Roumania: Russian frontier, i. 44, 56; her aspirations, i. 57. Rozhdestvenski, Admiral, result of his defeat at Tsushima, i. 241, 242 Rusin, Captain, Russian naval attaché, his report on the Japanese navy, i. 206, 207 _Ruski Viestnik_, article on the fleets in the Far East, i. 236, 237 Russia: extent of, in the eighteenth century, i. 2, 3; her neighbours, i. 3; her aims, i. 4; the Great Northern War and its result, i. 5–7; extension of, in the nineteenth century, i. 8, 35; reductions in the army, i. 8; closer touch with Europe, i. 9; struggles with France, i. 10; Polish problem, i. 11; annexation of Finland, i. 12; further wars with Turkey, i. 13, 24; deterioration of the army, i. 14; her navy, i. 15; her unpreparedness, i. 16; Crimean War commences, i. 16; Allies’ disembarkation permitted, i. 17; battle of the Alma, i. 17, 18; Inkerman, i. 18; siege of Sevastopol, i. 18, 19; a premature peace, i. 20–22, 81, 82; emancipation of the serfs, i. 23; Plevna, i. 25; failure of assaults, i. 26; her slow concentration and shortcomings, i. 27–29; her ultimate success, i. 30; Geok Tepe, i. 31; Kushk, i. 32; her position, i. 33–35; losses in the two centuries, i. 36, 37, 98, 99; peace and war establishments, i. 38; her future, i. 39; her Swedish frontier, i. 40–44; her German frontier and trade, i. 44–50; her Austro-Hungarian frontier, i. 50–55; Austria’s strategic railways, i. 55; her Roumanian frontier, i. 56; her Turkish frontier and trade, i. 57; her Persian frontier and trade, i. 58, 59; her aims in Persia, i. 61; her frontier with Afghanistan, i. 62; her policy versus Great Britain, i. 63–66; no wish for India, i. 67; her Chinese frontier, trade, and policy, i. 67–73; her position, i. 73–77; lessons from Franco-German War, i. 79, 80; _National_ wars, i. 80, 81; her isolation in 1878, i. 83; her lever against Great Britain, i. 84; Afghan Boundary Commission, i. 85, 86; military economy, i. 187; her disabilities, i. 188, 189; relative speed of mobilization, i. 90; the awakening of China, i. 91; cession of Kuldja, i. 92–94; her complications, i. 95; deductions from the past, i. 96; strain of armed peace, i. 97; probable losses in the future, i. 99; dangers of alien population, i. 102; the chief duty of the twentieth century, i. 103; her handicap on the west, i. 104, 114; her forward movement in Manchuria, i. 105; the disadvantages of a navy, i. 106, 107; military expenditure, i. 112, 118; expansion of forces in the Pri-Amur district, i. 121–123; commencement and causes of the war with Japan, i. 123, 151, 156, 157; work at Port Arthur, i. 127, 130; railway factor, i. 131–149; line of communications 5,400 miles long, i. 135;