Chapter I: Front Matter

AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
IN CHINA

WRITINGS OF PAUL S. REINSCH

The Common Law in the Early American Colonies, 1899

World Politics at the End of the Nineteenth Century As Influenced by The Oriental Situation, 1900

Colonial Government, 1902

Colonial Administration, 1905

American Legislatures and Legislative Methods, 1907

Intellectual Currents in the Far East, 1911

International Unions, 1911

Essentials of Government, 1920 (_Published in Chinese_)

Secret Diplomacy, 1921

AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
IN CHINA

BY

PAUL S. REINSCH

AMERICAN MINISTER TO CHINA,
1913-1919

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., AND TORONTO

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1922

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
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COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1922, BY ASIA PUBLISHING COMPANY IN THE
UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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_First Edition_

CONTENTS

PART I OLD CHINA AND THE NEW REPUBLIC

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Dictator-President of China 1

II. China of Many Persons 8

III. Old Confucianism in the New China 23

IV. A Glimpse Behind the Political Scenes 42

V. With Men Who Watch Politics 48

VI. China of Merchant-Adventurers 59

VII. Prompt Proposals for American Action 70

VIII. A Little Vision for China 80

IX. "Slow Americans" 95

X. Folk Ways and Officials 108

PART II
THE PASSING OF YUAN SHIH-KAI

XI. The War: Japan in Shantung 123

XII. The Famous Twenty-One Demands 129

XIII. Getting Together 150

XIV. War Days in Peking 161

XV. Emperor Yuan Shih-Kai 171

XVI. Downfall and Death of Yuan Shih-Kai 183

XVII. Republicans in the Saddle 198

PART III
THE WAR AND CHINA

XVIII. American Entrepreneurs in Peking 207

XIX. Guarding the "Open Door" 217

XX. Diary of Quiet Days. Autumn of 1916 230

XXI. China Breaks with Germany 241

XXII. China's Bosses Come to Peking 260

XXIII. An Emperor for a Day 272

XXIV. War With Germany: Readjustments 286

XXV. The Chinese Go A-Borrowing 296

PART IV
LAST YEAR OF WAR AND AFTERMATH

XXVI. The Lansing-Ishii Notes 307

XXVII. Amidst Troubles Peking Rejoices 317

XXVIII. A New World War Coming? 328

XXIX. Japan Shows Her Teeth 339

XXX. Bandits, Intriguers, and a House Divided 347

XXXI. Young Men in Peking, Old Men in Paris 358

XXXII. A Nation Strikes and Unites 368

XXXIII. Taking Leave of Peking 375

Index 391