Index

• Abyssinia. See Ethiopia.
• Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Airplanes. See Undeclared war: Armaments.
• Aleutian Islands, 962, 974
• American Aviation Co., 671–672
• American Emergency Committee in Shanghai, 351, 470
• American Oil Co., 856
• Amur River islands, question of, 920–928 passim, 937–938
• Anti-Comintern pacts: Rome–Berlin Axis, 613, 615, 670, 671, 677, 747; Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, 663, 676–677, 788, 789; German-Japanese agreement (1936), 6, 7, 25, 41, 65, 84, 101, 346, 481, 489, 563, 668–671
• Armaments (see also under Undeclared war), Limitation question, 75–76, 963, 977–978, 981–982
• Asiatic Petroleum Co., 855
• Australia, 955, 978, 979, 980, 988
• Austria, 175
• Aviation. See under China; Sino-Japanese dispute; Undeclared war.
• Ayukawa, Gisuke, 934, 938
• Banque de l’Indo-Chine, 860, 861
• Belgium, 488–489, 609, 616
• Berlin–Rome (–Tokyo) Axis. See Anti-Comintern pacts: Rome–Berlin.
• Boxer Indemnity funds, 45
• Boxer Protocol (1901), 132–133, 168, 200, 202, 232–233, 252, 433, 817, 839
• British-American Tobacco Co., 335
• British Imperial Conference (May 14), 979, 983–990 passim
• Brussels Conference (Nov. 3–24), convened under art. 7 of Nine Power Treaty of 1922: Arms shipments through Indo-China, question of, 623, 630, 635, 637–638, 672–673; Chinese attitude toward, 679–680, 769, 777, 797; miscellaneous, 650, 676, 677, 690, 698, 751, 752, 777, 791; proposals for, 609, 610, 613, 614; resolutions and declarations, 689, 693, 695, 796, 797; U. S. position in regard to, 630, 635, 637, 639, 641, 692–696, 707
• Cavite Radio Station, 303–304
• Censorship: Japanese, at Peiping, 463, 644; Japanese, at Tientsin, 210, 216, 284, 511; Chinese censorship in Shanghai, suppression of, 704, 707, 729
• Central Bank of China, 871, 873, 901
• Chiang Kai-shek:
  • Addresses and policy statements, 121–122, 207, 248, 259, 268, 269, 277, 279, 298–299, 311, 397–398, 503–504, 726
  • Communists, position toward, 10–11, 18, 19, 24, 25, 70, 91, 540, 753
  • Forcible detention in Sian and release, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 24, 90–91, 101–102, 108
  • Japan and, 33, 216–218, 298–299, 327, 651, 695, 696
  • Peace negotiations, attitude toward, 232, 349, 368, 369, 384–385, 474, 694, 748–749, 766–767
  • Position of, and Chinese internal situation, 15, 46, 61, 62, 88–89, 207, 269, 288–289, 479, 731, 734, 766–767, 818
  • United States, statements and appeals with respect to aid from, 36–37, 44, 256–258, 460–461, 471, 504, 588, 594, 610, 832–833
  • War operations, attitude toward, 138, 187, 300, 311, 360, 406, 408–409, 414, 784
• Chiang Kai-shek, Madame, 19, 46, 89, 90, 91, 503, 517, 726, 842, 847
• Chile, 955
• China (see also Sino-Japanese dispute; Undeclared war):
  • Anti-Japanese activities. See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
  • Armaments. See under Undeclared war.
  • Aviation: Air service between China and Japan, 30, 113–114, 129; cooperative air services, possible Japanese demand for, 628
  • Cabinet changes. See under National Government, infra.
  • Chiang Kai-shek. See Chiang Kai-shek.
  • Chou En-lai, 25, 70, 79, 91, 108, 377
  • Communists, Chinese:
    • Army, Communist: Amalgamation with National Government army, 25, 29, 64, 107, 126, 522, 549, 655; fight with Japanese, 558
    • Chiang Kai-shek’s attitude toward, 10–11, 18–20, 24, 25, 79, 91, 540, 753
    • Japanese opposition to and demands for suppression, 136, 156, 176, 244, 250, 257, 279, 349, 546
    • National Government, relations with, 10–18, 27–29, 79–80, 89, 91–93, 107, 377, 434, 446, 479, 493, 538–540, 548–549, 818, 822, 837–838
    • Soviet Union, relations with and influence on, 21, 22, 59, 63, 64, 80, 91–93, 108, 109, 192–193, 485, 540, 827–828
  • Cotton-wheat credit of 1933, 903
  • Customs problems, 848–915
    • Foreign loan and indemnity quotas, 858–861, 893, 896, 898, 900, 902, 908
    • Foreign powers’ steps to preserve integrity of Chinese Customs: Anglo-American consultations, 724, 862, 865, 866, 867, 872–873, 880, 881, 883–884, 886, 890, 897, 901, 910; proposals, 860–861, 862, 864–873 passim, 883; representations to China, 862, 863–864, 867–868, 870–871, 873, 905, 908–909; representations to Japan, 861–862, 865, 866, 867, 870, 874, 876, 880, 881, 883–887 passim, 889–890, 891, 896, 897, 910, 911, 912; U. S. views, 900, 902, 911–912
    • Japan: Assurance of protection of foreign interests, 888, 889, 893, 899, 900, 902, 908; preferential treatment, 892, 893, 895, 899–900, 910; proposals, 858–859, 861, 863, 864, 868–878 passim, 893, 898, 901, 902
    • North China Puppet regime, 904–908
    • Salt revenues, 858, 861–863, 865–899 passim
    • Sino-Japanese negotiations and question of consultation of interested foreign powers, 882, 884, 886–888, 890–898 passim, 903, 912–913
    • Tariff questions, 30, 617, 628, 854, 892, 893, 895, 899, 900, 902, 909
  • Economic and financial matters (see also Customs, supra):
    • Foreign loans, 102–103, 338, 518, 616, 769, 815, 903, 985
    • General situation, 28–29, 45, 68, 111–112, 133–134, 168, 849, 894, 902, 975, 976
    • Missions: American economic mission, unofficial, 45; Japanese unofficial mission, 30, 46–47, 55, 56, 58–59, 98; Leith-Ross mission, 45, 65, 102
    • Monopolies, 47, 83
    • Reconstruction and development: American economic mission, unofficial, 45; British attitude, 45, 102, 975, 976; Japanese attitude, 5, 30, 46–47, 67, 74, 99, 975, 976
    • Smuggling. See Smuggling.
    • War, financing of, 461
  • Extraterritorial rights, question of, 68, 103, 108, 655, 970
  • Foreign interests in: Conflict of Anglo–Japanese, 8, 66, 67, 74, 103–104, 115, 346; damage inflicted by smuggling, 849, 850, 852–857 passim; question of Japanese respect for, 165, 332
  • Foreign policy, 28, 35–36, 108–109, 216–218
  • France, relations with. See under France.
  • Germany, relations with. See under Germany.
  • Italy, relations with: Armament supplies, 558, 616; general, 670, 750, 789, 947
  • Japan, relations with. See under Japan.
  • Kidnapping of Europeans, 500, 508
  • League of Nations, question of appeal to, 205, 289, 477, 532
  • Leased territories, question of, 466
  • “Manchoukuo,” relations with. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo”.
  • Mao Tse-tung, 79, 376, 479, 734
  • Narcotic drugs, monopolizing of illicit traffic in, 47
  • National Government:
    • Cabinet changes, 29, 32–33, 35, 77, 377, 479, 541, 822
    • Communists, Chinese, relations with. See under Communists, Chinese, supra.
    • Kuomintang: Manifesto, 27–29; Third Plenary Session, 26–29, 31, 216
    • Possible changes to meet Soviet desires, 734
    • Puppet regime in North China, attitude toward, 788, 803, 811, 820
    • Transfer to interior, 680–683, 686–687, 694–695, 696, 701–706, 715, 723, 734, 771–772, 813–814, 820
    • War Council, 377, 479
  • National unity, 41, 70, 87–91, 97, 98, 112, 125, 196, 216, 434, 983
  • “Open door” policy, 41, 50, 930–933, 948, 949
  • Pacific islands possessions, 955
  • Political internal situation, analyses of, 28–29, 80, 81, 87–89, 111, 112, 216–217, 250, 487, 659, 694, 695, 696, 766–767, 773, 832
  • Puppet regime in North China. See under Undeclared war: North China.
  • Railways:
    • Bombing of. See under Undeclared war: Bombing.
    • Construction, 112, 566
    • Peiping–Liaoning Railway, 855, 856
    • Peiping–Mukden Railway, 188
    • Shihkiachwang–Tientsin, 23, 73, 94, 111, 120, 349
    • Tientsin–Peiping, 191, 261–262, 338
    • Tientsin–Pukow Railway, 331, 360
    • Yunnan–Tonkin Railway, 623, 629, 637, 672
  • Sian: Communist situation, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22–23, 24, 522; liquidation of revolt, 61, 62, 88, 90–91, 112
  • Soong, T. V., 19, 89, 171, 734
  • Southwestern revolt, liquidation of, 90–91, 112
  • Sovereignty and territorial integrity problems, 218, 299, 610, 655, 745, 749
  • Soviet Union, relations with. See under Soviet Union.
  • “Spheres of influence” in, 85, 95–96
  • Taxation of foreign residents, question of, 108
  • Trade relations with Germany, 287, 669, 670; Japan, 899–900; Soviet Union, 125; United Kingdom, 45; United States, 45, 516, 518, 531–532, 672, 738
  • Treaty ports, questions regarding, 628, 858
  • United Kingdom, relations with. See under United Kingdom.
• China Foundation, 313, 314
• Collective security, system of, 692, 697, 979
• Comintern, 39, 41, 80, 92, 192
• Commander (Komandorski) Islands, 955, 966
• Communism (see also China: Communists, Chinese), Japanese fear of, 599
• Conferences:
  • Brussels Conference. See Brussels Conference.
  • Far Eastern Weather Conference (Jan. 13–21), 304
  • Imperial Conference (May 14), 979, 983–990 passim
  • Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace (1936), 237, 239
• Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Customs. See under China.
• Czechoslovakia, 175, 616
• Denmark, 709
• Disarmament, question of, 963
• du Pont de Nemours, E. I., & Co., 531
• Ethiopia, 8, 615, 626, 788, 831
• Eurasia Aviation Corp., 606
• European situation, effect on Far East, 809, 818–819
• Far Eastern general situation, analyses of (see also Pacific non-aggression agreement), 75, 506–508, 526–530, 538–541, 569–571, 575–576, 585–586, 615–616, 786, 959–962, 969–971
• Far Eastern Weather Conference (Jan. 13–21), 304
• Fascism, 613–615, 753
• Federated Malay States, 965
• Formosa, 962, 974
• France:
  • China, relations with:
    • Armaments: Prohibition of shipments through Indo-China, question of, 623–624, 629–630, 634–636, 637–638, 640; sales to China, 431, 477, 616
    • Loan requested by China, 769
  • Foreign policy, 326, 431, 624
  • Germany, relations with, 326
  • Japan, relations with: Clashes in Tientsin Concession, 324–325; general, 152, 155, 173, 186, 286, 322; Hainan Island, question of, 523, 549–550, 557, 634, 637; Paracels Reef, question of, 523, 524–525, 634–635, 637
  • Neutralization of Pacific islands, possible attitude toward, 960
  • Pacific islands possessions, 955
  • Pacific non-aggression agreement, attitude toward, 966, 984
  • Protection of French nationals and interests, 280, 286, 357
  • Shanghai situation, 376, 390, 423, 448
  • Sino-Japanese conflict. See under Undeclared war: Foreign powers and Mediation.
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 301, 476–477, 818
  • United States, relations with, 637
• French Indo-China. See Indo-China.
• Germany (see also Anti-Comintern pacts):
  • Anglo-American trade agreement, views on, 891
  • Brussels Conference, refusal to participate in, 650
  • China, relations with: Armament sales to China, 482–483, 626; general, 287, 482–484, 594, 602, 616, 625–626, 640, 650, 677, 788, 812
  • European policy, 175
  • France, relations with, 326
  • Hitler, Adolf, 287, 500, 625
  • Japan, relations with: General, 7, 84, 86, 346, 481, 483–484, 489, 502, 548, 593, 625–626, 648–649, 650, 669, 670, 671; German-Japanese agreement (1936), 6, 7, 25, 41, 65, 84, 101, 346, 481, 489, 563, 668–671 passim
  • “Manchoukuo,” recognition of, 788
  • Sino-Japanese conflict. See under Undeclared war: Foreign powers and Mediation.
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 818
  • United Kingdom, relations with, 548, 670
• Good offices. See Undeclared war: Mediation.
• Hainan Island, question of, 523, 549–550, 557, 634, 637, 955, 966
• Hawaii, 960, 961–962, 964
• Hitler, Adolf, 287, 500, 625
• Hong Kong, 516, 789, 820; armament shipments to Chinese through, 513, 624, 722, 758, 759; neutralization, question of, 974, 977
• Hong Kong Banking Corp., 870, 871, 898, 901
• Ho-Umetsu Agreement (1935), 54–55, 99, 185, 196, 199, 221
• Immigration Act of 1924, 1, 57, 584, 615
• Imperial Conference (May 14), 979, 983–990 passim
• Indo-China: Armament supplies to China through, question of, 617, 623–624, 629–630, 634–636, 637–638, 640, 658, 686, 766, 774; contemplated inclusion in possible Pacific neutralization agreement, 965; protection of, in case of Japanese reprisals, 667, 672
• Inner Mongolia, 21, 566, 599, 651, 664
• Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace (1936), 237, 239
• International Red Cross Committee, 662
• Ishii mission, 769–770, 800, 808–809
• Italy (see also Anti-Comintern pacts):
  • China, relations with: Armament supplies, 558, 616; general, 650, 750, 789, 947
  • Ethiopia, question of, 8, 615, 626, 788, 831
  • German-Japanese Accord (1936), adherence to, 668–671
  • Japan, relations with, 7–8, 194, 324, 447, 593, 612–616, 633, 650, 664, 788–789, 795, 944
  • “Manchoukuo,” recognition of, 8, 746, 747, 750, 788, 943–944, 946–947
  • Mussolini, Benito, 612, 613, 626, 633, 650
  • Protection of Italian nationals, 280, 286–287
  • Sino-Japanese conflict See under Undeclared war: Foreign powers and Mediation.
• Japan (see also Sino-Japanese dispute; Undeclared war):
  • Australia, relations with, 980
  • Cabinet changes, 34, 48, 118, 989, 990
  • China, relations with:
    • Chiang Kai-shek, 33, 216–218, 298–299, 327, 651, 695, 696
    • Customs problems. See under China.
    • Diplomatic relations, question of, 294, 295, 545, 696, 803
    • Expansion policy in China (see also Sino-Japanese dispute: North China: Economic penetration), 2–5, 30, 87, 97, 165, 169, 230, 347, 351, 372, 386, 514, 595, 610, 750, 753, 819
    • General, 2–5, 31, 33, 35, 40, 42, 43, 45, 49, 53–55, 66–68, 78, 82, 94, 95, 97–100, 109–110, 117, 120, 180, 221–223, 343, 344, 385–386, 395, 402, 486–487, 803–804, 829–830, 980
    • Hirota three-point program, 3, 30, 110, 118, 119, 343
    • Japanese conciliatory policy, 50–52, 67, 74, 76, 85, 96–100
    • Kuomintang manifesto, 27–28
    • Non-aggression pact, possibilities of, 966, 983–984
    • Puppet regime in North China, recognition by Japan, 807, 811, 817, 820
    • Withdrawal of recognition of National Government considered, 778
  • Diet session of July 23, 342–345
  • Economic and financial matters:
    • Boycott, question of, 554, 560, 569, 573–575, 582, 587, 591, 601, 806
    • Conflict with British interests in China, 8, 66, 67, 74, 103–104, 115, 346
    • Economic mission to China, 30, 46–47, 55, 56, 58–59, 98
    • Financial questions, 776–777
    • Foreign loans, questions regarding, 102, 339, 510, 759–760, 776–777, 785–787
    • General economic situation, 85, 101, 345, 497, 518, 533–534, 753, 776–777, 932
    • Ishii mission, 769–770, 800, 808–809
    • Raw materials, need of access to, 86, 101, 599, 615, 753
    • Taxation, 318, 402, 497
    • War expenditures, 303, 318, 340, 371–372, 533–534, 984
  • Emperor, attitudes and functions of, 326, 712, 758, 809–810, 816
  • Expansion needs in Far East, 86, 546, 753, 958, 960, 969
  • Fisheries problem with Soviet Union, 21, 343, 563, 587, 949–950
  • Foreign policy: General, 1–10, 25, 30, 39–44, 49–52, 84–86, 100–101, 274–275, 343–344; Sato’s statements on, 39–41, 43, 51
  • France, relations with. See under France.
  • Germany, relations with. See under Germany.
  • Hirota, Koki (Foreign Minister): Addresses and statements, 109–110, 119, 266, 294, 309, 343–344, 353, 453; position in government, 522; reaction to Anglo-American offers of good offices, 337, 341, 350, 368, 373; three-point program, 3, 30, 110, 118, 119, 343
  • Imperial Headquarters. See under Military elements, infra.
  • Indo-China, French, threats against, 624, 637, 638, 672
  • Internal situation: General, 5, 49–52, 75, 134, 342–345, 402, 527, 793–794; public opinion trends, 252, 319, 340, 402, 454
  • Konoye, Prince, 233, 266, 342–343, 723–724, 989, 990
  • League of Nations, position toward, 586–587, 758
  • Military elements:
    • Conflicting views of military and civil authorities, 50–52, 94, 95, 792, 794
    • Imperial Headquarters: Establishment of, 652, 660, 663–664, 675, 712; consultations with civil government, 764, 810, 813, 829–830
    • Interference in North China Puppet regime, 802, 811
    • Navy, position of, 723, 759, 778
    • Political influence of, 3, 41–42, 49, 50, 74, 152, 168, 351, 402–403, 477, 506, 536, 545, 575, 591, 593, 599, 778, 810, 958, 960, 975, 976, 979
    • Soviet Union, attitude toward, 564–565, 567–568
    • War objectives and policy in China, 98–99, 176, 214, 252, 294, 296, 298, 326–327, 351, 372, 373, 386, 433–434, 456, 593, 594, 595, 659, 660, 663, 673–674, 722–723, 750, 810, 826, 830, 844
  • Netherlands, relations with, 9–10
  • Netherlands East Indies, relations with, 9–10, 630
  • Neutralization of Pacific islands, question of, 957, 960, 964
  • New Zealand, relations with, 980
  • Pacific islands possessions, 955, 959
  • Philippines, relations with, 992
  • Political situation, general, 1–10, 49–52, 75, 342–345
  • Reciprocity in treatment of nationals abroad, 101
  • Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, 663, 676–677, 788, 789
  • Sanctions against, question of, 571
  • Sato, Naotake: Appointment as Foreign Minister, 34, 48–49; interviews to foreign correspondents, 82, 84–86; on Sino-Japanese relations, 42, 43, 50, 51, 104, 105, 118, 119; statements on foreign policy and commentaries thereon, 40–44, 57, 58, 93, 94, 100–101
  • Soviet Union, relations with. See under Soviet Union.
  • Spain, relations with, 789
  • Taxation: Increase of income tax, 318; effect of prolonged war on, 402, 497
  • Trade relations (see also Economic and financial matters, supra):
    • Chinese customs, preferential treatment for Japanese goods, 892, 893, 895, 899–900, 910
    • General, 84, 85, 101, 180, 344, 345, 533–534, 546, 615, 759–760
    • Netherlands East Indies, negotiations for commercial treaty with, 9–10
    • “Manchoukuo,” preferential status for Japanese in, 930–933
    • United Kingdom, 101, 115
    • United States, 2, 74–75, 101, 339, 580–581
  • United Kingdom, relations with. See under United Kingdom.
  • United States, relations with:
    • American aviators enlisting with Chinese, Japanese reaction to question of, 336–337, 353
    • American loans, 760, 776–777
    • American protests and representations, 266, 504–505, 535–537, 572–573, 577–578, 581, 607, 632, 646, 698–699, 736, 795, 807, 931, 941
    • Analyses, 487, 507–508, 526–529, 574–576, 581, 615, 692–697, 793
    • General, 1–2, 41, 266, 425, 469, 522, 523–524, 597, 604, 632, 816, 964, 981
    • Japanese immigration, question of, 1, 57, 584, 615
    • Non-aggression pact, rumors of, 85, 106–107, 966
    • Reaction in Japan to application of Neutrality Act, 438–439; general U.S. policy, 25, 84, 344, 515–516, 521–522, 543, 592–593, 605, 683, 932–933; Roosevelt’s Chicago speech, 584–586, 633
    • Visit by U.S. naval vessels planned, 242–243, 329
• Keelung incident, 9, 64–65
• Kellogg–Briand Pact (1928), 289, 382, 418, 438, 524, 586, 589, 959, 966, 981
• Komandorski (Commander) Islands, 955, 966
• Korea, 191
• League of Nations:
  • Advisory Committee, 544–545, 548, 624–625
  • Chinese appeal, question of, 205, 289, 477, 532
  • Japanese attitude toward, 586–587, 758
  • Role in Sino-Japanese crisis, 153, 174, 574, 586–587, 589–590, 593, 597, 598–599, 623
• Loans. See Economic and financial matters under China and Japan.
• Macao, 658
• Mao Tse-tung, 79, 376, 479, 734
• Malay States, Federated, 965
• “Manchoukuo.” See under Sino-Japanese dispute.
• Mandates in Pacific islands, 959
• Mexico, 601–602, 955
• Mongolia, 6, 21–22, 52, 55, 70, 519, 564, 566, 599, 607, 610, 650, 651, 664
• Mussolini, Benito, 612, 613, 626, 633, 650
• Narcotic drugs, 47
• National City Bank of New York, 860, 861, 939, 941, 942
• Naval armaments question, 1–2, 963, 977–978, 981–982
• Netherlands, 9–10, 950, 960, 966
• Netherlands East Indies, 9–10, 630
• Neutrality, 288, 309, 481, 483, 526; question of U.S. proclamation, 735, 736, 740–741
• Neutrality Act, extension of May 1, 183, 238, 301, 336, 337, 424, 437–439, 442, 459, 460, 482, 514, 515–516, 517, 518, 570, 571, 586, 740, 786; Chinese reaction to, 437–439, 468, 516–517, 552; Japanese reaction to, 438–439
• Neutralization of Pacific islands, agreement considered, 954–965, 968–978
  • Comments on, 973–978
  • Limitation of fortification rights, question of, 961, 963–965, 976–977
  • U.S. initiative, possibility of, 956, 961, 963, 965, 969, 971–972
• New Zealand, 955, 980
• Nine Power Treaty (1922) (see also Brussels Conference), 1, 153, 189, 205, 257–258, 289, 307, 312, 333–334, 381–382, 418, 438, 459, 503, 582, 586, 589, 619, 714–715, 724, 728, 747, 776, 777–778, 800, 801, 947, 981, 984
• Non-aggression pact. See Pacific non-aggression agreement.
• North China. See under Sino-Japanese dispute; Undeclared war.
• Northern Sakhalin, 587, 955, 966
• “Open door” policy, 41, 50, 930–933, 948, 949
• Outer Mongolia, 21–22, 564, 566, 664; Soviet policy in, 70, 519, 610, 650
• Pacific economic conference, possibility of, 986 Pacific islands. See Neutralization.
• Pacific non-aggression agreement, 978–992
  • Lyons proposal at British Imperial Conference, 102, 125, 978–980, 982–984, 988, 989
  • Proposals for, 81, 102, 117, 966–967, 976
  • U.S. attitude, 984–986, 988–991
• Panay incident, 798–799, 816, 830, 848
• Paracels Reef, 523, 524–525, 634–635, 637
• Peiping Society for the Protection of the Nation, 916
• Petroleum interests, American, damaged by smuggling, 853, 856–857
• Philippine Islands, 2, 441, 958, 962, 970, 992
• Poland, 7
• Portugal, 613, 614, 658, 955
• Pratas Reef, 523–525
• Recognition. See under Sino-Japanese dispute: “Manchoukuo.”
• Red Cross: American, 571; International Red Cross Committee, 662
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President): Chiang Kai-shek, message from, 832–833; Chicago “Quarantine” speech (Oct. 5), comments on, 584–586, 588, 590, 594, 595–596, 601, 609, 633; Indo-China, views as to situation in, 667; Japanese Emperor, comment on message to, 816; Pacific Islands, views on neutralization of, 973–974
• Roosevelt, Theodore, part taken in Russo-Japanese peace negotiations (1905), 691
• Rome–Berlin (–Tokyo) Axis. See under Anti-Comintern pacts.
• Sakhalin, Northern, 587, 955, 966
• Securities Act (1933), 786
• Shanghai. See under Undeclared war.
• Shanghai Banking Corp., 860, 861, 870, 871, 898, 901
• Shanghai Truce Agreement (1932), 114, 116, 122, 126–127, 380, 386, 454.
• Siam, 635, 636
• Siberia, 6, 595
• Singapore, 965
• Sino-Japanese dispute (see also Undeclared war):
  • Anti-Japanese activities and propaganda, 3–4, 100, 108–109, 113, 118, 140, 156, 186, 224, 240, 434; Chinese Communists, attitude of, 91; Japanese demands to suppress, 136, 235, 244, 250, 368, 374, 717; “Manchoukuo,” 55, 916–918, 929, 949; Pakhoi, 53; Shanghai, 27, 704, 705, 709, 717; Swatow, 104, 105–106
  • Autonomy movements. See under North China, infra.
  • Aviation, 30, 113–114, 129
  • Chinese attitudes and views (see also Undeclared war: China), 27–29, 81
  • Communists, Chinese. See under China.
  • “Cooperation” between China and Japan (see also Anti-Japanese activities, supra; Demands, infra), 85, 96–100; in economic matters, 30, 58–59, 67, 68, 74, 76, 98, 112, 120, 180, 349, 403
  • Demands by Japan (see also under Undeclared war: Japan), 3, 30, 50, 118–119
  • Diplomatic relations between China and Japan, question of, 294, 295, 545, 696, 803, 804
  • Expansion policy of Japan. See Economic penetration under North China, infra; and under Japan: China, relations with.
  • Japanese statements and views (see also Undeclared war: Japan), 25, 109–110, 119
  • “Manchoukuo:”
    • American and other foreign interests, 347, 948, 949, 951, 952, 953
    • Anti-Japanese activities, 55, 916–918, 929, 949
    • Assumption of Chinese treaty obligations, 937, 938, 941
    • China, relations with (see also Recognition, infra), 2–3, 118, 279, 343, 368, 987
    • Chinese population, treatment of, 916, 918
    • Customs revenue situation, 908
    • Economic and financial matters, 176–177, 934, 938; exchange control law, 929–933, 948, 949, 951, 952; taxation, 950, 952–953; trade controls, 944–945, 951
    • Extraterritorial rights of foreign nations, abolition of, 935–943 passim, 946, 948–951, 953
    • Japan, relations with: Japanese position in, 55, 60, 111, 257, 919–920, 929; military situation, 915–916, 917, 929, 949; preferential economic treatment, 930–931, 933; treaty ending Japanese extraterritorial rights (Nov. 5), 935, 937, 941
    • “Open door” policy, violation of, 948, 949
    • Pacific non-aggression pact, proposed, relation to, 980, 987
    • Recognition: By China, question of, 55, 121, 176, 188, 329, 617, 627–628, 655, 769, 790–791, 944; by Germany, 788; by Italy, 8, 746, 747, 750, 788, 943–944, 946–947; by Spain, 788, 789, 945; U.S. representations invalidated by absence of, 946, 950
    • South Manchuria Railway Co., 934
    • Soviet Union, relations with. See under Soviet Union.
    • Trade controls, 944–945, 951
    • United Kingdom, relations with, 115–116, 936–937, 938–939
    • U.S. reservation of rights threatened by consolidation of Japanese army control, 915–953
  • Negotiations (see also Japan: China, relations with; Undeclared war: Mediation and Peace negotiations), 3, 30, 50, 66, 78, 80, 81, 118
  • North China (see also under Undeclared war):
    • Anti-Japanese propaganda, 113, 155
    • Autonomy movements, 23, 176, 303, 308–309; Japanese demands, 188, 338, 617, 628, 651
    • Chinese nationalists, policy and influence in, 26, 54, 99, 100, 110, 120, 218, 232, 234, 253, 299–300, 434
    • Communism, threat of, 546
    • Economic penetration and development by Japan, 23, 48, 55, 67–68, 82–83, 120, 934
    • General situation and analyses, 31, 38, 54–56, 71–73, 99, 110, 184, 232, 257, 371, 391, 396, 417–418, 620
    • Hopei–Chahar (Province):
      • Agreement of July 11. See under Undeclared war.
      • East Hopei Autonomous Government, 48, 57, 67, 73, 111, 119, 120, 125, 171, 188, 855; abolition of, 54, 76, 99, 100, 811, 838; Chinese influence in, 26, 128, 268, 360; smuggling problems, 58, 68, 78, 119, 120, 852
      • Peace Maintenance Societies, 448, 606, 656
      • Political Council, 26, 192, 205, 230, 361; abolition of, 448
      • Sung Che Yuan, activities of, 23, 110, 128, 129, 192, 199, 201, 203, 219, 235, 254, 258, 282, 298, 299–300, 434, 435–436, 448
    • Ho–Umetsu Agreement (1935), 54–55, 99, 185, 196, 199, 221
    • Japanese propaganda, 823–824, 826
    • Land ownership by Japanese nations, question of, 120
    • Mongol state, establishment of, 47–48, 52
    • Political control, Japanese efforts to extend, 54–55, 56, 94–95, 99, 117, 119, 127–128, 162, 217, 219, 230, 249, 257, 268, 279, 332, 434, 546, 617
    • “Spheres of influence” in, 82–83, 85
    • Tangku Truce Agreement (1933), 79, 99, 217
  • Smuggling. See Smuggling.
  • United Kingdom, attitude of (see also under Undeclared war: Foreign powers and Mediation), 39, 163–164, 117
• Smuggling:
  • American petroleum interests, effect on, 853, 855–857
  • Chinese anti-smuggling measures, 854, 855
  • Extent of, 850, 852, 853, 854, 855
  • Foreign interests damaged by, 849, 850, 852–857 passim
  • Japanese activities, 3, 849–852, 853, 854
  • Registration of smuggled goods held by Chinese firms, 854, 855
  • Representations to Japan by United Kingdom, 850–851; by United States, 851, 853, 854, 856–857
  • Sino-Japanese relations, effect on, 58, 67, 78, 119, 120
• South China. See under Undeclared war.
• South Manchuria Railway Co., 934
• Soviet Union:
  • China, relations with (see also Undeclared war: Armaments: Soviet supplies):
    • Assistance to China, 109, 447, 484–485, 553, 711–712, 812, 818, 827–828
    • Chiang Kai-shek, liberation from Sian detention, 101–102, 108
    • Chinese Communists, relations with and influence on, 21, 22, 59, 63, 64, 80, 91–93, 108, 109, 485, 540, 827–828
    • Chinese military mission to, 616, 639–640
    • Loan to China, 616
    • Sino-Soviet non-aggression treaty (Aug. 21), 69–70, 490, 492–493, 497, 498–499, 500, 519–520, 537–541, 563, 564, 566
    • Trade treaty negotiations, 125
  • Comintern, 39, 41, 80, 92, 192
  • France, relations with, 301, 476–477, 818
  • Germany, relations with, 818
  • Internal situation, and purges, 404, 564–565, 921–922
  • Japan, relations with:
    • Amur River islands question, 920–928
    • Fisheries problem, 21, 343, 563, 587, 949–950
    • General, 39, 41–42, 57, 59–60, 84, 100, 309, 343, 403–404, 476, 481, 547, 553, 563–566, 567–568, 572, 586–587, 598–599, 636, 664–665, 792, 920–921, 966, 980
    • Raid on Soviet Consulate by Japan, 315, 325
    • Soviet–Japanese war, possibility of, 7, 248, 403, 564, 567, 568, 595, 652, 653, 723, 818, 830, 926, 949–950
    • Soviet protests to, 100, 315, 325, 484, 553
  • “Manchoukuo,” relations with, 21, 57, 622; border incidents, 223, 343, 563, 920–928, 937–938
  • Military situation: Border measures, 60, 481–482, 915–916; Pacific coastal defense, 792
  • Outer Mongolia: Border situation, 21–22; influence in, 70, 519, 610, 650
  • Pacific islands possessions, 955
  • Pacific non-aggression agreement, contemplated inclusion in, 966, 978–979
  • Sinkiang, penetration into, 21, 70
  • Sino-Japanese conflict. See under Undeclared war: Foreign powers.
  • Stalin, Joseph, 93
  • United Kingdom, relations with, 8, 65
  • United States, relations with, 569–572, 923, 925–926
• Spain, 789, 945
• Spanish Civil War, 107, 624, 777
• Stalin, Joseph, 93
• Standard Vacuum Oil Co., 855, 856
• Taiwan, 962, 974
• Tangku Truce Agreement (1933), 79, 99, 217
• Texas Co., 855, 856
• Timor Island, 955
• Trade agreement, Anglo-American, negotiations for, 707, 891
• Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Anti-Comintern pacts. See Anti-Comintern pacts.
  • Boxer Protocol (1901), 132–133, 168, 200, 202, 232–233, 252, 433, 817, 839
  • Four-Power Treaty (1921), 981, 984, 987, 991
  • Franco-Soviet treaty of mutual assistance (1935), 301
  • German-Japanese agreement. See under Anti-Comintern pacts.
  • Ho–Umetsu Agreement (1935), 54–55, 99, 185, 196, 199, 221
  • Italian-Japanese protocol for mutual assistance (1936), 604
  • Japanese–“Manchoukuo” treaty (Nov. 5), 935, 937, 941
  • Kellogg–Briand Pact (1928), 289, 382, 418, 438, 524, 586, 589, 959, 966, 981
  • Locarno Pact (1925), 981
  • London Naval Treaty (1930), 963
  • London Naval Treaty (1936), 977
  • Nine Power Treaty (1922). See Nine Power Treaty.
  • Pacific non-aggression pact. See Pacific non-aggression agreement.
  • Portsmouth, Treaty of (1905), 691
  • Shanghai Truce Agreement (1932), 114, 116, 122, 126–127, 380, 386, 454
  • Sino-Soviet non-aggression treaty (Aug. 21), 69–70, 490, 492–493, 497, 498–499, 500, 519–520, 537–541, 563, 564, 566
  • Tangku Truce Agreement (1933), 78, 99, 217
  • Washington treaties of 1921 and 1922, 954, 958, 963, 964
• Undeclared war between Japan and China (see also Sino-Japanese dispute):
  • Advisers, military. See China: Military advisers, infra.
  • Agreements: July 8, 149; July 11, 137, 156, 176, 177, 184, 185, 199, 208, 209, 214, 219, 222, 226, 235, 241, 244, 246, 248, 249–250, 254–255, 257, 268, 343, 435
  • Air operations. See Bombing, infra; and under Military operations, infra.
  • Amoy, situation in, 845
  • Anglo-American consultations on policy and advisable steps (see also under Mediation, infra):
    • Anglo-American naval power, consideration of use of, 667, 724–725, 806, 815–816
    • Chinese customs questions, 862, 865, 866, 867, 872–873, 880, 881, 883–884, 886, 890–891, 897, 912
    • Far Eastern situation, 401–404, 480, 509–510, 519, 658, 724–725, 830, 832, 981
    • General, 141–142, 147–148, 225, 272, 289–290, 292, 472, 568–569, 572, 582–583, 591–593, 600–602, 608–609, 750–760, 792–794, 798–800, 815–817
    • Good offices, offers of, 687–689, 696–700, 714, 775–777, 799–800
    • Shanghai situation, 464–467, 560–561, 568–569, 572–573, 698–699, 739–740, 742–743, 804–805, 824
    • Smuggling activities in North China, 849–850, 851
  • Armaments:
    • Blockade of Chinese coast, question of, 482, 557–558, 665, 722, 841
    • British shipments to Japan, 431, 658
    • Chinese situation, 706, 843
    • Embargo, problem of, 442, 468, 658
    • Foreign powers’ shipments to China, question of, 431, 459–460, 477, 482–483, 513, 558, 616, 626, 766, 769, 774; Japanese measures to stop, 439, 468, 664, 758, 858
    • French position on shipments through Indo-China, 623–624, 629–630, 634–636, 637–638, 640, 672, 686
    • Losses, 419, 439, 556–557, 621, 843
    • Soviet supplies to China, 460, 468, 481–482, 485, 539, 540, 558, 616, 624–625, 635, 639–640; airplane shipments, 477, 497–498, 564, 565, 566–567, 606, 616–617, 639–640, 659, 712, 767, 780
    • Supplies to Japanese army in China, 216, 331
    • U.S. attitude toward shipments, 442, 459–460, 516, 520, 531–532, 533, 570, 583; list of arms barred from export, 736, 741; orders to American Aviation Co., 671–672
  • Armistice, possibility of, 688, 769
  • Blockade of Chinese coast, question of, 482, 557–558, 665, 722, 841
  • Bombing, by Japanese:
    • Canton, 549, 847–848
    • Nanking, 415, 416, 496, 530–531, 534–537, 542, 543–544, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 559, 562, 620–621, 622, 713
    • Protests by U.S. and other Governments, 504–505, 549, 555–559
    • Railways, 202, 203, 848; Canton-Hankow Railway, 521, 624, 848; Canton–Hong Kong Railway, 848; Peiping–Hankow Railway, 208–209, 254, 331–332, 360, 436, 631
    • U.S.S. Panay, 798–799, 816, 830, 848
  • Casualties, 136, 424–425, 468, 494, 580, 603–604, 645, 655–656, 689, 802, 806, 843, 848
  • China:
    • Attitude toward hostilities and charges against Japan, 145, 149, 162, 169, 190, 211, 391, 417, 491, 589–590, 675–676, 703, 819, 825, 832
    • Aviation, American and foreign instructors and fliers, question of, 336–337, 353, 516–517, 578, 603, 616, 780, 819
    • Declaration of war, formal, question of, 545
    • Determination to resist Japanese aggression, 5, 72, 138–139, 158, 195–196, 217–218, 230, 268, 277, 299, 676, 733–734, 818, 819, 828, 832–833
    • Foreign forces, questions regarding, 371, 420–421, 804–805
    • Military advisers: French, 477; German, 353, 483, 602, 640, 651, 669, 670, 789; Soviet, 566
    • Military situation: General, 95, 307, 352–353, 617, 694–695, 696, 731, 778, 818, 819, 832; proposal for cessation of all troop movements, 187, 194, 211, 220, 236, 259–260, 417; 29th Army, 72, 139, 140, 184–185, 195, 199, 200, 209, 218, 219, 275; war preparations and troop movements, 138, 140, 161–162, 171, 193, 211, 215
    • U. S. assistance, Chinese inquiries as to possibility of (see also Chiang Kai-shek: United States), 183, 751, 773–774, 796–797, 803, 883
    • War, financing of, 461
  • Civilian population, protection of (see also Protection of foreign nationals, infra): General, 182, 318, 494, 496, 520, 530–531, 535, 536, 537, 542, 552, 555, 709–710, 733, 737–738; refugee problem, 443, 494, 662, 689, 709–710, 739, 748, 795
  • Collective action by Western nations, question of, 233, 461–462, 484, 485, 489, 544, 571
  • Davidson neutral zone plan, 467, 473, 475
  • Declaration of war, formal, question of: By China, 545; by Japan, 658, 659–660, 663, 664, 675, 712, 720, 722–723, 735, 738, 741, 758–759, 778
  • Demands by Japan. See under Japan, infra.
  • Diplomatic and consular relations:
    • American officials following Chinese Government to interior, 680–683, 701–702, 705, 706, 715, 723, 771–772, 813–814, 820–821, 828–829, 834, 835–836, 838–839, 840
    • Japanese Consulates closed at Chungking and Ichang, 313, 318; Hankow, 360, 367
    • Japanese Embassy leaving Nanking, 415
    • Sino-Japanese, 294, 295, 545, 696, 803, 804
  • Economic matters, 430, 497, 518, 571; boycott against Japan, question of, 554, 560, 569, 573–575, 582, 587, 591, 601, 806; Customs and Salt Revenue Administrations, integrity of, 848–915; possible Japanese demands, 628
  • Educational and cultural matters, 608, 642, 644, 704; Japanese control in Peiping, 361–362, 500–501, 512
  • Espionage, 366, 509
  • Foreign powers, policies of (see also Mediation, infra):
    • Cooperation, necessity of, 148, 160–161, 461, 485–488, 490, 504, 529, 793
    • France: Arms shipments through Indo-China, 623–624, 629–630, 634–636, 637–638, 640, 672, 686; policies and attitudes, 151, 153, 197, 205, 211–213, 223, 233, 288, 301, 326, 333, 431, 450, 475–478, 511, 557, 809; Puppet regime in North China, attitude, 839; Shanghai situation, 448–449, 453, 715–717
    • General, 175, 207, 241, 254, 459–460, 464, 478, 489, 496, 544, 571, 589, 598–599, 600, 792–794, 806
    • Germany: Policies and views, 288–289, 301–302, 478, 481–484, 489, 500, 547–548, 625–626, 649–650, 668–671, 720–721, 788–789, 806, 812; steps taken, 287, 357, 376, 459, 478, 709, 812
    • Italy: Policies and views, 194, 228, 253, 289, 295, 301, 447, 602, 612–616, 626, 649, 650, 715–717, 746, 747, 788, 789; steps taken, 295, 324, 376, 390, 459, 469, 478
    • Soviet Union (see also under Armaments, supra): Policies and views, 93, 163, 247, 287–288, 315–316, 484–485, 622, 827–828; possible intervention on Chinese side, 234, 301, 327, 338, 431, 435, 460, 476, 484, 539, 558, 617, 625, 636, 712, 734, 818, 827–828
    • United Kingdom (see also Anglo-American consultations, supra; and under Shanghai, infra): Policies and views, 158, 164, 272, 288, 291, 307, 319–320, 394, 490, 511, 582, 591–593, 658, 774, 776, 794, 804–805, 809, 819, 839–840; Tsingtao situation, 462–464, 465–466, 478
    • United States (see also Anglo-American consultations and Armaments, supra; and under Shanghai, infra): Analyses, general policies and views, 36–37, 143, 197, 212–213, 238, 255–256, 279, 312, 372, 385–386, 459–461, 463–464, 487–488, 490–491, 506–508, 514, 526–530, 544–545, [Page 1005] 570–572, 583, 585–586, 598–599, 618–619, 630, 793, 806; protests and representations to Japan, 535, 537, 542, 549, 592, 849–851
  • Hainan Island, 523, 549–550, 557, 634, 637, 955, 966
  • Hankow, situation in, 240, 255, 313, 348, 357, 367, 820, 821; Japanese evacuation from, 334–335, 348, 360, 367, 371, 374
  • Incidents (see also under Shanghai, infra):
    • Hungjao Aerodrome, 364–366, 368, 375, 378, 418
    • Langfang, 276
    • Marco Polo Bridge (Lukouchiao), 129, 130, 131, 132, 136, 139, 145, 148, 149, 156, 169, 170, 173, 185, 190, 216, 217, 218, 219, 224, 242, 244, 251, 252, 253, 257, 259, 298, 299, 432, 437
    • Panay, 798–799, 816, 830, 848
    • Tungchow affair, 838
    • Wounding of British Ambassador to China by Japanese plane, 494–495, 497, 542–543, 581
  • Japan:
    • Aide-mémoire of July 17, 205, 210–211, 213–214, 220, 221
    • Aims and objectives, analysis of, 152, 155, 162, 171, 221, 332, 476, 513–514, 515, 545–547, 780
    • Attitude toward hostilities and charges against China, 154, 169, 176, 192, 342–345, 486, 585–586
    • Declaration of war, formal, question of, 658, 659–660, 663–664, 675, 712, 720, 722–723, 735, 738, 741, 758–759, 778
    • Demands by Japan: Chinese customs, 858–859, 873, 879, 893, 894, 912–913; Chinese recognition of “Manchoukuo,” 617, 627–628, 651; general, 131, 136, 156, 170, 177, 188, 199, 214, 215, 232, 244, 257, 267, 270–271, 279, 285, 338, 349, 378, 383, 392, 394, 397, 399, 400, 567, 627, 628, 835, 841, 842, 844; peace terms, 651, 836, 842, 847; Shanghai, 379–380, 383, 399, 473, 704, 707–709, 715–717, 729, 733, 792; ultimatum of July 26, 270–271, 275, 285, 286, 418
    • Japanese nationals and property, protection of, 335, 378, 383–384, 419–420, 426, 431, 440, 441, 446, 448–450, 453, 455, 463, 465, 488, 495, 498, 501, 502, 716, 782–783, 794–796, 814, 846
    • Kwantung Army, 88, 138, 156, 168, 234, 434, 563, 653, 811, 927
    • Reenforcements from Japan to North China, 172, 187, 191, 209, 216, 245, 260, 275, 373, 458
    • War expenditures, 303, 318, 340, 371–372, 533–534, 984
    • War preparations and troop movements, 142, 145, 153, 158, 162, 169, 171, 178, 185–186, 191, 221, 234, 245, 257, 259, 261, 275, 326, 331
  • Kwantung Army. See under Japan, supra.
  • Marco Polo Bridge. See under Incidents, supra.
  • Mediation and good offices (see also Peace negotiations, infra):
    • Anglo-American, 150–151, 154, 158, 174, 226, 227–228, 231, 257–258, 263–264, 280, 287–288, 300–301, 319–320, 327–329, 340–342, 349–351, 363, 384, 402–403, 687–689, 697–698, 699–700, 701, 714–715, 775–776, 799–801
    • Chinese request for, 158, 248, 263–264
    • France, 151–152, 173, 174, 232–233, 254
    • Germany, 648–649, 661, 670, 687, 688, 737, 740, 745–750, 752, 764, 765, 769, 777–778, 789, 791, 800, 812, 836, 842
    • Italy, 295, 447
    • Japanese reaction to, 165, 341, 350–351, 387, 687–689, 690–697, 699–700, 701, 715, 724, 727, 799–800
    • Joint steps by foreign powers, 163, 183, 297, 339, 397–398, 399–400, 475–476, 477
    • United Kingdom, 144, 150, 158–159, 160, 171, 178–179, 184, 194, 207, 225, 226, 227–228, 291, 372–373, 697, 699–700
    • United States, 143–144, 157, 159, 160, 165, 166, 175, 207, 236–238, 239, 274, 297, 337, 353, 368, 380–381, 387, 415, 471–472, 508, 529, 581, 590–591, 593, 604–605, 665, 727, 775, 782–783, 790–791
  • Military operations (see also under North China and Shanghai, infra):
    • Air operations (see also Bombing, supra): American and foreign instructors and fliers, question of, 336–337, 353, 516–517, 578, 603, 616, 780, 818; general, 191, 202, 203, 204, 208–209, 283, 293, 404, 419, 439, 468, 513, 552, 622, 798–799, 823, 847–848; plane losses, 557, 621; South China, 390, 391, 424, 425; U.S. weather broadcasts as aid to Japanese air force, 284
    • Ground operations, 156, 173, 234–235, 261–263, 270, 275, 282, 292, 307, 312, 316, 326, 327, 424, 525, 584, 595, 691, 694, 820, 841
    • Guerrilla warfare, 377, 446
    • Naval operations: Anglo-American naval power, consideration of use of, 724–725, 806, 815–816; foreign shipping affected by, 557–558, 679, 798–799; general, 191, 209–210, 293, 318, 323, 348, 367, 373, 392, 424, 429, 441, 451, 452, 535–536, 672
  • Nanking (see also Bombing, supra): Fall of, 731, 802, 829–830; safety zone, question of, 709–710, 720–721, 732–733, 737–738, 744, 747–748, 757–758, 768, 781–782, 783, 784, 787–788; situation in, 323–324, 335, 709–710, 726, 835
  • North China (see also under Sino-Japanese dispute):
    • American and other foreign forces in, 133, 135, 252, 804, 816
    • Chinese population in occupied areas: Cooperation with Japanese, question of, 110–111, 255, 308–309, 801–802, 825; treatment by Japanese, 167–168, 314, 509, 666, 824, 916, 918
    • Military operations: General, 434, 446, 458, 462, 489, 558, 567, 597, 605–606, 642, 653, 665, 667, 802; Peiping–Tientsin area, 145, 148, 167, 181–182, 219, 261–263, 264, 265, 267, 271, 272, 276, 278, 283, 290, 292–293, 303, 305, 310–311, 315, 324–325; troop movements and Japanese reenforcements, 37–38, 71–73, 94–95, 191, 198, 209, 216, 219, 235, 259–260, 269, 275, 309, 330–331
    • Peiping: Committees for maintenance of order, 273, 300, 308, 361, 611, 645, 656, 801; general situation in, 157, 182, 200–201, 235, 280–281, 284–285, 286, 296; Japanese occupation of, 298–300, 314, 326–327, 335–336, 338, 358–359, 436–437, 463, 500–501, 511–512, 645, 656, 801; Japanese propaganda campaigns in, 512, 644, 645, 665
    • Puppet regime (“Provisional Government of the Republic of China”): Chinese, collaboration of, 801–802, 824–825; Chinese Government charges against, 824–825, 832; Customs Administration, question of, 904–909 passim; general, 508–509, 606, 631, 641–642, 656, 801–802, 807, 810–811, 846–847; Japanese policy, 802, 807, 811, 817, 820, 824, 846; National Government’s attitude toward, 788, 803, 811, 820; recognition by foreign powers and diplomatic representation, question of, 808, 811–812, 813–817, 839–840, 907
    • Suiyuan, situation in, 38, 72
    • Tientsin: General situation in, 167, 210, 216, 284, 293–294, 305, 307–308, 511; smuggling, 849, 854; Tokyo air mail service, 632
  • Panay incident, 798–799, 816, 830, 848
  • Peace negotiations and possibilities (see also Mediation, supra):
    • General, 177, 195, 219, 237, 259, 273, 319–320, 327–329, 339–340, 348–349, 354, 384–385, 388, 398, 467, 474, 617, 642, 654–655, 661, 740, 750, 765, 767, 769, 778, 842, 847
    • Japanese position on direct Sino-Japanese negotiations without mediation, 691, 697, 724, 727
    • Possible U.S. role in, 690, 692–697, 699–700
    • Terms violating Nine Power Treaty, possibility of, 778, 800, 801
    • Tientsin conversations, 188, 192, 199, 235
  • Poison gas, use of, 489, 603–604
  • Prisoners, Japanese, release by Chinese, 177
  • Protection of foreign nationals and interests:
    • Abolition of extraterritorial rights in “Manchoukuo,” 942
    • American, 15, 223, 241–242, 256, 266, 272, 280, 281, 313, 336, 356, 357, 370, 371, 405–406, 504–505, 507, 513, 526, 530–531, 576, 795, 816, 834; in Nanking, 534, 536–537, 682, 706, 744–745; in Shanghai, 381, 409, 443, 444, 470; in Tsingtao, 430, 456–457, 463, 805
    • British, 280, 357, 426, 441, 463, 467, 478, 726; wounding of British Ambassador by Japanese plane, 494–495, 497, 517, 542–543, 581
    • French, 280, 286, 357
    • General, 244, 267, 281, 293, 356–357, 369, 390, 509, 520, 521, 588, 661, 665, 722, 755, 805, 814, 823
    • Italian, 280, 286–287
    • Kidnapping of Europeans, 500, 508, 512
    • Nanking, 535, 537, 542, 726, 737–738, 768, 835
    • Shanghai, 320, 321, 322, 369, 389, 390, 398, 405, 406, 409, 410, 443, 444, 718
    • Tsingtao, 456, 457, 458–459, 732
  • Refugee problem, 443, 494, 662, 689, 709–710, 739, 748, 795
  • Shanghai:
    • Customs problems, 716, 792, 794, 878–898 passim, 901, 903, 904–905
    • Demands by Japan, 379–380, 383, 399, 473, 704, 707–709, 715–717, 729, 733, 792
    • Foreign forces, question of withdrawal, 729–731, 824
    • Foreign nations, joint steps and representations by, 244–245, 351, 352, 356, 360–364, 369, 375, 376, 390, 398, 399, 416–417, 419–420, 427, 428, 475, 721, 765–766, 770, 807
    • General situation in, 249, 314, 351, 375, 380, 385, 392–393, 398, 399, 677–678; mutual charges by Chinese and Japanese, 302, 379, 391, 392, 402, 411–412, 418, 429, 437, 452–453, 461, 492, 627
    • Incidents, 322, 370, 749–750, 754, 771, 772, 780; Hungjao Aerodrome, 364–365, 368, 375, 378, 418
    • International Settlement: General situation, 689, 716–717, 721, 722, 761–763, 774, 779; Joint Commission, 116, 122, 123–124, 126–127, 380, 386; legal status of, 717–718; parade of Japanese troops through, 705, 708, 716, 743, 747–750, 754; protection by foreign powers, 389, 405, 469, 501; respect by conflicting forces, question of, 351, 352, 355, 393, 398, 405, 443, 661–662, 674–675, 698–699, 756–757, 760–763, 765–766, 770, 772, 779–780, 785, 794–796; use by Japaanese as base of operations, 320–321, 355, 410, 470–471, 510, 550–551, 555–556, 560–561, 568–569, 572–573, 577–578, 594–595, 607, 627, 629, 642–643, 646
    • Military operations: Air, 405, 406, 407–409, 414, 416–417, 439, 452, 493–494, 553, 554, 578–579, 657–658; Chinese troops in, 381, 382–383, 389, 412, 437; ground fighting in Shanghai and Shanghai–Yangtze area, 404, 414, 439, 442–444, 454, 458, 468, 469–470, 493–494, 587–588, 643–644, 651, 656–668 passim, 673–674, 678–679, 689–690, 703; Japanese reenforcements of landing force, 373, 400, 425, 426, 468, 469–470, 742, 756–757, 760–764, 770–771; naval, 169, 351, 375, 379, 390, 395–396, 404, 407, 425–426, 439, 451, 452–453, 468
    • Municipal Council and police, 244–245, 249, 419
    • Neutralization proposals, 321–323, 352, 370–371, 381, 453, 466, 472–473, 520–521
    • Policing problem, 739–740, 742–743, 745–746, 754–755, 760–764, 770, 772; Peace Preservation Corps, 114, 115, 302, 321, 351, 362, 364–366, 369, 370, 375, 378, 379–380, 389, 400
    • Shanghai Truce Agreement (1932), 114, 116, 122, 126–127, 380, 386, 454
    • United Kingdom: Proposal for withdrawal of Chinese and Japanese forces and joint responsibility to foreign authorities, 440–441, 444–446, 448–450, 453, 455, 456, 464–467, 469; steps and consultations, 409–410, 412, 413, 423, 426–428, 560–561, 607, 642–643, 646, 684, 698, 715–717, 724–725, 739–740, 742, 745–749, 804
    • United States, views of situation and steps taken, 376, 395, 400–401, 411–412, 413, 421–422, 425, 427–429, 437, 442, 444–445, 440–450, 742–743, 749
    • U.S. Marines. See U.S. Marines.
  • Shansi, situation in, 802, 842
  • Shantung, situation in, 162, 317, 605–606, 621–622, 631, 685, 833, 834, 841
  • Shensi, situation in, 377
  • South China:
    • Canton, bombing of, 549, 847–848; evacuation of Japanese nationals, 431
    • Foochow and Swatow, Japanese evacuation from, 371
    • Naval operations, 323, 425–426, 672
  • “State of war,” question of existence of (see also Declaration of war, supra), 514, 515–516, 586, 652
  • Transport and communications (see also China: Railways):
    • General problems, 94, 120, 136, 167, 274, 485, 521, 533, 547, 564, 567, 583, 833, 848
    • Postal, telephone, telegraph, and radio services, 359, 361, 628, 716, 729, 844; censorship, 210, 216, 284, 463, 511, 644, 704, 707, 729
  • Tsingtao: General situation, 348, 426, 439, 445, 463, 474, 502, 503, 684, 685, 713, 732, 755, 805, 823, 837, 844, 846; Japanese nationals and property, 463, 488, 495, 498, 782–783, 814; neutral zone, question of, 455, 456, 478, 841; U.S. representations, 457, 462, 478
  • U.S. Marines. See U.S. Marines.
  • Weather reports, question of, 284, 303–304
• United Kingdom:
  • China, relations with: General, 44, 65, 66, 83, 93, 94, 179, 480, 592; loan policy, 769, 815; trade, 45
  • General policy in Far East, 301, 402, 480, 789, 960, 966
  • Germany, relations with, 548, 670
  • Imperial Conference, 979, 983–990 passim
  • Japan, relations with:
    • Anglo-Japanese conversations, 83, 84–85, 93–96, 102, 115, 154, 158, 291, 975–976, 979, 987, 990, 991; influence of Sino-Japanese hostilities, 144, 163, 164, 207, 240–241, 344–348; U.S. attitude toward, 95–96, 345–348
    • Economic relations: Conflict with Japanese interests in China, 8, 66, 67, 74, 103–104, 115, 346; Ishii mission, 808–809; loan policies, 759–760, 776–777; trade, 101, 115
    • General, 8–9, 25, 39, 57, 64–66, 74–75, 82, 101, 103–104, 115, 179, 291, 343, 344, 401, 431, 487, 573, 591–593, 615, 664, 693, 727, 759, 936–937
    • Good offices, offers of, 373, 687–689
    • Protests concerning abolition of extraterritorial rights in “Manchoukuo,” 936–937; loss of life and property, 480; occupation of Pratas Reef, 523, 524–525; wounding of British Ambassador to China, 494–495, 497, 517, 542–543
    • U.S. analysis of, 345–348, 574–577, 581
    • Withdrawal of British Ambassador considered, 545
  • “Manchoukuo,” relations with, 115–116, 936–937, 938–939
  • Naval armament questions, 958, 981
  • Pacific islands possessions, 955
  • Protection of nationals. See Undeclared war: Protection: British.
  • Sino–Japanese conflict. See under Undeclared war: Foreign powers and Mediation.
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 8, 65
  • Trade agreement with United States, negotiations for, 707, 891
  • United States, relations with. See Undeclared war: Anglo-American consultations and Mediation: Anglo-American.
• U.S. Marines at Shanghai, 389–390, 420–422, 423, 424, 430, 708–709, 716, 718, 730–731, 784–785, 822
• U.S. Pacific islands possessions, 955
• War between Soviet Union and Japan, possibility of, 7, 248, 403, 564, 567, 568, 595, 652, 653, 723, 818, 830, 926, 949–950
• Weather broadcasts, 284, 303–304
• Weather Conference, Far Eastern (Jan. 13–21), 304
• Yokohama Specie Bank, 858, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 875; deposits with, 877, 878, 885, 888, 892, 893, 896, 898, 902