[Page 321] Railways, King-Ran road completed to Hankow, 39 first grand trunk road, 39 good work of Belgian constructors, 39 influence of, on people and government, 40 questionable action of American company, 40 reforms in, 203 Rankin, Rev. Henry, with the author, the first white man to enter Hang-chow, 22 Reading-rooms (not libraries, but places for reading) a new institution, 216 Red-haired, the, a vulgar designation for Europeans, 151 Reed, Hon, W. B., American Minister to China, and the _Arrow_ case, 165 Reforms in China, 196-218 Anti-foot-binding Society, 217 army, 201 customs, 206 educational, 213 Hart, Sir Robert, and, 206 legal, 204 merchant marine, 200 mining enterprises, 202 newspapers, 215 post office, 205 railways, 203 streets, 218 telegraph, 214 Tung-wen College and The Imperial University, 209-210 writing, 216 Reforms, unmentioned, 292, 301 a change of costume, 292 domestic slavery, 298 polygamy, 295 Religions, the three, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, their characteristic features, 107 each religion has a hierarchy, 109 "Hall of the Three Religions," 108 Ricci, after twenty years of effort, effects an entrance to Peking, 138 Rice, grown in all the provinces, 3 Richard, Dr. and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 287 Richthofen, explorer, 58 River traffic, junks drawn by hundreds of coolies, 50 Rivers, the Yang-tse Kiang, 25 Hwang Ho, 41 Hingpo, 18 Pearl, 9 Kinsha, the "river of golden sands," 52 Min, 15 Roberts, Rev. Issachar, and the leader of the Tai-pings, 160 is invited to visit their court, 160 Rockhill, Mr., the American Minister, and missionary institutions, 266 Roman Catholic missionaries, dissensions in the ranks of, 143 Roosevelt, President, his efforts to end Russo-Japanese War, 193 [Page 322] awarded Nobel peace prize, 193 interview with Dr. Martin on the subject of the Exclusion Laws and the boycott, 251 Rozhesvenski, Admiral, and the relief squadron for Port Arthur, 190-192 Russell, Mr., and the author captured by pirates, 18 Russia, compels Japan to evacuate Manchuria and occupies the same districts herself, 171 designs on Korea, 182 increases her forces in Manchuria during Boxer War, 182 obtains lease of Port Arthur, 174 schemes for conquest, 182, 183 surprised by Japan's commencement of the war, 184 Russo-Japanese War, the, 181-195