dual capacity of Finance Minister, i. 139, 140; her finance and revenue, i. 141–144; War Minister’s opinion on the Manchurian and Korean questions, i. 145; inception of the Siberian Railway, i. 149–155; Boxer Rebellion, i. 154, 155; her intentions as to Manchuria, and the result, i. 157–170; treaty with China, i. 158, 160; influence of M. de Witte, i. 171; the Royal Timber Company, i. 172–184, 306–313; pyramid of her interests, i. 185, 186; establishment of a Viceroyalty in the Far East, i. 187; Kuropatkin’s special reports, i. 188–193; her bluff, i. 194–198; reasons for her reverses in the war with Japan, i. 229–309, ii. 1–97; suggested improvements in the army, ii, 98–176; summary of the war, ii. 177–287; conclusions upon the battle of Mukden, i. 288–305; breakdown of the unit organization and distribution, ii. 314–335 _Russki Invalid_, article on military expenditure, i. 111, 112; on duty and love of country, ii. 78–80 Russo-Chinese Bank, De Witte’s influence over the, i. 172 Saghalien, Russian garrison at, i. 148, 200; part concession of, to Japan, i. 232 St. George, the Cross of, ii. 16 St. Petersburg Convention, i. 40 _n._ Sakharoff, General, Chief of the Headquarter Staff, i. 115, 207; War Minister, i. 252; the Siberian Railway, i. 261; mobilization, i. 272, 273, 276, 277; unfitness of generals, i. 300; his description of the Japanese plans, ii. 30; commands the Southern Force, ii. 209 Samoiloff, Lieutenant-Colonel, military attaché in Japan, his views on Japanese strength, i. 208 Samsonoff, General, and his Siberian Cossacks, ii. 234 Sappers. See Engineers Serfs, emancipation of the, i. 23, 24 Servia, war with Turkey, i. 24 Sevastopol, siege of, i. 18, 19, 83; Russian loss at, i. 98 Sha Ho, Russian strength at battle of, i. 242, ii. 182; Japanese loss at, ii. 193 Shipka Pass, defence of the, i. 26, 30 Shtakelberg, General: on the Yalu, ii. 38; concentration at Te-li-ssu, ii. 218, 219; battle near the Yen-tai Mines, ii. 234; strength of his force, ii. 243 _n._; faulty disposition of his troops, ii. 246, 247; his attack on Su-ma-pu, ii. 262 Siberian Railway. See Railways Siberian Rifle Regiments, East, expansion and value of, i. 124–126, ii. 183, 207 Sinope, Russian victory at, i. 15, 16, 107 Skobeleff, General, at Plevna, i. 26, 28; seizes Geok Tepe, i. 31, 85, 148 Solovieff, M., historian, the Crimean War, i. 21, 22 Sosnovski, Lieutenant-Colonel, and the Chinese, i. 92 Spade, revival in the army of the use of the, i. 142 Stössel, General: defence of Port Arthur, ii. 213; his alarmist reports, ii. 229 Subotin, General, capture of Mukden, i. 155 Sungari River, Russian withdrawal to, i. 232 Surrender, the question of, ii. 175 _Suvoroff_, Russian battleship, gallantry on the, i. 240