Selkirks, the, 169, 243. Semites, the, 21. Sepoy forces in India, 191. "Setch," the Cossack, 188, 189. Shimonoseki, the Peace of, 38. the Straits of, 38. Shintoism, 32, 36. Shoguns, the, 36. Siberia, Russia and, 25. the Cossacks and, 5. Siberian Railway, the, 186. Simeon, 22. Simpson, Prof. W. J., on the Plague, 61. Singapore, 11, 85, 95, 96, 250, 258. harbour of, 97. Slavs, the, 22, 267. Socialism in Japan, 7. Socialists in China, 49. Sorcerer, the, in the South Sea Islands, 149. South America, 10. South American armies, 198. South Pacific, the British Flag in, 135. the native races, 135. South Sea Islands, 93, 149. Spain: war with United States, 82. "Spheres of influence," the, 85, 236, 240. Spice Islands, the, 93. Straits of Shimonoseki forced, 38. Straits Settlements, the, 248. Strategical considerations, 245 _et seq._ Suez Canal, free navigation of, 221. the mosquito trouble, 218. Sumarai, the, 32. Sun-worship, 151. Suva, 143. Taft, President, 159 (footnote), 171 (footnote), 218, 225, 271. Talon, Jean Baptiste, 167. Taoism, 49. Tartar and Mongol tribes, the, 49. Tartary, 3, 22. Tasmania, 137. Teutons, the, 267. Texas, annexation of, 73. Thakombau, King, 134. Theodosius, Emperor, 49. Tibet, British intentions on, 211. Tokio _Nichi-Nichi_, the, 211. Tracy, Marquis de, 167. Trade reciprocity, 164, 174. Trans-Andine railways, the, 10. Treaties in the Pacific, 199. Treaties with Japan, British (1902), 199. (1905), 204-209. (1911), 199, 206, 207-211. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Japan, 206, 207-211. of St Germain-en-Laye, 167. Triple Alliance, the, 199. Triple Entente, the, 213. Truvor, 22. Turkey, Lord Salisbury on, 16. Turks, the, 23, 40. at Constantinople, 41. Russia and, 19.