Rosen, Baron, Nishi-R. Memorandum, 270 ff.; R. at Port Arthur, 301; conferences with Komura, 324, 332, etc.; leaves Tokio, 345 and n., 350, 351. _Ruble_ = 51.5 cents. Russia, declines to coerce Japan, 68; leads in coercion, 70-77; favors China, 83, 85, 88, 128; guarantees Chinese loan, 83-84; allies with China, 85, 93, 94 n. 2; the “Cassini Convention,” 87-95, 98; the railway agreement, 96-99; leases Talien-wan and Port Arthur, 110-134; replies to Hay, 137-138; the Boxer affair, 142 and notes, 149-150 and notes; circular of August 25, 151-154; features of diplomacy, 140, 147-148, 151-155, 163-165, 165, n. 1; on the Anglo-German Agreement, 159-160; the declaration with France, 78, 207-213; the convention of evacuation, 93, 214 ff. ——, investments in Manchuria, 32-33 and notes; colonization in Manchuria, 43; interests in Manchuria, 33-35, 47-48, 325, 326; economics of Russia, 36, 54-55; commercial policy, 36-43, 43-45, 45-46, 57-58; economics and politics, 56-57; representing old civilization, 53-64, 56 n. 2. ——, in Korea, takes China’s place, 77; influence after the Chinese war, 259, 261-272, chapter xvii.; economic interests, 46-47; telegraph, 284; bank, 267, 270; policy, 48-53. ——, negotiations with Japan (see _Japan_); Russian interpretation, 327 n. 9, 349-351; manifesto of war, 345-346. (Also see _Issues_, _Japan_, _Korea_, and _Manchuria_.) Russo-Chinese Bank, the, 84-85, 192, 201, 238, 243, 279, 290 n. 2, 316. Russo-Korean Bank, the, 269, 270. Rye, 4. St. Petersburg, politics in, 301. Saitō, Shūichirō, 258. Sakhalien, 66-67. Salisbury, the Marquess of, 108, 113, 115, 117, 123-125, 149 n. 2, 158 n. 2. Sands, 280 n. 3. Satow, Sir Ernest, at Peking, 91, 166, 173, 177, 179, 189, 191, 229, 234. Scott, Sir Charles, 142 n. 1, 143 n. 3, 166 n. 1, 180. Settlements, foreign, in Manchuria, 45, 314, 333-334 and n. 3, 338. Seul, trade at, 15; Japanese troops in, 266; S.-Chemulpo Railway, 24 and n. 1, 286; S.-Fusan Railway, 24 and n. 2, n. 3, 286 and n.; S.-Fusan telegraph, 265; S.-Wiju Railway, 25 and n. 1, n. 3, 285-288; S.-Wonsan Railway, 25 n. 1. (Also see _Korea_.) Seymour, Admiral, 141. Shan-hai-kwan. See _Northern Railway_. Shan-tung, Province, 101, 106, 107 n. 1, 109. Sheng-king, Province of 221, 233 ff., 239, 283, 316. Shimonoseki, the treaty of, 70, 355. Siberia, Eastern, 40, 46. Siberian Railway, as carrier, 41, 55, 61-64; projected, 68. Skrydloff, Rear Admiral, 284. _Sō-shi_ (political bravoes), 261-262, 265. Sonntag, Miss, 25 and n. 3, 280. Sovereignty, 105-106. (Also see _Balance_, _Independence_, and _Integrity_.) Speyer, A. de, 269-270. Staal, de, 115, 116, 118, 122, 229-230. Starck, Admiral, 293. Statutes, the Railway, 230. Stein, 274, 275, 288, 291, 292. Sugar, 4 n. 2. Sugiyama, 141, 164. Sungari River, the, 316. Tai-ku, 265.