CONTENTS

I.—GENERAL INTRODUCTION

II.—THE ENIGMA OF YUAN SHIH-KAI

III.—THE DREAM REPUBLIC (From the Manchu Abdication to the dissolution of Parliament)

IV.—THE DICTATOR AT WORK (From the Coup d'état of the 4th Nov. 1913 to the outbreak of the World-war, 1st August, 1914)

V.—THE FACTOR OF JAPAN

VI.—THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

VII.—THE ORIGIN OF THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

VIII.—THE MONARCHIST PLOT 1^o The Pamphlet of Yang Tu

IX.—THE MONARCHY PLOT 2^o Dr. Goodnow's Memorandum

X.—THE MONARCHY MOVEMENT IS OPPOSED The Appeal of the Scholar Liang Chi-chao

XI.—THE DREAM EMPIRE ("The People's Voice" and the action of the Powers)

XII.—"THE THIRD REVOLUTION" The Revolt of Yunnan

XIII.—"THE THIRD REVOLUTION" (continued) Downfall and Death of Yuan Shih-kai

XIV.—THE NEW RÉGIME—FROM 1916 TO 1917

XV.—THE REPUBLIC IN COLLISION WITH REALITY: TWO TYPICAL INSTANCES OF "FOREIGN AGGRESSION"

XVI.—CHINA AND THE WAR

XVII.—THE FINAL PROBLEM:—REMODELLING THE POLITICO-ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WORLD

APPENDICES—DOCUMENTS AND MEMORANDA