they can have a substitute. When they are cured they can resume their duties. All other officials under sixty, no matter how great their craving, must abandon the use within six months. If unable to discontinue the habit they can retain their rank, but must retire from office. But those who falsely pretend to abandon the habit and continue the use of opium secretly will be deprived of both rank and office. All teachers, scholars, soldiers, and sailors throughout all ranks will be allowed three months wherein entirely to abandon the habit.
10. The Wai-wu-pu is commanded to approach the British Minister with reference to the annual reduction of opium imported, so that the importation may be ended within ten years. Since opium is also imported from Persia, French Indo-China, and the Dutch colonies, the respective Ministers must also be approached, but in the case of non-treaty Powers China will act independently. Strict regulations must be enforced against the smuggling of opium. Morphia and hypodermic syringes for its use being even more injurious than opium, therefore Article XI. of the Mackay Treaty of September 7, 1902, and Article XVI. of the American Treaty of October 8, 1903, must be given effect to, and the manufacture of morphia in China forthwith prohibited, whether by Chinese or foreigners.
11. The Viceroys and high officials must forthwith issue proclamations throughout the Empire embodying the foregoing regulations.
Abdali tribe: friendly relations
with Aden Government, 43 Abdul Hamid: resuscitation of Ottoman Empire under his strong rule, 27
Aden: cause of its acquisition by Great Britain, 39; necessity for its transfer from the Bombay Government to the Colonial Office, 42; Hinterland, 44; Hinterland, 44; Imperial importance of Aden as a place d'armes and coaling- station, 48
Adis Ababa capital of the Em- peror Menelik, 50 Artillery, Japanese: superiority over the Russian artillery, 129 Assab Bay: occupation of, by the Italians, 51
Atlantic Ocean: linked to the Pacific by the Canadian Pacific Railway, 156
Bana River: eastern boundary of Turkish territory in South Arabia, 43 Beaconsfield, Lord: purchase of
Suez Canal shares in 1875, 33 Bermuda: its central position as a coaling-station in the Atlantic, 168 Bushido:
code of Japanese
chivalry, 109 Buxton, Mr. Sydney: proposals for cheapening the rates of postage between the United Kingdom and Canada, 181
Canada policy of Dominion Government in regard to Im- perial Defence, 172; armed forces of the Dominion, 173; Territorial Military Organiza-
tion, 174-175; vulnerability of Canadian land frontier, 175; loyalty of French Canadians, 176; necessity of obligatory military service, 177; scarcity of English newspapers in Canadian towns, 181
Canadian Northern Railway Company, 163
Canadian Pacific Railway: its strategical value to the Empire, 155; its dominant position in Canada, 158; unbroken pros- perity of the Company, 159; prudent administration of the Directors, 160
Cavalry, Japanese: efforts to improve this arm of the service, 128
Ceuta proposal for its exchange for Gibraltar, 21
Ceylon: the model Crown Colony, 59; history of its connection with Great Britain, 60; sketch of the island, 62; prosperity of the Colony, 65; contentment of the native population, 67 Chamberlain, the Right Hon. Joseph his sympathetic ad- ministration of Crown Colony government in Ceylon, 68; his views on Imperial political economy, 158; his success as a Colonial Minister, 183 Chefoo Convention: power of Chinese Government to de- nounce, 92 China Chinese population at Hong Kong, 88; admirable qualities of the Chinese labourer, 89; sincere determination of Chinese Government to stamp out opium-smoking, 92; Chinese
Sovereignty at Shanghai, 94; mixed Court in the international settlement at Shanghai, 97; the Yellow Peril, 103 Christmas Island: annexed to Great Britain in 1887, 70 Chusan Island: proposed occupa- tion, 101
Cocos Island: annexed to Great Britain in 1857, 70 Colombo advantage over Trin- comalee as a commercial port, 61; sketch of harbour, 64; cost of harbour works, 65 Cyprus circumstances of its ac- quisition by Great Britain, 27; revenue, 28
Djibuti seat of French Govern- ment transferred there from Obokh in 1895, 52
Dover: harbour under construc- tion, 13
Dthala proposed light railway to, 44
Hadhramout: valley in Southern Arabia, 44
Halifax abandonment as a naval base, 168
Hankow the future Chicago of China, 2; commercial develop- ment, 96
Harrar capital of the Gallas country, 52
Hong-Kong: biggest port in the world, 82; trade has followed the flag, 82; bad title-deeds, 82; description of island, 84; 'New Territory, 86; success of Crown Colony system of govern- ment, 91
Hudson Bay: proposed branch railway to, 164
Husn Murad: boundary point of Anglo-Turkish frontier in South Arabia, 43
Ieyasu: policy of isolation, 137; founder of the Tokugawa dy- nasty of Shoguns, 148 Italy Italian troops defeated by Menelik, 50; incubus of her African possessions, 51
Japan peace celebrations at Tokyo, 106; religious tolerance of the Japanese people, 107; decay of Buddhism in Japan, 108; Shinto faith, 109; bene- ficial effects of conscription, 110; commercial unreliability, 111; Anglo-Japanese alliance, 111; views of Marquis Ito on post bellum policy of Japan, 150-151; party government in Japan, 152; the present Cabinet,
Japanese Army: numerical strength, 121-122; Imperial review at Tokyo, 123; salient characteristics of army, 125-130; reduction of colour service to two years, 131; high qualities of Japanese officers, 135 Japanese Navy: growth of Japan's sea-power, 137-140; naval stations, 140; naval or- ganization, 141-144; fighting qualities of Japanese sailors, 144
Shogunate its suppression in 1868, 147 Singapore: the gateway of the Pacific, 69; occupation by Sir Stamford Raffles, 71; expro- priation of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, 75
Socotra: sketch of island, 47 Straits Settlements: extent of territory, 70; government, 72; defects of the Crown Colony system, 74; Governorship of Sir Andrew Clarke, 78 Suez Canal: Convention of 1888, 29; danger of being blocked in time of war, 30; administration of Canal, 32; improvements, 35; compared as a trade route with the Panama Canal, 37 Swettenham, Sir Frank: his Governorship of the Straits Settlements, 79
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