i. 284-287;

negotiates treaty at St Petersburg, ii. 293; Annam negotiations, ii. 325; member of Tsungli-Yamên, ii. 351.

Tsêng Kwo-Chuan, i. 381, 391.

Tsêng Kwo-fan, operations in Taiping Rebellion, i. 381, 391, 393; memorial regarding revision of treaty, ii. 184; intercourse with foreigners, ii. 189; action in Yangchow affair, ii. 199-203; action regarding Tientsin massacre, ii. 240, 243; volunteer levies under, ii. 377; characteristics of, ii. 378; expulsion of foreigners suggested by, ii. 464 _note_.

Tsushima, designs on, attributed to British, ii. 108, 109, 111; to French, ii. 110; Russian occupation of, ii. 111-114.

Tsingpu affair, i. 129-135, 415, 423, 424.

Tso Tsung-tang, ii. 291, 278, 279.

Tsungli-Yamên. _See under_ China.

Tuan, Prince, characteristic action of (1900), ii. 437; progeny of, not in the succession, ii. 456; relations of, with Empress Regent obscure, ii. 460.

Tun, Prince, imperial claims of son of, ii. 263; grandson of, nominated heir-apparent, ii. 460.

Tungchih, Emperor, i. 397, ii. 260-262.

Tycoon of Japan, Lord Elgin's treaty with, ii. 6, 7; guards of, at foreign legations, ii. 36, 38, 44, 51-53; Daimios' relation to, ii. 38-41, 60-65, 67, 68, 76, 93; autograph letter to the Queen, ii. 46; the Queen's reply, ii. 48; envoys sent by, to Great Britain, ii. 48, 49; second mission, ii. 74, 75; Mikado's relation to, ii. 71-73, 85, 92; regret at Alcock's recall, ii. 88.

United States. _See_ America.

Vatican, appeal to, ii. 343.

'Village Life in China' cited, ii. 368.

Vladivostock, Russian acquisition of, i. 358; Czarevitch at, ii. 323.

Wade, Sir Thomas, action in Taiping Rebellion, i. 138, ii. 133; Inspector of Customs at Shanghai, i. 154; at Peking with Alcock (1865), ii. 131; career and characteristics of, ii. 132-134; views of, on Maritime Customs Inspectorship, ii. 163, 164; on supplementary convention to Tientsin treaty, ii. 220; _chargé d'affaires_ at Peking, ii. 239, 244; views of, on audience of foreign Ministers, ii. 261, 262; negotiations regarding Margary case, ii. 270-275, 278; negotiates Chefoo Convention, ii. 275-279; views of, on Chinese legislation, ii. 279.

Ward, Mr, i. 382.

Weihai-wei-- British seizure of, ii. 434. Chinese forlorn hope at, i. 222, 301. Early exploration of, i. 222. Fortifications of, ii. 397.

Wênsiang, member of Tsungli-Yamên, i. 360; discredited by Lay-Osborn flotilla fiasco, i. 389, ii. 375, 391; intimate relations with British Legation, ii. 134, 135; concurs in strong measures against rioters, ii. 207; dislike of Hongkong, ii. 216; circular regarding control of missions attributed to, ii. 246; efforts regarding Pei-t'ang Cathedral, ii. 342; high qualities of, ii. 374-376.

Westminster Hospital, Alcock's work for, ii. 478-480.

Winchester, Consul, on Japanese currency, ii. 18, 23.

Wolseley, Lieutenant-Colonel, i. 371, 373.

Wu, i. 151, 434, 435.

Wusung-- Challenger on the bar at, i. 236. Hong captured at, ii. 301. Opium trade at, i. 193. Thirty mile radius, included in, i. 372, 376.

Yakub-beg, ii. 290, 291.

Yangchow riot, ii. 198-203, 207.

Yangtze river-- Advance of 200 miles up (1842), i. 74; Lord Elgin's voyage to Hankow (1858), i. 347, 370. Blockade of, suggested, i. 430. Opening of, i. 223, 369, 373.

Yedo-- Alcock's arrival at, ii. 15-17. British Legation. _See under_ Great Britain. Choshiu's establishment at, destroyed, ii. 83. Hostility to foreigners, ii. 35. Legations, withdrawal of, to Yokohama, ii. 36; foreign guards at, ii. 45; improved residence for, ii. 50. Social conditions in, ii. 122.

Yeh, Viceroy, evades demands for right of entry into Canton, i. 160; hostile to native shipowners, i. 309; asks British aid against Taipings, i. 312; attitude towards foreigners, i. 312-314; offers reward for English heads, i. 317; contemptuous of treaties, i. 333; superseded, i. 342; capture and death of, i. 328.

Yerburgh, Mr, ii. 427.

Yokohama-- Foreigners' residence prepared by Japanese at, ii. 13; improved, ii. 90. Garrison of British troops in, ii. 77, 78, 84. Legations' withdrawal to, during assassination period, ii. 36. Merchants' preference for, to Kanagawa, i. 18, 122, 123. Tycoon's inability to maintain order in, ii. 74.

Yuan Shih-kai, ii. 406.

Yunnan-- Burmese expedition and murder of Mr Margary, ii. 266, 267; negotiations regarding, ii. 267-276; settlement of affair, ii. 278. Rebellion in, ii. 290.

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