Administrative entity of China,
246 and n., 332, 338.
Admiralty Court at St. Peters-
burg, upholds decision in cases
of the Cheltenham, 173 n., and
the Calchas, 178; reverses deci-
sion in case of the Arabia, 177;
declares cotton contraband, 178.
Agreements (see also Alliances,
Conventions, and Treaties):
Alexieff-Tsêng (1900), 18-19,
334.

Anglo-German (1900), 329.
Anglo-Russian (1899), 31, 328-
329.

Modus vivendi relating to Man-
churia (1900), 19-20.
Russo-Chinese Bank (1896), 13-
14, 335.
Alabama, case of the, 77 n., 97,
108-109 and n., 112-113, 325.
(See also Geneva Award.)
Aldebaren, the, fired upon, 218 n.,
223 n., 238 n.

Alexandra, case of the, 104 and n.
Alexieff, Admiral, 55, 56 n., 136 n.,
260 n.; appointed Viceroy, 57;
policy of, 57; advice to the Czar,
60 n.; order of, to treat war
correspondents as spies, 115-116
n., 119; his Manchurian procla-
mation, 251-254; enlists convicts,
309; report of, 311 n.; accuses
Japanese of using lyddite shells,
316.

Alexieff-Tsêng Agreement, 334;
terms of, 18-19.

Allanton, case of the, 138, 171–172,
173 n.
Alliances:

Anglo-Japanese (1902), 26-29,
336-337.

Anglo-Japanese (1905), 339, 347,

190, 198 and n., 210 n., 213 n.,
262, 325.

Ancipitis usus, 160, 161, n., 166,
169, 201.

Anglo-German Agreement (1900),
329.
Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902),
text of, 26-27; Lord Lansdowne
on, 27-28; declaration regarding,
28-29; attitude of Russian Gov-
ernment toward, 29 n.; effect of,
336-337; sympathy of United
States with, 339.

Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1905),
347; objects of, 357, 359; text of,
357-359; importance and results
of, 356, 359.

Anglo-Russian Agreement (1899),
31, 328-329.

Anna, case of the, 262 n.
Arabia, case of the, 144, 165-166
n., 173, 176–177.

Arbitration, 98 n., 134; in Ala-
bama case, 98 n.; by the North
Sea Commission, 233 and n.,
240-241 and n.; of the Waima
incident, 242 n.; in the case of
the General Armstrong, 262 n.;
between England and Venezuela,
325; Hague Conference on, 347;
President Roosevelt's proposals
based on, 354-355 n.

Ardova, seizure of the, 142 n.
Argentine Republic, negotiations
with, for the purchase of war-
ships, 94 and n.
Asakawa, Dr., on causes of the
"Russo-Japanese Conflict," 2-3,
9, 12-13 n., 14 n., 44 and n., 46,

49, 51.

Askold, the, interned at Shanghai,
205-206, 267.

Asylum, to ships of war, not to be
abused, 203, 205; conditions of,
210 and n.; Russia accused of
abusing, 261.

Aurora, the, interned at Manila,
209-210.

Austria-Hungary, 41, 96, 210 n.;
accepts Hay Note, 247 n.
Auxiliary Navy, German, steamers
of, sold to Russia, 91 and n., 110.

Balaskoff, General, charges Japa-
nese with violation of rules of
warfare, 305.

Balfour, Premier, 142 n., 144 n.,

148 n., 197; suggests interning
⚫ rescued Russian sailors, 76; jus-
tifies sale of merchant vessels to
belligerents, 93; on necessity of
adjudication by prize court, 145
n.; on right of visit and search,
145 n., 149 and n.; on use of
neutral ports by belligerents,
214-215; Southampton speech of,
on North Sea Incident, 226–228;
on rights of belligerent fleets on
the high seas, 227-228; on Inter-
national Commission of Inquiry,

233 n.

Balloons, those carrying despatch-
es in, not spies, 116 n., 135 n.,
279; Russia agrees to Hague
Declaration prohibiting the
dropping of explosives from,
271, 317-318 and n.; used by
Japanese at Port Arthur, 305.
Baltic Fleet, prolonged inactivity

of, 138; voyage of, 188, 190-194,
202-217; attacks British fishing
fleet, 217-218; consequent excite-
ment in England, 218 and n.,
220, 223-224; detention of, at
Vigo, 225-226 and n.; use of
French ports and territorial wa-
ters by. 191-93; supplied with
coal by British and German ves-
sels, 203; joined by Nebagatoff's
squadron, 194; destroyed in Ko-
rean Straits, 194, 209, 347; voy-
age of, illustrates defects in law
of neutrality, 198, 202, 214.
Base of operations, 112, 203, 212,
214; use of Madagascar as a,
193; use of Che-Foo as, 261 n.,
266-267; use of Mia-Tao islands
as, 259, 265.

Base of supplies, 212, 264; at Sai-
gon, 193, 198 and n.
Battle-field, Japanese Regulations

relative to clearing of, 291–294.
Belgium, Russian purchase of

transports in, 93; accepts Hay
Note, 247 n.; neutralization of,
248.
Belligerent armed vessels (see
Warships.)

Belligerents, rights and duties of,
as affected by war, 62, 67, 85,
272; duties of, in preventing
abuse of wireless telegraphy,
119, 122-125, 134, n., 135 n.;
laying submarine mines, 130-132
and n., 134 n., 135 n.; right of
visit and search by, 148-156, 177
n.; rights of, in sinking neutral
vessels, 156 and n.; rights of,
on high seas, 227-228, 242-245;
rights and duties of, according
to Russian "Instructions," 273-
276.
Benckendorff, Count, Russian am-
bassador at London, 220-221,
225 and n., 226, 338 n.
Bismarck, Prince, 84 n., 116 n.
Blockade, of Russian fleet at Port
Arthur, 138; law of, 172 n., 181,
264; Russian rules of warfare
relating to, 270.

Board of Trade, British inquiry
of, at Hull, 223 and n.
Boer War, questions relating to,

154, 175, 179 n., 295 n., 299 n.,
301 n., 310 n., 315 n., 333.
Bombardment (on land) of towns,
etc., not occupied by the enemy
prohibited, 274; notification nec-
essary, 274; Hague Regulations
on, 307 n.
Bombardment (naval), question
of, unsettled, 306 and 307 n.;
Hague Regulations on, 311-312
and n.; opinions of publicists on,
312, 313-315 n.; recent practice
in respect to, 313-316, and 316
n.; of Vladivostok and Gensan,
311 and n., 316.

Bosporus, the, 138, 141, 148, 151.
Boxer uprising, 16, 256, 332, 333 n.
Brazil, 213 n.

Brussels Code, on war correspond-
ents, 120 and n.; compared with
Russian "Instructions," 272 n.;
the basis of the Hague Regula-
tions, 295 n.; on prisoners of
war, 278 n.; on flag of truce,
279 n.; prohibitions of, 301 n.

Chesapeake, case of the, 262 n.
Che-Foo, 119, 259, 303, 349; wire-
less telegraph station at, 122 n.,
124 n., 259, 266-267; the Rye-
shitelni at, 260; use of, by Rus-
sia as a base, 261 n.
Chemulpo, 44, 47, 51, 66, 70, 71,
75, 175 n.

Chile, negotiations with, for pur-

chase of warships, 94 and n.;
sells such vessels during Chino-
Japanese War, 97 n.
China, Japan's interest in, 2, 26, 36,
325-340; threatened dismember-
ment of, 2, 327, 334; open door
in, 2, 24, 25, 26, 28, 35, 54, 56,
328-338, 356-357, 359; independ-
ence and territorial integrity of,
2, 26, 28, 29 n., 52, 53-54, 56, 58,
60, 328, 332, 334, 336, 338 and n.,
357, 359; cedes Liao-tung Pe-
ninsula, 7; concludes Cassini
Convention, 10-12; agrees to

fortify Port Arthur and Talien-
wan, 12; concludes agreement
with the Russo-Chinese Bank,
13-14; leases Kiao-chau to Ger-
many, 15, 327; leases Port Ar-
thur and Talien-wan to Russia,
15, 256 n., 327; leases Wei-hai-
wei to Great Britain, 15, 328;
leases Kwang-chau Bay to
France, 16, 328; refuses to sign
Lamsdorff-Yang-yu Convention,
22; agrees to protect railways
and Russians in Manchuria, 24;
refuses to sign agreement with
Russia regarding Russo-Chinese
Bank, 26; makes counter propos-
als, 26, 29; interests of Great
Britain in, 26, 325, 340; agrees
to observe agreement with Rus-
so-Chinese Bank, 29; enters into
convention with Russia for evac-
uation of Manchuria, 29-32, 337;
rejects seven Russian demands,
34-36 n., 337; refuses six fresh
Russian demands, 36 n., 57; re-
lations with Korea, 37 ff. (see
Korea); interest of United
States in, 79, 325-340; Anglo-
Russian Agreement respecting,
328-329; Anglo-German Agree-
ment respecting, 329; Hay's Cir-
cular Note of 1899 respecting in-
terests in, 329-331; Mr. Choate
on interests in, 331; Hay second
circular note respecting condi-
tions in, 332; representations of
Japan, Great Britain, and United
States to, 334-335; appeals to
Powers, 334-335; Secretary Hay
protests against proposed agree-
ment with, relating to Russo-
Chinese Bank, 335; concludes
commercial treaty with United
States, 338; concludes commer-
cial treaty with Japan, 338 n.;
gives notice that she will not
recognize arrangements made
regarding Manchuria, 349 n.; re-
organization of, by Japan, 356.
China, questions relating to neu-
trality of: Limits stay of bel-
ligerent warships in neutral
port to twenty-four hours, 88 n.,
213 n.; demolishes wireless tel-
egraphy station at Che-Foo, 122