eak of the
World-war, 1st August, 1914)

V.--THE FACTOR OF JAPAN

VI.--THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

VII.--THE ORIGIN OF THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

VIII.--THE MONARCHIST PLOT
1st The Pamphlet of Yang Tu

IX.--THE MONARCHY PLOT
2nd Dr. Goodnow's Memorandum

X.--THE MONARCHY MOVEMENT IS OPPOSED
The Appeal of the Scholar Liang Chi-chao

XI.--THE DREAM EMPIRE
("The People's Voice" and the action of the Powers)

XII.--"THE THIRD REVOLUTION"
The Revolt of Yunnan

XIII.--"THE THIRD REVOLUTION" (_continued_)
Downfall and Death of Yuan Shih-kai

XIV.--THE NEW REGIME--FROM 1916 TO 1917

XV.--THE REPUBLIC IN COLLISION WITH REALITY: TWO TYPICAL INSTANCES OF
"FOREIGN AGGRESSION"

XVI.--CHINA AND THE WAR

XVII.--THE FINAL PROBLEM:--REMODELLING THE POLITICO-ECONOMIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WORLD

APPENDICES--DOCUMENTS AND MEMORANDA

ILLUSTRATIONS

President Li Yuan-Hung

The Funeral of Yuan-Shih-kai: The Procession passing down the great
Palace Approach with the famous Ch'ien Men (Gate) in the distance

The Provincial Troops of General Chang Hsun at his Headquarters of
Hsuchowfu

The Funeral of Yuan Shih-kai: The Catafalque over the Coffin on its
way to the Railway Station

The Funeral of Yuan Shih-kai: The Procession passing down the great
Palace Approach with the famous Ch'ien Men (Gate) in the distance

An Encampment of "The Punitive Expedition" of 1916 on the Upper
Yangtsze (_By courtesy of Major Isaac Newell, U.S. Military Attache_.)

Revival of the Imperialistic Worship of Heaven by Yuan Shih-kai in
1914: Scene on the Altar of Heaven, with Sacrificial Officers clothed
in costumes dating from 2,000 years ago.

A Manchu Country Fair: The figures in the foreground are all Manchu
Women and Girls

A Manchu Woman grinding Grain

Silk-reeling done in the open under the Walls of Peking

Modern Peking: A Run on a Bank

The Re-opening of Parliament on August 1st, 1916, after three years of
dictatorial rule

The Original Constitutional Drafting Committee of 1913, photographed
on the Steps of the Temple of Heaven, where the Draft was completed

A Presidential Review of Troops in the Southern Hungtung Park outside
Peking: Arrival of the President

President Li Yuan-Hung and the General Staff watching the Review

March-past of a