——, advises China to be neutral, 363–364; upholds China’s neutrality, 366; Korean relations, 356, 359; the Protocol, 366 ff.; reform in Korea, 257–260, 366 ff. Jordan, in Seul, 269, 282. Ka-heung, 265. Katō, Masuo, 280 n. 3. Katō, T., ex-Foreign Minister, 198 n. 3. Katsu, Awa, late Count, 51 n. 1. Katsura, Tarō, Viscount, Premier, 200, 296, 324, 329, 337, 342. Kerosene oil, at Vladivostok, 40; at Chemulpo, 40. Ketteler, Baron von, 164. Keyserling, whaling concession, 46 n. 3, 283 and n. 2. Kiakhta, 38. Kiao-chau, use by Russia promised, 86; in the “Cassini Convention,” 89; desired by Germany, 101–102; seized, 104; leased, 105. Kin-chow, 131, 175, 182. Kinder, C. W., 91, 156. Kion-song, 285. Kiong-hung, 284. Kirin, Province of, 221, 241, 316. Kojedo, Island, 276. _Koku_ = 4.9629 bushels (dry) or 39.7033 gallons (liquid). _Kokumin_ = the _Kokumin Shimbun_ (National News), a daily journal edited by Hon. I. Tokutomi, Tokio. Komura, Baron, J., 212; at Seul, 261, 265; the K.-Waeber Memorandum, 265–266; before the Throne, 296, 324, 329, 337, 342, etc.; invites Russia to negotiate, 296–299; desires an understanding with Russia, 300; sends the first note, 302; receives the first reply, 308; confers with Rosen, 324, etc.; sends the third note, 329–331; corrects Russia’s error, 333 n.; points out Russian fallacy, 334; sends the fourth note, 337–339; sends the final notes to Kurino, 342; on Chinese neutrality, 363–364; on Hay’s note, 364. (Also see _Japan_.) Korea, population of, 27–28 n. 1; fairs in, 24 n. 3; currency of, 23 and n. 3; railways in, 24 and n. 1, 303, 325; official corruption in, 20, 27; trade, 10–16, 17, 19–20, 21; Japanese in, 21–26; land-purchase in, 23 n. 1; land-rent in, 29 n. 1; connected with Manchuria, 49–50; Russian interests in, 46–48; Japanese and Russian interests in, compared, 47–48, 51–53. ——, dependent on China, 257, 267; China’s place in, replaced by Russia, 77; the Queen of, 258–261; the King (Emperor since October, 1897) of, 261, 262–263, 265, 269, 273 n. 1, at the Russian Legation, 284, 289, flexible will of, 273–274, interested in timber work, 290 n. 2, E. and Government, 320 n. 2, Pavloff before E., 322 n., E. neutral, 355, Russia claims E. was coerced, 356, 359; the Imperial House guaranteed by Japan, 367; timber concessions, 46 and n. 2; whaling concessions, 46 and n. 3; bank-notes, 23 and n. 2, 281; the Korean Straits, 309, 325, 326, 328, 331, 333, 340 n. ——, independence of, 52 and n. 2, 60, 70, 71, 73, 75, 128, 202, 203, 208, 209, 257, 266, 271, 297, 303, 305–307, 308, 324, 328, 337, 342–343, 347, 355, 367 ff.; integrity of, 203, 208, 211; “open door” in, 202, 203, 205, 208, 211; neutrality of, 322 and n. 2, 355–357, 357–360, 360–362.