CHAPTER XIX. The Russo-Japanese Negotiations, II 324 Japan’s second proposals, October 30, 324–328; Russia’s second counter-proposals, December 11, 328–329; Japan’s third proposals, December 23, 329–331; pacific declarations of Russia, 331–332; Russia’s third counter-proposals, January 6, 1904, 332–335; new ports opened in Manchuria, 335; Japan’s fourth proposals, January 13, 335–339; military activity of the Russians, 339–341; the termination of the negotiations and the rupture of diplomatic relations, February 5–6, 341–344; the first acts of war, 345; the Russian Manifesto and the Japanese Declaration of War, January 10, 345–348. Supplementary Note to Chapter XIX 348 The Russian _communiqué_, February 18, 348–349; the Russian statement of February 20, 349–351; Japan’s reply to the above, March 3, 352–354; the Russian note to the Powers regarding Korean neutrality, February 22, 355–356; Japan’s reply, March 9, 357–360; Russia’s counter-reply, March 12, 360–362. CHAPTER XX. Chinese Neutrality and Korean Integrity 363 Japan’s advice to China to be neutral, 363, 364; Secretary Hay’s note, 364–365; China’s own declaration, 365; Japan’s pledge to China, 366; the Korean-Japanese alliance, 366–368; its nature analyzed, 368–372. INDEX 373 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE MAP SHOWING “THE REGIONS WHERE THE INTERESTS OF THE TWO POWERS MEET” _Frontispiece_ COUNT CASSINI, RUSSIAN MINISTER AT WASHINGTON, AND FORMERLY AT PEKING 90 COUNT LAMSDORFF, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER 146 LI HUNG-CHANG 193 COUNT KATSURA, PREMIER OF JAPAN 202 M. LESSAR, RUSSIAN MINISTER AT PEKING 255 M. PAVLOFF, LATE RUSSIAN MINISTER AT SEUL 276 Copyright, 1902, by George Grantham Bain BARON KOMURA, JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER 296 ADMIRAL ALEXIEFF, VICEROY OF THE FAR EAST 303 MR. KURINO, LATE JAPANESE MINISTER AT ST. PETERSBURG 331 BARON DE ROSEN, LATE RUSSIAN MINISTER AT TOKIO 347 THE RUSSO-JAPANESE CONFLICT INTRODUCTORY SOME OF THE ISSUES OF THE CONFLICT