The Fight For The Republic in China

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Author

Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox), 1877-1930

Title

The Fight for the Republic in China

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English

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DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

China -- Politics and government

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14345

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December 13, 2004

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FIGHT FOR THE REPUBLIC IN CHINA
2. 2.By B. L. Putnam Weale — Author of Indiscreet Letters from Peking , etc. — WITH 28 ILLUSTRATIONS — 1918
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I — GENERAL INTRODUCTION
7. 7.CHAPTER II — THE ENIGMA OF YUAN SHIH-KAI — THE HISTORY OF THE MAN FROM THE OPENING OF HIS CAREER IN KOREA IN 1882 TO THE END OF THE REVOLUTION, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1912
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE DREAM REPUBLIC — (FROM THE 1st JANUARY, 1912, TO THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT)
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE DICTATOR AT WORK — (FROM THE COUP D'ETAT OF THE 4TH NOVEMBER, 1913, TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE WORLD-WAR 1ST AUGUST, 1914)
10. 10.CHAPTER V — THE FACTOR OF JAPAN — (FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE WORLD-WAR, 1ST AUGUST, 1914, TO THE FILING OF THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS, 18TH JANUARY, 1915)
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS — JAPAN'S ORIGINAL TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS — GROUP I — GROUP II — GROUP III — GROUP IV — GROUP V — JAPAN'S REVISED DEMANDS — GROUP I — GROUP II — PROVINCE OF FENG-TIEN — PROVINCE OF KIRIN (Southern portion) — GROUP III — GROUP IV — NOTES TO BE EXCHANGED — MEMORANDUM — CHINA'S REPLY TO REVISED DEMANDS — GROUP I — GROUP II [15] — GROUP III — JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM TO CHINA — EXPLANATORY NOTE — Reply of the Chinese Government to the Ultimatum of the Japanese Government, delivered to the Japanese Minister by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the 8th of May, 1915.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — THE ORIGIN OF THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS — PART I. THE EUROPEAN WAR AND THE CHINESE QUESTION — PART II. THE CHINESE QUESTION AND THE DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE — The Secret Terms of the Defensive Alliance — ALLEGED SECRET AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN SUN WEN (SUN YAT SEN) AND THE JAPANESE — LOAN AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY REPRESENTED BY CHANG YAO-CHING AND HIS ASSOCIATES OF THE FIRST PART AND KAWASAKI KULANOSKE OF THE SECOND PART
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — THE MONARCHIST PLOT — THE PAMPHLET OF YANG TU — A DEFENCE OF THE MONARCHICAL MOVEMENT — PART I
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — THE MONARCHY PLOT — THE MEMORANDUM OF DR. GOODNOW — DR. GOODNOW'S MEMORANDUM
15. 15.CHAPTER X — THE MONARCHY MOVEMENT IS OPPOSED — THE APPEAL OF THE SCHOLAR LIANG CH'I-CHAO — FROM REPUBLIC TO MONARCHY — I. THE QUESTION OF KUO-TI — II. THE ARGUMENT AGAINST CHANGE — III. RES JUDICATA — IV. THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION — V. FALLACIES OF THE MONARCHISTS — VI. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAW — VII. THE CASE OF DIAZ, THE DICTATOR — VIII. "DIVINITY DOTH HEDGE A KING" — IX. THE UNRIPE PEAR — X. THE ASSEVERATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT — XI. THE CHOU AN HUI AND THE LAW — XII. A POSTSCRIPT
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE DREAM EMPIRE — "THE PEOPLE'S VOICE," AND THE ACTION OF THE POWERS (FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1915) — CODE TELEGRAM DATED AUGUST 30, 1915, FROM TUAN CHI-KUEI, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF MOUKDEN, ET ALIA, CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTING PETITIONS TO PEKING IN THE NAME OF THE CITIZENS OF THE PROVINCES — CODE TELEGRAM DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 1915, FROM THE COUNCIL OF STATE TO THE MILITARY AND CIVIL GOVERNORS OF THE PROVINCES RESPECTING THE NON-OBSERVANCE OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC — CODE TELEGRAM DATED OCTOBER 7, 1915, FROM CHU CHI-CHUN, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, ET ALIA, DEVISING PLANS FOR NOMINATING YUAN SHIH-KAI AS EMPEROR — CODE TELEGRAM DATED OCTOBER 26, 1915, FROM CHU CHI-CHUN, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, ET ALIA, RESPECTING THE NOMINATION OF YUAN SHIH-KAI AS EMPEROR — CODE TELEGRAM DATED NOVEMBER 7, 1915, FROM CHU CHI-CHUN, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, ET ALIA, ENJOINING A STRONG ATTITUDE TOWARDS INTERFERENCE ON THE PART OF A CERTAIN FOREIGN POWER — YUAN SHIH-KAI'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE IMPERIAL THRONE — CODE TELEGRAM DATED DECEMBER 14, 1915, FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE LAND AND NAVAL FORCES, RESPECTING CHINA'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN NATIONS — CODE TELEGRAM DATED DECEMBER 21, 1915, FROM THE NATIONAL CONVENTION BUREAU, ORDERING THE DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE ELECTIONS
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — "THE THIRD REVOLUTION" — THE REVOLT OF YUNNAN — FIRST TELEGRAM — SECOND TELEGRAM
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — "THE THIRD REVOLUTION" (Continued) — THE DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF YUAN SHIH-KAI — DECREE CANCELLING THE EMPIRE (22ND MARCH) — LAST MANDATE OF YUAN SHIH-KAI
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE NEW RÉGIME,—FROM 1916 TO 1917
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE REPUBLIC IN COLLISION WITH REALITY: TWO TYPICAL INSTANCES OF "FOREIGN AGGRESSION"
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — CHINA AND THE WAR — THE NECESSITY FOR WAR — THE REASON FOR DECLARING WAR — THE TIME TO DECLARE WAR — THE QUESTION OF AUSTRIA — MEMORANDUM — PERILS OF WAR — DIPLOMACY OF CONFUCIUS — MANDATE DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT — MEMORANDUM — IMPERIAL EDICT — THE NINE ARTICLES — ALLEGED MEMORIAL BY PRESIDENT LI YUAN-HUNG — PRIVY COUNCIL — TRANSLATION — TUAN CHI-JUI'S MANIFESTO
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — THE FINAL PROBLEM:—REMODELLING THE POLITICO-ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WORLD
23. 23.APPENDIX — DOCUMENTS IN GROUP I — THE NINETEEN ARTICLES — EDICTS OF ABDICATION — TERMS OF ABDICATION
24. 24.APPENDIX — DOCUMENTS IN GROUP II — THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA — CHAPTER I.—GENERAL PROVISIONS — CHAPTER II.—CITIZENS — CHAPTER III.—THE NATIONAL COUNCIL — CHAPTER IV.—THE PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT — CHAPTER V.—MEMBERS OF THE CABINET — CHAPTER VI.—THE JUDICIARY — CHAPTER VII.—SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES — THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAW — APPENDIX — "THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMPACT" — CHAPTER I.—THE NATION — CHAPTER II.—THE PEOPLE — CHAPTER III.—THE PRESIDENT — CHAPTER IV.—THE LEGISLATURE — CHAPTER V.—THE ADMINISTRATION — CHAPTER VI.—THE JUDICIARY — CHAPTER VII.—THE TSAN CHENG YUAN — CHAPTER VIII.—FINANCES — CHAPTER IX.—PROCEDURE OF CONSTITUTION MAKING — CHAPTER X.—APPENDIX — THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
25. 25.APPENDIX — DOCUMENTS IN GROUP III — THE RUSSO-CHINESE AGREEMENT REGARDING OUTER MONGOLIA — DECLARATION — ADDENDUM — SINO-RUSSO MONGOLIAN AGREEMENT — CHINO-JAPANESE TREATIES AND ANNEXES — COMPLETE ENGLISH TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS — TREATY RESPECTING THE PROVINCE OF SHANTUNG — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING SHANTUNG — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE OPENING OF PORTS IN SHANTUNG — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE RESTORATION OF THE LEASED TERRITORY OF KIAOCHOW BAY — TREATY RESPECTING SOUTH MANCHURIA AND EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA — EXCHANGE OF NOTES — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE OPENING OF PORTS IN EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA — SOUTH MANCHURIA — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING RAILWAYS AND TAXES IN SOUTH MANCHURIA AND EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADVISERS IN SOUTH MANCHURIA — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE EXPLANATION OF "LEASE BY NEGOTIATION" IN SOUTH MANCHURIA — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE ARRANGEMENT FOR POLICE LAWS AND ORDINANCES AND TAXATION IN SOUTH MANCHURIA AND EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE MATTER OF HANYEHPING — EXCHANGE OF NOTES RESPECTING THE FUKIEN QUESTION
26. 26.APPENDIX — DOCUMENTS IN GROUP IV — DRAFT OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION OF CHINA — CHAPTER I. THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT — CHAPTER II. NATIONAL TERRITORY — CHAPTER ... GOVERNING AUTHORITY — CHAPTER III. THE CITIZENS — CHAPTER IV. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY — CHAPTER VI. THE PRESIDENT — CHAPTER VII. THE CABINET — CHAPTER VIII. COURTS OF JUSTICE — CHAPTER IX. LEGISLATION — CHAPTER X. NATIONAL FINANCE — CHAPTER XI. AMENDMENTS, INTERPRETATION AND INVIOLABILITY OF THE CONSTITUTION — THE LOCAL SYSTEM — DRAFT SUBMITTED TO PARLIAMENT — TARIFF REVISION IN CHINA — THE MEMORANDUM — THE CHINESE METHOD — LIKIN — COST OF ABOLITION OF LIKIN — INCREASE OF CUSTOMS TARIFF — A VITAL INTEREST — MEMORANDUM — THE LEADING OUTSTANDING CASES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE FOREIGN POWERS — 1 o MANCHURIA — JAPANESE POLICE BOXES IN MANCHURIA AND MONGOLIA — LEGAL STATUS OF KOREANS IN CHIENTAO — 2 o MACAO — THE PORTUGUESE CLAIM — 3 o TIBET — THE SIMLA CONFERENCE — THE BOUNDARY DEADLOCK — CHINA'S STANDPOINT — 4 o OUTER MONGOLIA
27. 27.INDEX
28. 28.A
29. 29.B
30. 30.C
31. 31.D
32. 32.E
33. 33.F
34. 34.G
35. 35.H
36. 36.I
37. 37.J
38. 38.K
39. 39.L
40. 40.M
41. 41.N
42. 42.O
43. 43.P
44. 44.R
45. 45.S
46. 46.T
47. 47.U
48. 48.V
49. 49.W
50. 50.Y

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