First Bank of Japan, in Korea, 23, 281. Fisheries in Korean waters, 26. Flour, 40. Food-stuffs. See _Agriculture_. Formosa, 2, 5, 22, 70. France, joining Russia in 1895, 71–77; sympathies with Russia, 78; reply to Hay, 136; on the Anglo-German Agreement, 159; peace terms after the Boxer trouble, 163; Declaration with Russia, 207–213, 355. Frontier guards, 98, 230–232. Fusan, trade at, 15, 19; Japanese in, 23; Seul Railway, 24 and n. 2, n. 3, 286 and n.; Seul telegraph, 265; Japanese gendarmes, 265; troops in, 266; Russian Consul at, 360, 362. Gensan (Wonsan), 25, n. 1; Japanese troops in, 266. Germany, not joining in intervention, 68; advising Japan, 69; coöperating with Russia and France, 71–77; as a free lance, 78; service to China, 101 and n. 2; leasing Kiao-chau, 101–109; attitude toward Wei-hai-Wei, 107 n. 1; reply to Hay, 136; agreement with England, 156–161; at peace conferences at Peking, 162; the Ketteler murder, 164; on the Alexieff-Tsêng Agreement, 169 and n. 3; on the Lamsdorff-Yang-yu Agreement, 178; on the Anglo-Japanese alliance, 199 n. 1; the Kaiser on China’s neutrality, 365. Giers, M. de, in Peking, 141, 152, 179, 181 and n. 1, 190. Ginseng, in Korea, 25. Great Britain. See _England_. Gribsky, General, 144, 155. Griscom, in Tokio, 364. Groderkoff, General, 145. Gubbins, in Seul, 278. Gunzburg, Baron, 25 and n. 3, 279, 280, 288, 319, 321. Habarofsk, 341, 353. Harbin, retaken, 144; development, 43–54; telegraphic connections with Wiju and Port Arthur, 285; as open port, 255; not to be opened, 45, 314. Hardinge, at St. Petersburg, 231. Harris, Townsend, 56. Hart, Sir Robert, 112. Hay, Secretary John, circular note of, in 1899, 135–138; on Russia’s propositions, 150 n. 1; circular of, July 3, 1900, 150 n. 1; on Russian demands, 194; making inquiries at St. Petersburg, 246; negotiating for opening Manchurian ports, 252–254; on China’s neutrality, 364–365. Hayashi, Gonsuke, in Korea, contrasted with Pavloff, 273; regarding Masampo, 275, 277; about MacLeavy Brown, 278; about Russian loan, 279; about Yong-am-po, 319, 320; signed the Korean Protocol, 367. Hayashi, Baron H., in London, 204. Hei-lung, Province of, 221, 241, 316. Herbert, Sir Michael, 252. Henry, Prince, of Germany, 104. Heyking, Baron von, 104–105, 105 n. 4. Hilidebrand, Admiral, 276. Hill, J. J., on freight to the East, 42 n. Hong-kong, 8 n. 3, 16 n. 3. Hoshi, Tōru, 258. Hosie, Alexander, 228 n. 1, 231. Ignatieff, 66. Indemnity, Chinese, to Japan, 70, 84; to the Powers, 233. Independence, of Korea, 257, 266, 271; of Korea and China, 202, 203, 205, 208, 209. Integrity of China, forgotten in 1898, 139; in the Anglo-German Agreement, 159; in 1900, 139, 165; of China and Korea, 105–106, 203, 205, 208, 211.