japanese authorities, 877–878, 880, 883, 896–897, 926–927, 930–931, 935–936, 938–939; fivepoint memorandum of Apr. 13, 896–897, 930–931, 935
    • U. S. and British views and representations, 883–884, 922–923, 927–928, 931–932, 934–935, 936, 937–938
  • Okada, Adm. Keisuke (Prime Minister), 149, 283–284
  • Oriental Consolidated Mining Co. (American firm in Korea), U. S. efforts to protect contract rights of, 1097–1099
  • “Pax Japonica”, 824–825, 827
  • Philippines (see also under Trade relations, infra), Japanese attitude on proposed restrictions upon development and exploitation of natural resources by aliens in the Philippines, 1080–1087
  • Poland, relations with, 481–482
  • Political situation (see also Military element, supra):
    • Analyses of, in relation to Far Eastern situation and U. S. policies, 821–837, 842–852, 854–857, 874–876
    • Emperor: American derogatory publicity, alleged, 863–869, 871–872; Chinese derogatory publicity, alleged, 293–294, 298, 305, 375; interview with Wm. C. Bullitt (U. S. Ambassador to Soviet Union), 4–5; position in Japanese political system, [Page 1121] statements issued by Japanese Government, 869–871, 872–874, 875
    • Expansionist urge, 823–824, 843–852
    • Government changes and reorganization, 148–149, 284, 314, 858–861, 876
    • Nationalism, 874–876
    • Naval limitation, Japanese position, 14, 46, 47, 49, 83, 246, 827–828, 853–854, 862–863, 874
    • Religion, relation to, 869–870, 875–876
  • “Shidehara diplomacy”, 563
  • Siam, relations with, 155–158, 169–177, 178, 315–317, 891
  • Soviet Union, relations with. See under Soviet Union.
  • Suma, Yakichiro. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Tanaka Plan, 8, 325
  • Trade relations with United States:
    • American economic mission, unofficial, 838–840, 841, 941–942
    • Cotton textile trade (see also Philippines, infra), 951–952, 975, 1004–1006, 1011, 1017–1020, 1029, 1033–1034, 1037–1039, 1047
    • Economic situation, relation to, 949–951
    • Japanese goods, voluntary restriction of imports into United States, 951–954, 955–957, 960, 972, 974–975, 979–981, 981–985, 1004–1006, 1011–1012, 1017–1020, 1029, 1033–1035, 1037–1039, 1040–1042, 1047
    • Philippines, U. S.-Japanese agreement relative to Japanese voluntary restriction of cotton imports into: Negotiations, 952, 954–955, 958–970, 971–974, 976–979, 981, 985, 987–1004, 1006–1007; text of memorandum of agreement, and U. S. press release, 1007–1010; textiles transshipped through Hong Kong, and other questions in connection with implementation of agreement, 1012–1017, 1020–1022, 1022–1033, 1035–1037, 1039–1040, 1042–1047, 1048
    • Trilateral trade arrangements with United States and Latin America, question of, 940–941, 946–947, 948
    • U. S. trade policies, 942–945, 947–949, 957–958, 970–971, 986–987; relation of Japanese difficulties in Latin America to, question of, 942–946, 965, 983
  • Treaty of commerce with United States (1911): Consular article, question of supersession, 1056, 1063; proposed Japanese automobile legislation in violation of, 875, 1048–1052
  • United Kingdom, relations with. See under United Kingdom.
  • U. S.-Japanese relations (see also Trade relations, supra):
    • Analyses, general, 14, 821–837, 842–852, 854–857, 874–876
    • Emperor of Japan, alleged derogatory publicity in United States: Incident at Seattle, 867–869, 871–872; Vanity Fair case, 863–867
    • Immigration question, 135, 834–835
    • Naval building programs, 862–863
    • Nonrecognition of “Manchoukuo”, U. S. policy, 832–833
    • U. S. naval preparedness, question of, 821–829, 830, 837, 842–843
    • War, possibilities of, 6, 828, 829, 836–837, 853–854, 855–857
    • Yoshida, Shigeru, visit to United States, 840–841, 853–854
• Kidnaping of American missionaries by bandits in China, 667–668, 670–675, 676–678, 684, 685–686, 687
• Korea, American firm operating in, U. S. efforts to protect contract rights of, 1097–1099
• Kung, H. H. See under China.
• League of Nations:
  • China: Arms embargo, question of, 738; narcotics control in China, League recommendations and U. S. attitude, 739–741, 742–743, 744–752; technical cooperation of League with China, 582, 621–623
  • Japan: Mandated territories, 35–36, 94, 114–115, 116, 145–146; withdrawal from League, 48, 83, 93–95, 113–117, 144–147, 246, 501, 874
  • Non-member states, question of representation on committees, 145, 146–147, 182–183
  • Permanent Court of International Justice, 94
  • Siam, attitude toward League recommendations regarding Manchurian dispute, 157, 170, 171–172
  • Sino-Japanese dispute (see also Japan and Siam, supra), 18, 44, 279, 378, 431, 442, 489
• Leith-Ross, Sir Frederick, mission to China, 308, 328, 353, 378, 429–431, 459–460, 503, 504, 506–507, 591–593, 594–595, 618–621, 623–627, 629, 631–632, 636, 643, 645–646, 918; question of visit to United States, 595–598, 605–606, 612–616
• Loans. See the following under China: Claims: Hukuang Railway loan, Economic reconstruction: American loans and International and foreign loans.
• Lytton, Earl of (Lord), 56–57
• MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 823
• Macao, 207, 732, 737
• “Manchoukuo”. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Manchuria. See Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
• Mandated islands of Pacific, 35–36, 94, 114–115, 116, 145–146
• Missionaries and mission property. See under China.
• Mongolia. See Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Monopolies. See Japan: Oil monopoly; Siam: Treaty; and under China.
• Murders. See under Sino-Japanese dispute; also Protection: Stam under China.
• Narcotics. See under China.
• National City Bank of New York, 65, 101, 544, 552, 559, 589, 632, 635, 636, 761, 1104
• National Foreign Trade Council, 527–528, 838, 839, 840, 841, 941
• National Recovery Act (1933), 952, 1019, 1020
• Naval limitation, allusions to, 14, 46, 47, 49, 83, 114, 115, 246, 328–329, 363, 365, 442, 470–471, 545, 550, 823, 827–828, 843, 853–854, 862–863, 874
• Netherlands, representations concerning oil monopoly in “Manchoukuo”, 35, 892, 894, 904–905, 917
• Neutrality Resolution (U. S.), 354, 431
• Oil monopolies in—
  • China, 773–777, 779–781
  • Japan. See under Japan.
  • “Manchoukuo”. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
• “Open-door” policy, 35, 49, 67, 153, 464, 822, 831–832, 898, 900
• Opium. See China: Narcotic drugs.
• Outer Mongolia. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Pan-Asiatic movement, Japanese ambitions concerning, 8–9, 37–38, 303–304
• Philippines (see also under Japan), 354, 363, 376, 834
• Poland, 481–482, 720, 1052, 1056–1057, 1061, 1064
• Portugal, 207
• Powell, John B., 375
• Property. See the following under China: Expropriation, Missionaries and mission property, and Title deeds.
• Protection of American and other foreign lives and property. See under China.
• Railways. See under China.
• Recognition. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
• Reconstruction Finance Corp., 579, 585–587, 602–603, 616–618, 651–654, 656–658, 658–659, 661–664
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President), 34, 116, 540
• Salmon fishing in Alaskan waters, proposed U. S.-Japanese convention to regulate, 1072–1080
• Siam: Relations with Japan and other countries, 155–158, 169–177, 178, 308, 315–317, 891; treaty of friendship and commerce with United States (1920), negotiations for revision, 1105–1111
• Silver. See under China: Economic reconstruction.
• Simon, Sir John, 545, 610
• Sinkiang. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Sino-Japanese dispute, 1–507
  • Amau statement of Apr. 17, 1934, 46, 89, 112, 376, 826, 874
  • Anti-Japanese activities and propaganda, 36–37, 48, 54, 58, 66–67, 112, 113, 125, 127–128, 132, 141–142, 167, 168, 172, 179–182, 186, 187–188, 189–190, 201–202, 234–235, 239, 240, 244, 318–319, 375, 390, 391, 396–398, 402, 403–404, 414, 415, 418–419, 440, 475–476, 519–520; Shanghai incidents and student demonstrations, 293–295, 298, 305, 413–416, 418–419, 424, 495–499, 500
  • Assassinations:
    • Chinese leaders: Tang Yu-jen, 498, 504; Wang Ching-wei, Chiang Kai-shek and others, attempt upon lives, 394–395, 503
    • Japanese leaders and sympathizers, 344, 350, 371, 611
  • Autonomy movements. See under North China, infra.
  • Aviation and air communications problems: Establishment of air services, 1, 10, 160–161, 197, 273, 344, 350–351, 360; Hangchow Aviation School, question of continued reliance on American advice and supervision, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 177, 224–225, 339
  • Blue Shirt (Coat) Society, 179, 180, 181, 218, 240, 262, 350, 382, 390, 398, 399, 405
  • Boycott, anti-Japanese, 48, 54, 58, 112, 113, 125, 127–128, 141–142, 172, 318
  • British attitude (see also “Manchoukuo” and North China: U. S. position and exchange of views with British Government, infra), 28–29, 56–57, 59–60, 92–93, 95–97, 434, 448, 460, 646
  • Censorship, 102, 223, 254–255, 294
  • Chiang Kai-shek:
    • Address at Fifth Kuomintang Congress, 426, 428
    • Administrative changes and political problems of National Government, 338, 367–368, 487; assumption of Presidency of Executive Yuan, Dec. 7, 477, 504, 505
    • Ariyoshi-Chiang conversations, 428, 429, 431–432, 432–433, 440, 442, 443, 453
    • Attempted assassination of, 394–395
    • Attitude of Japanese military toward Chiang, 10, 75, 91, 164–165, 199, 204, 205–206, 213–215, 218–219, 220, 223, 229–230, 297; of Japanese Foreign Office, 218–219
    • Campaign against Communists, 123, 125, 129–130, 166, 251, 307, 314–315, 319, 503, 506, 551
    • Chinese element antagonistic to Chiang, 238, 241
    • Intervention in local conversations with Japanese military in North China, 428
    • Policy on Japan, and actions in accordance with, 18–19, 39–40, 43–44, 55, 71–73, 122, 130, 211, 212, 213, 213–215, 238–239, 244, 273, 297, 314–315, 320–321, 336, 380, 401, 408, 435–436, 447
    • Unification of China, efforts for, 306–307, 503, 506
  • Chiang Kai-shek, Madame, 21–22, 33–34, 40, 130, 335, 426
  • Chinese attitude toward Japanese expansionism, 68–69, 70–73, 83–84, 189–190, 325–326, 340, 352–354, 375–376, 389, 391, 392–393, 395, 400–401, 403–404, 407–411, 455, 456, 458, 459, 482; toward action and attitudes of U. S. and British Governments, 287, 295–296, 336–337
  • Chinese Eastern Railway. See under “Manchoukuo”, infra.
  • Chinese foreign policy, dominant influence in formulation of, 207–213, 308–309
  • Chinese National Government, Cabinet and administrative changes, 296–297, 320, 321, 335–336, 337–339, 477, 484, 487, 504, 505
  • Chinese secret organizations, 179, 180, 181, 190, 218, 240, 262, 350, 382, 390, 391, 396–397, 397–398, 399, 405
  • Chinese students educated abroad, relation to situation, 207–210
  • Communications and transport, 1, 3, 9, 10–11, 16, 81, 86, 160–161, 197, 220, 273, 344, 350–351, 360, 378, 423, 450, 455, 456, 462
  • Communists and bandits: Activities, 8, 69, 190, 357, 358, 359, 380, 392, 496; Chinese Government suppression program, 7, 37, 40, 44, 123, 125, 130, 163, 166, 217, 251, 307, 314–315, 319, 367–368, 503, 506, 551; Japanese attitude toward, 11, 48, 185, 319, 350, 378, 379, 404–405, 413, 417–418, 427, 440, 445–446
  • “Cooperation” between China and Japan, Japanese diplomatic campaign for (see also Anti-Japanese activities, supra, and Demands, infra):
    • Alliances, proposed, 20–21, 21–22, 23–24, 33–34, 300, 323, 325, 353
    • Desiderata of Japanese military, 17–18, 20, 23–24, 36–37, 54, 58, 66–67, 73–74, 80–81, 111–112, 125, 160–163
    • Economic and fiscal matters, 41, 57, 62–63, 72–73, 97–100, 140, 160–163, 273, 324, 325, 340, 378, 392
    • Hirota policy, 90–91, 100–101, 119–120, 149–151, 215
    • Japanese Legation in China, elevation to status of Embassy, 90, 165, 166, 167, 168, 185, 190, 197, 205, 246, 303, 308–309, 379
    • Japanese military and civil advisers, 30, 66, 67, 161, 162, 300, 403, 439
    • Political relationship between China and Japan, character of, 7–9, 16–18, 23, 233–234, 236, 320, 325
    • Sino-Japanese negotiations, progress of, 22–24, 26–27, 32–33, 36–37, 41, 54, 67–68, 73–74, 91–93, 113, 123, 125–132, 160–165; indications of Chinese tendency to yield, 18–19, 30–40, 43–44, 55, 60–62, 70–73, 76–77, 127–129, 159–160
    • Trade relations, 62–63, 80, 84–86, 90, 97–100, 111–112, 132, 285
    • Western influences, elimination of, 15, 37–38, 40, 353–354, 378, 417, 430
  • Dairen Conferences (Japanese military), 9–11, 25, 82, 365–366, 368, 392, 408
  • Demands of Japanese military on China:
    • May 23–June 11, demands resulting from disturbed conditions in Peiping-Tientsin area, 178–181, 181–182, 185, 186, 187–189, 189–192, 196–202, 214, 218–221, 221–223, 229–231
    • June 11 demands (North China), 231–233, 234, 235–241, 241–242, 244, 248, 251, 252, 253, 255, 257, 261, 262, 267, 276–277, 287
    • “New” demands, July–Oct., rumors concerning, 322–323, 323–324, 325–326, 378–380, 381–382
    • “Three-point” program (united program of Japanese military and civil authorities):
      • Formulation of, and Japanese efforts to obtain Chinese acceptance, 356–357, 366, 379, 381, 389, 391, 393–394, 398–399, 404–405, 417–418, 422, 428, 430, 431–432, 432–433, 435–437, 440–442, 443–444, 447–448, 449, 453, 455, 460–462, 503; Ariyoshi-Chiang conversations, 428, 429, 431–432, 432–433, 440, 442, 443, 453
      • Policy of China: “Conciliation” policy, 389, 391, 393–394, 409, 410–411; military resistance, question of, 400–401, 403–404, 405, 407–411, 424, 428, 436, 459
    • U. S. and British attitudes, and question of representations to Japan based on Nine Power Treaty, 192, 248–249, 249–251, 252, 253–254, 256–258, 263, 267, 274, 286, 287, 295–296, 336–337, 376–378, 461–462, 919; Japanese position, 252, 262
  • Demilitarization and military activity (see also North China: Demands, infra), 3, 12, 13, 19–20, 58, 178–179, 180–181, 185, 186, 190–192, 198, 214, 220, 222, 229, 232, 233, 234, 249, 264, 378, 384, 429, 438, 439, 443, 447, 455, 456, 491
  • Doihara, Kenji, activities of, 10, 58, 61, 67, 68–69, 75, 82, 91, 130, 163, 202–203, 221, 270–271, 277–278, 280, 352, 358, 421, 425, 433–434, 439, 442, 450, 455, 457, 483, 504
  • Economic and fiscal matters:
    • Chinese financial situation: Efforts at economic reconstruction and currency reform, 18–19, 34, 84, 133; international and foreign loans, question of, 20, 24, 27, 30, 38–39, 54, 57, 74, 81, 89, 96, 130, 132–133, 165, 236, 322, 506–507; Japanese attitude and question of financial assistance to China, 22, 27, 54, 66, 68, 80, 81–82, 84, 89, 133, 236, 417, 443–444; Shanghai situation, 79–80, 84; silver question and other factors in general economic situation, 37, 38, 45, 84–85, 131–132, 142–143, 147, 159–160, 242–243, 307–308, 330, 375, 395, 417, 430–431, 443–444, 504, 506–507; technical financial experts, question of assignment by foreign governments to their missions in China, 96, 308, 322, 323, 328, 330, 353, 378, 429–430, 459–460, 503, 504, 506–507
    • “Cooperation” between China and Japan, Japanese efforts for, 41, 57, 62–63, 72–73, 97–100, 140, 160–163, 273, 324, 325, 340, 378, 392
    • “Manchoukuo”, 85–86
    • Miscellaneous, 8–9, 183–185, 284–285, 344, 347, 361, 390–391, 449
  • “Greater Asia” policy, 73, 77
  • Hirota, Koki (Japanese Foreign Minister): Analysis of Japanese foreign policy (speech of Jan. 22), and commentary thereon, 13–15, 29, 45–49, 60–61, 70–71, 73; biographical sketch, 149–150; policies, views, and influence, 5, 51, 67–68, 88–89, 90–91, 100–101, 119–120, 149–151, 215, 245–246, 262, 314, 492, 562–563; visit to China, proposed, 20–21, 22, 26–27, 122, 129
  • Inner Mongolia, 3, 53, 234–235, 307, 334–335, 341–342, 488, 494, 499, 507
  • Japanese policy on China, conflicting views of military and civil authorities (see also Demands: “Three-point” program, supra), 75, 80, 82–83, 88–89, 90–93, 100–101, 119–120, 122, 126, 130–140, 148–151, 162–163, 167–168, 185, 190, 193, 194, 197, 202, 203–204, 215–216, 217–218, 219–220, 245–248, 251, 252, 281–282, 283–284, 303–304, 309, 314, 352–353, 478–479, 515–516, 519, 561–562, 824, 825, 872–874
  • Kuomintang:
    • Fifth Congress of, 378, 406, 407, 411–412, 420, 426, 504; speech by Chiang Kai-shek, 426, 428
    • Miscellaneous, 262, 294–295, 298, 304, 319, 348, 396, 438–439, 487
  • Kwantung Army, 91, 92, 101, 162, 179, 192, 221, 226, 228–229, 330–333, 451, 452, 454
  • League of Nations. See League of Nations: Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • “Manchoukuo”:
    • Administrative difficulties, 178, 226–229
    • American and other foreign commercial interests (see also Oil monopoly, infra): Difficulties of, 101–102, 153–154, 228; U. S. attitude toward corporation organized under American law but without American financial interest, 1100–1104
    • Australian attitude toward Japan’s Manchurian policy, 364
    • China, relations with. See Postal services and Recognition; Japanese desire for, infra.
    • Chinese Eastern Railway, sale by Soviet Union to “Manchoukuo”, 4, 5, 9, 13, 50, 68, 76, 78, 103–106, 109, 112–113, 115, 116, 148, 184, 194, 195; French attitude, 112–113
    • Diplomatic and consular relations: Attendance of U. S. and other foreign consular officers at official functions, question of, 41–42, 340–341, 343; customs free entry, question of, 216, 221, 224, 275–276, 419
    • Economic situation, 85–86
    • “Emperor Kangte”, visit to Japan, 14, 41–42, 117–119
    • Extraterritoriality: Denial of extraterritorial rights to certain foreign nationals in “Manchoukuo”, 324–325, 368–369; possible relinquishment by Japanese, and U. S. attitude, 63–65, 86–88, 121; question of abolition by Manchurian authorities, 349
    • Germany, relations with, 374
    • Oil monopoly, situation of foreign oil companies:
      • Claims of companies for losses incurred, question of filing, 892, 893, 905–907, 913, 928–930, 933, 936–937, 938, 939
      • Discrimination in levying of customs duties on foreign oil, U. S. and British representations, 878–879, 880–882
      • Import and export restrictions, 890–891, 894–896
      • Katakura & Co., offer to act as agent for Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., 919–922, 925–926
      • Negotiations of companies with local authorities (see also Withdrawal, infra), 888–890, 907–908, 900–912, 913, 923–925, 933; with Japanese officials, 879, 882, 884
      • Petroleum Monopoly Law, enforcement of, 65, 884–885, 894–895
      • Representations to Japanese Government on basis of Nine Power Treaty and open-door principle, and Japanese attitude: Netherlands, 35, 892, 894, 904–905, 917; U. S. and British discussions and actions, and Japanese responses, 35, 97, 104, 279, 878–879, 879–880, 880–882, 885–888, 890, 891, 892–893, 893–894, 897–903, 917–919
      • Supplies of crude oil for refinery of Manchurian Oil Co., question of companies’ refusal to provide, 891, 893, 900–901, 903–904
      • Withdrawal of stocks from Manchuria by the companies, question of, 908–909, 914–917
    • Outer Mongolia, relations with: Border negotiations (Manchuli conference), 284, 301–303, 321–322, 334, 357–359, 369–370, 435, 451; incident near Buir-Nor, 492–493
    • Postal services between China and “Manchoukuo”, resumption of, 1, 2, 9, 26, 36, 197
    • Recognition: Attitudes of United States and other countries, 47, 115, 116–117, 151–153, 176, 373, 374, 832–833, 900, 1100–1101; Japanese desire for Chinese recognition of, 26, 27, 30, 104–105, 151–153, 197, 220, 223, 323, 325, 360, 378, 398–399, 405, 417, 440, 518
    • Soviet–“Manchoukuo” frontier: General problems of defense, and proposed border commission, 14–15, 193–194, 281–283, 288–289, 292, 293, 299, 357, 358; incidents involving border patrols, 365, 373–374
    • Soviet sale of Chinese Eastern Railway. See Chinese Eastern Railway, supra.
    • Trade between Japan and Manchuria, 942
  • Manchuli conference, 284, 301–303, 321–322, 357, 358, 451
  • Military alliances, proposed, 20–21, 21–22, 23–24, 33–34, 300, 323, 325, 353
  • Mongolia. See Inner Mongolia, supra, and Outer Mongolia, infra.
  • Murders (see also Assassinations, supra): Japanese marine (Shanghai), 414, 415; pro-Japanese Chinese editors (Tientsin), 168, 179–180, 181, 181–182, 186, 187–188, 189–190, 201–202, 218–219, 240, 520
  • New China Economic Reconstruction Society, 8–9
  • Nine Power Treaty (see also Demands: U. S. and British attitudes and “Manchoukuo”: Oil monopoly: Representations, supra), 33–34, 268–269, 278–279, 377, 448, 465, 469, 477, 489
  • North China, political and economic penetration by Japanese military:
    • Administrative changes (see also Autonomy movements and Demands, infra), 2–3, 43–44, 214–215, 217, 218, 254, 263, 266, 268, 274, 341–342, 343–344, 347–349, 378, 398–399
    • Analyses by U. S. diplomatic and consular officers, 244–248, 273–274, 303–306, 385–389
    • Autonomy movements supported by Japanese:
      • British attitude, 434, 448, 646
      • Chinese protest against Japanese interference in domestic affairs of China, 455, 456, 458
      • Demilitarized zone of east Hopei, inauguration of autonomous regime in, Nov. 25, 438, 439, 447
      • Early indications of separatist movements, 238, 241, 285–286, 288, 317–318, 355–356, 360, 379, 382, 384, 392
      • General information on developments and Sino-Japanese negotiations (see also Hopei–Chahar regime, infra), 403, 405, 412–413, 417–418, 421–422, 423–424, 424–425, 428, 429, 431, 432–435, 435–439, 440–441, 443–445, 447, 451, 452, 455–456, 457, 458, 463, 468–469, 471–472, 474–475
      • Hopei-Chahar regime: Events leading to establishment, 445, 451, 452, 453, 455, 457, 458, 463, 468–469, 475, 479–481, 482–484; Hopei-Chahar Political Affairs Commission (Council), 484–487, 488, 491, 493–494, 499; student demonstrations against, 480–481, 482–483, 491, 493–494
      • Japanese troop movements and threatened use of force, 420, 421–422, 423, 425, 427, 437–438, 442, 443, 446–447, 450–451, 452, 453, 454, 457, 462–463, 490–491; Chinese protest, 455, 456
      • U. S. attitude, 431, 434, 456–457, 458, 463–467, 469, 470–471, 472; statement by Secretary of State Hull, Dec. 5, text and discussion, 473–474, 477–479, 480
    • Chahar incidents, 12, 13, 15–16, 10–20, 25–26, 39, 42–43, 205, 243, 255, 256, 262, 263–264, 266, 268, 270–271, 274, 277–278, 280–281, 285; Japanese demands for settlement, 277–278
    • Customs problems, 1, 10, 11, 16, 376–377
    • Dairen Conferences (Japanese military): Jan. 4–5, 9–11, 25, 82; Oct. 13–14, 365–366, 368, 392, 408
    • Demands upon Chinese authorities (see also Chahar incidents, supra):
      • May 23–June 11, demands resulting from disturbed conditions in Peiping-Tientsin area, 178–181, 181–182, 185, 186, 187–189, 189–192, 196–202, 214, 218–219, 220–221, 221–223, 229–231
      • June 11 demands, 231–233, 234, 235–241, 241–242, 244, 248, 251, 252, 253, 255, 257, 261, 262, 267, 276–277, 287
      • U. S. and British attitudes, and question of representations to Japan, based on Nine Power Treaty, 192, 248–249, 249–251, 252, 253–254, 256–258, 263, 267, 274, 286, 287, 295–296; Japanese position, 252, 262
    • General situation, comments and reports on, 214–216, 255, 269, 270, 272–273, 277, 283–284, 284–285, 296–297, 314–315, 325–326, 385–389
    • Hopei-Chahar regime. See under Autonomy movements, supra.
    • Hopei Economic Association, 344, 347
    • Peiping Political Affairs Readjustment Committee, abolition of, 342, 343, 503
    • South Manchuria Railway, role in Japanese economic penetration, 330–333
    • Troop movements (see also Autonomy movements: Japanese troop movements, supra), 11, 15–16, 10–20, 179, 180, 181, 185, 188–189, 191–192, 197, 199, 219, 222, 229, 230, 233, 243, 249, 264, 274, 278, 362, 366, 367–368, 390, 396
    • U. S. diplomatic and consular officers, analyses by, 244–248, 273–274, 303–306, 385–389
    • U. S. position and exchange of views with British Government (see also under Demands, supra), 420–431, 434, 454, 456–457, 458, 463–467, 469–471, 472, 473–474, 477–479, 480; statement by U. S. Secretary of State on autonomy movement, Dee. 5, text, 473
  • Outer Mongolia: Relations with “Manchoukuo”, 284, 301–303, 321–322, 334, 357–359, 360–370, 435, 451, 492–493; Soviet interest in, 52–53, 109, 195, 358–359, 381, 397, 446, 480–490
  • Postal problems, 1, 2, 9, 26, 36, 197, 220
  • Pratas Reef, question of Japanese purchase of, 265, 271, 283, 297
  • Pu-yi, 14, 41–42, 117–119, 245, 425
  • Shanghai: Anti-Japanese activities, 293–295, 298, 305, 413–416, 424, 495–499, 500; defense scheme, 75, 76, 78–79, 80–90, 133–134, 144, [Page 1127] 289–291, 313, 326–327, 406; financial crisis, 79–80, 84; Japanese efforts at expansion of influence, 310–313, 346, 418–419, 496; Shanghai Conference (Oct. 20–21), 368, 408; student demonstrations, 495–499, 500
  • Siam, rapprochement with Japan, development of, 155–158, 169–177, 178, 315–317
  • Sinkiang, Chinese concern over Soviet influence in, 7, 31–32, 120, 121–122, 123–124, 186, 258–261, 289, 300–301, 307, 308, 361, 383, 479, 507
  • South China: Relations with Japanese, 22–23, 68–69, 75, 202–207, 210–211, 215, 254, 265–266, 269, 300, 367, 368, 404, 407–408, 416, 467, 487, 689, 690–691, 692, 693, 696; relations with National Government, 68–69, 75, 123, 130, 214, 256, 265–266, 269–270, 300, 306, 321, 337–338, 367, 368, 394, 404, 407, 412, 416, 467, 487, 506; separatist movements, 254, 321, 367
  • Soviet influence. See Soviet Union.
  • Statements of Japanese military officials in China: Isogai, 350–351; Sakai, 167–168; Tada, 351–352, 355, 360, 370, 385, 400, 408, 461, 503
  • Suma, Yakichiro, 16–18, 23, 20–30, 54–55, 126, 132–133, 210–211, 215–216, 217, 236–237, 261, 277, 284–285, 295, 398–399, 416, 423, 449, 572, 642—643
  • Tada statement, Sept. 24, 351–352, 355, 360, 370, 385, 400, 408, 461, 503
  • Tanaka Plan, 8, 325
  • Tangku armistice of May 31, 1933, 1–2, 10, 16–17, 25, 161, 180, 187, 192, 240, 309, 350–351, 360, 382, 400, 408, 443, 801–802
  • Tatan Conference (Sino-Japanese military), 39, 42–43, 263
  • Troop movements. See under North China, supra.
  • U. S. position (see also “Manchoukuo”, supra, and under Demands and North China, supra): Analyses and comments by diplomatic and consular officers and other officials, 59–60, 79, 91–93, 111–112, 125–132, 134–144, 207–213, 244–248, 273–274, 295–296, 303–309, 328–330, 354, 385–389, 392–393, 407–411, 434–435, 435–437, 502–507, 821–837, 842–852, 854–857; statement by Secretary of State Hull, Dec. 5, on autonomy movement in North China, 473–474, 477–479, 480; U. S. Congressional resolutions, 34–36, 268–269, 278–280
• Smith and Wesson, 723–724, 727
• Smuggling: Narcotics, alleged smuggling on American naval vessels in China, 739, 741–742; silver, smuggling out of China, 535, 542, 604, 631, 635, 654–655
• Smuts, Jan C., 365
• Soong, T. V., 19, 20, 73–74, 84, 130, 159–161, 335, 526, 532–533, 553, 555, 566, 577, 580–581, 609–610, 621, 624
• Soviet Union:
  • Buir-Nor incidents, 52–53, 109, 492–493
  • China, relations with (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: Sinkiang), 7, 8, 122–123, 154–155, 158, 166–167, 301, 308, 337, 357–359, 489–490, 509–510; Chinese Communists, 7, 195
  • Chinese Eastern Railway. See “Manchoukuo”, infra.
  • Comintern Congress, 292, 345, 440
  • Japan, relations with (see also “Manchoukuo”-Soviet frontier, infra):
    • Comintern Congress, alleged attacks against Japanese Government, 345–346
    • Fisheries negotiations, 107, 169, 189, 299, 310, 346, 1074–1075
    • Nonaggression pact, question of, 51, 77–78, 281–283
    • Sakhalin, Northern, question of Japanese desire to purchase, 158–159, 288–289, 292, 293
    • Sino-Japanese dispute, effect on, 14–15, 49–54, 77–78, 81, 106–111, 193–196, 445–446; résumé by U. S. Ambassador to Japan following liquidation of Soviet interests in Manchuria, 106–111
    • War, possibilities of, 3–4, 5–6, 19, 91, 101, 106–107, 166, 272, 283, 309, 355–356, 377, 380, 383–384, 492
  • League of Nations, 108
  • Litvinov, Maxim, 77, 103, 186, 272, 273–274, 292–293, 397, 435, 489
  • “Manchoukuo”, Soviet sale of Chinese Eastern Railway to, 4, 5, 9, 13, 50, 68, 76, 78, 103–106, 109, 112–113, 115, 116, 148, 184, 194, 195
  • “Manchoukuo’–Soviet frontier, 14–15, 193–194, 281–283, 288–289, 292, 293, 299, 357, 358, 365, 373–374
  • Outer Mongolia, Soviet interest in, 52–53, 195, 358–359, 381, 397, 446, 489–490
  • Sakhalin, 158–159, 288–289, 292, 293, 299
  • Siberia, development in, 158–159
  • Trans-Siberian Railway, 158, 446
  • United Kingdom, relations with, 103, 108–110, 260
  • U. S.-Soviet relations, 107–108, 836–837
• Spain, 530
• Stam, John C., and wife, murder by bandits in China, 667–668, 670–675, 676–678
• Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. (see also Japan: Oil monopoly), 65, 776
• Stimson doctrine, allusions, 116, 373, 610, 832–833
• Sweden, 773, 957
• Switzerland, 720, 721, 722–723, 724, 726, 731, 736, 737, 738
• Tariff Act of 1930, 952, 1047
• Taxation. See under China.
• Texas Co., 65, 889, 895–896, 904, 920–921
• Thrift and Investment, Finance and Trust Corp. (Thriftcor), 1100–1104
• Time magazine, 817–820
• Ting, V. K., 408–410
• Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Brest-Litovsk (1918), 410–411
  • China, treaties with—
  • Foreign powers, Boxer Protocol (1901), 187, 240, 461, 469
  • France, treaty of 1858, 768, 771, 772n, 779, 787
  • Russia, treaty of 1860, 299
  • United States. See U. S.-China, infra.
  • Freedom of Transit, Convention and Statute on (1921), 712, 713, 715
  • International Sanitary Convention (1903), 1062
  • Japan-Russia: Peking Basic Treaty (1925), 47, 345, 346; treaty of Portsmouth (1905), 52
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact, 34, 36
  • Korea–Japan, treaty of annexation (1910), 64
  • Narcotics: Hague Opium Convention (1912), 740, 743, 748; Limitation Convention (1931), 147, 750–751
  • Nine Power Treaty, 33–34, 153, 248, 250, 253, 257, 262–263, 268–269, 279, 377, 448, 460, 461, 465, 469, 477, 489, 768, 771, 772n, 774, 782, 787, 808
  • Portsmouth, treaty of (Japan-Russia, 1905), 52
  • Silver agreement of 1933, 528, 530, 569
  • United Kingdom-Siam, treaty of 1925, 1110–1111
  • U. S.–China: Treaty of 1844, 669, 730–740, 768, 771, 772n, 787; treaty on commerce and judicial procedure (1880), 740, 746–747; treaty of 1903, 740, 807, 810, 811; tariff treaty of 1928, 791; Treaty of Tientsin (1858), 740
  • U. S.–France, consular convention of 1853, 1059
  • U. S.–Germany, treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights (1923), 1055, 1056, 1058–1061
  • U. S.–Japan: Convention of 1880, 1056; treaty of 1911, 875, 927, 1048–1052, 1056, 1063
  • U. S.–Poland, treaty of friendship, commerce, and consular rights (1931), 1052, 1056–1057, 1061, 1064, 1065, 1066
  • U. S.–Siam, treaty of friendship and commerce (1920), negotiations for revision, 1105–1111
  • Versailles, Treaty of, 114, 116
  • Washington Naval Treaty (1922), 3, 83, 153, 874
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Soviet Union.
• United Kingdom (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: British attitude):
  • China, relations with:
    • Arms and munitions, U. S.-British discussions relative to export to China, 711–713, 718–719, 719–722, 730, 731–734, 735, 737
    • Claims against China, 753–754, 761–762, 763–766
    • Customs Rules of 1868, British position in connection with, 790–791
    • Economic reconstruction in China. See China: Economic reconstruction: British attitude.
    • Legation in China, elevation to status of Embassy, 508, 509, 510–511, 512, 516, 524–525
    • Monopolies in China, British attitude, 772, 778–779, 782
  • Japan, relations with: Anglo-Japanese alliance, rumors concerning, 12–13; naval matters and Far Eastern situation, 328–330; nonaggression pact, question of, 492; oil monopoly in Japan, U. S. and British views and representations, 883–884, 922–923, 927–928, 931–932, 934–935, 936, 937–938; trade relations, 328, 984
  • Naval strength, Australian views concerning, 363
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 103, 108–110, 260
• U. S. Army forces in China, question of withdrawal, 700–702
• U. S. Navy: Alleged killing of Chinese citizen by American naval enlisted men, U. S. denial of responsibility for, 702–711; alleged smuggling of narcotics on American naval vessels in China, 730, 741–742
• Vanity Fair magazine, 863–867, 868
• War, possibility of: China–Japan, 400–401, 424; Japan-Soviet Union, 3–4, 5–6, 19, 91, 101, 106–107, 166, 272, 283, 309, 355–356, 377, 380, 383–384, 492; United States-Japan, 6, 492, 828, 829, 836–837, 853–854, 855–857
• White, Wm. Allen, 459
• Yoshida, Shigeru, visit to United States, 840–841, 853–854