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., neither the result of a sudden impulse, nor of the shakiness of a Ministry which had to choose between its own downfall and a foreign war. The latter view could only occur to the most superficial student of Far Eastern history and politics.
Japan for several centuries has regarded herself as possessing vested rights to commercial ascendency in Korea. The harvest of the Korean seas has been reaped by her fishermen, and for 300 years her colonies have sustained a more or less prosperous existence at Fusan. Her resentment of the pretensions of China in Korea, though debarred for a considerable time from active exercise, first by the policy of seclusion pursued by the Tokugawa House, and next by the necessity of consolidating her own internal polity after the restoration, has never slumbered.
To deprive China of a suzerainty which, it must be admitted, was not exercised for the advantage of Korea; to consolidate her own commercial supremacy; to ensure for herself free access and special privileges; to establish a virtual protectorate under which no foreign dictation would be tolerated; to reform Korea on Japanese lines, and to substitute her own liberal and enlightened civilization for the antique Oriental conservatism of the Peninsula, are aims which have been kept steadily in view for forty years, replacing in part the designs which had existed for several previous centuries.
In order to judge correctly of the action or inaction of Japan during 1896 and 1897, it must be borne in mind not only that her diplomacy is secret and reticent, but that it is steady; that it has not hitherto been affected by any great political cataclysms at home; that it has less of opportunism than that of almost any other nation, and that the Japanese have as much tenacity and fixity of purpose as any other race. Also, Japanese policy in Korea is still shaped by the same remarkable statesmen, who from the day that Japan emerged upon the international arena have been recognized by the people as their natural leaders, and who have guided the country through the manifold complications which beset the path of her enlightened progress with a celerity and freedom from disaster which have compelled the admiration of the world.
The assassination of the Korean Queen under the auspices of Viscount Miura, and the universal horror excited by the act, rendered it politic for Japan to keep out of sight till the storm which threatened to wreck her _prestige_ in Korea had blown over. This temporary retirement was arranged with consummate skill. There were no violent dislocations. The garrisons which were to be withdrawn quietly slipped away, and were replaced by guards only sufficient for the protection of the Japanese Legation, the Japanese telegraph, and other property. The greater number of the Japanese in Korean Government employment fell naturally out of it as their contracts expired, and quietly retired from the country. Ministers of experience, proved ability, and courtesy of demeanor, have succeeded to the post once occupied by Mr. Otori and Viscount Miura. There has been scarcely any recent interference with Korean affairs, and the Japanese colonists who were much given to bullying and blustering are on greatly improved behavior, the most objectionable among them having been recalled by orders from home. Diplomatically, Japan has carefully avoided friction with the Korean Government and the representatives of the other Powers. But to infer from this that she has abandoned her claims, or has swerved from her determination to make her patronage essential to the well-being of Korea would be a grave mistake.
It has been said that whatever Japan lost in Korea Russia gained. It is true that the King in his terror and apprehension threw himself upon the protection of the Russian Minister, and remained for more than a year under the shelter of the Russian flag, and that at his request a Russian Military Commission arrived to reorganize and drill the Korean army, that Russia presented 3,000 Berdan rifles to Korea, that a Russian financier spent the autumn of 1896 in Seoul investigating the financial resources and prospects of the country, and that the King, warned by disastrous experiences of betrayal, prefers to trust his personal safety to his proximity to the Russian military quarters.
But “Russian Ascendency,” in the sense of “_Control_” in which Japanese ascendency is to be understood, has never existed. The Russian Minister used the undoubtedly influential position which circumstances gave him with unexampled moderation, and only brought his influence to bear on the King in cases of grave misrule. The influence of Russia, however, grew quietly and naturally, with little of external manifestation, up to March, 1897, when the publication of a treaty, concluded ten months before between Russia and Japan,[61] caused something of a revulsion of feeling in favor of the latter country, and Russia has been slowly losing ground. Her policy is too pacific to allow of a quarrel with Japan, and a quarrel would be the inevitable result of any present attempt at dictatorship in Korea. So far, she has pursued a strictly opportunist policy, taking no steps except those which have been forced upon her; and even if the Korean pear were ready to drop into her mouth, I greatly doubt if she would shake the tree.
At all events, Russia let the opportunity of obtaining ascendency in Korea go by. It is very likely that she never desired it. It may be quite incompatible with other aims, at which we can only guess. At the same time, the influence of Japan is quietly and steadily increasing. Certainly the great object of the triple intervention in the treaty negotiations in Shimonoseki was to prevent Japan from gaining a foothold on the mainland of the Asiatic Continent; but it does not seem altogether impossible that, by playing a waiting game and profiting by previous mistakes, she, without assuming a formal protectorate, may be able to add, for all practical purposes of commerce and emigration, a mainland province to her Empire. Forecasts are dangerous things,[62] but it is safe to say that if Russia, not content with such quiet, military developments as may be in prospect, were to manifest any aggressive designs on Korea, Japan is powerful enough to put a brake on the wheel! Korea, however, is incapable of standing alone, and unless so difficult a matter as a joint protectorate could be arranged, she must be under the tutelage of either Japan or Russia.
If Russia were to acquire an actual supremacy, the usual result would follow. Preferential duties and other imposts would practically make an end of British trade in Korea with all its large potentialities. The effacement of British political influence has been effected chiefly by a policy of _laissez-faire_, which has produced on the Korean mind the double impression of indifference and feebleness, to which the dubious and hazy diplomatic relationship naturally contributes. If England has no contingent interest in the political future of a country rich in undeveloped resources and valuable harbors, and whose possession by a hostile Power might be a serious peril to her interests in the Far East, her policy during the last few years has been a sure method of evidencing her unconcern.
Though we may have abandoned any political interest in Korea, the future of British trade in the country remains an important question. Such influence as England possesses, being exercised through a non-official channel, and therefore necessarily indirect, is owing to the abilities, force, and diplomatic tact of Mr. M’Leavy Brown, the Chief Commissioner of Customs, formerly of H.B.M.’s Chinese Consular Service. So long as he is in control at the capital, and such upright and able men as Mr. Hunt, Mr. Oiesen, and Mr. Osborne are Commissioners at the treaty ports (Appendix D), so long will England be commercially important in Korean estimation.
The Customs revenue, always increasing, and collected at a cost of 10 per cent. only, is the backbone of Korean finance; and everywhere the ability and integrity of the administration give the Commissioners an influence which is necessarily in favor of England, and which produces an impression even on corrupt Korean officialism. That this service should remain in our hands is of the utmost practical importance. In the days of Japanese ascendency there was a great desire to upset the present arrangement, but it was frustrated by the tact and firmness of the Chief Commissioner. The next danger is that it should pass into Russian hands, which would be a severe blow to our _prestige_ and interests. Some of the leading Russian papers are agitating this question, and the _Novoie Vremia_ of 9th September, 1897, in writing of the opening of the ports of Mok-po and Chi-nam-po to foreign trade, says:--“These encroachments are chiefly due to the cleverness of the British officials who are at the head of the Financial and Customs Departments of the Korean administration.” It adds, “If Russia tolerates any further increase in this policy ... Great Britain will convert the country into one of her best markets.” The _Novoie Vremia_ goes on to urge “the Russian Government to exercise, before it is too late, a more searching surveillance than at present, to take steps to reduce the number of British officials in the Korean Government (the Customs), and to compel Japan to withdraw what are practically the military garrisons which she has established in Korea.”
Such, in brief outline, is the position of political affairs in Korea at the close of 1897. Her long and close political connection with China is severed; she has received from Japan a gift of independence which she knows not how to use; England, for reasons which may be guessed at, has withdrawn from any active participation in her affairs; the other European Powers have no interests to safeguard in that quarter; and her integrity and independence are at the mercy of the most patient and the most ambitious of Empires, whose interests in the Far East are conflicting, if not hostile.
It is with great regret that I take leave of Korea, with Russia and Japan facing each other across her destinies. The distaste I felt for the country at first passed into an interest which is almost affection, and on no previous journey have I made dearer and kinder friends, or those from whom I parted more regretfully. I saw the last of Seoul in snow in the blue and violet atmosphere of one of the loveliest of her winter mornings, and the following day left Chemulpo in a north wind of merciless severity in the little Government steamer _Hyenik_ for Shanghai, where the quaint Korean flag excited much interest and questioning as she steamed slowly up the river.
FOOTNOTES:
[60] The good intentions of the Korean Sovereign, as well as the weakness which renders them ineffective, are typically illustrated in these two pathetic documents.
[61] See Appendix E.
[62] As “it is the unexpected which happens,” it would not be surprising if certain moves, ostensibly with the object of placing the independence of Korea on a firm basis, were made even before these volumes are published.
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A.
MISSION STATISTICS FOR KOREA, 1896.
KEY: 1: Year of beginning work in Korea. 2: Number of married male Missionaries. 3: Number of unmarried male Missionaries. 4: Number of unmarried female Missionaries. 5: Number of stations where Missionaries reside. 6: Number of out stations where no Missionaries reside.
+-------------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | NAME OF MISSION. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +-------------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 1884 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 25} | | | | | | | | } | | American Presbyterian | | | | | | } | | Mission (South) | 1892 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | } | | | | | | | | } | | Australian Presbyterian | | | | | | } | | Mission | 1891 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | } | | | | | | | | } | | Y.M.C.A. Mission of | | | | | | } | | Canada | 1889 | 1 | | | 1 | } | | | | | | | | | | American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 1885 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | 1896 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ella Thing Memorial | | | | | | | | Mission (Baptist) | 1895 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Society for the | | | | | | | | Propagation of the | 1890 | | 9 | 7 | 3 | | | Gospel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Société des Missions- | | | | | | | | Étrangères | 1784 | | 26 | 8 | 19 | 466 | +-------------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
KEY: 7: Number of organized churches. 8: Number of churches wholly self-supporting. 9: Number of churches partially self-supporting. 10: Number of communicants received during past year. 11: Number of catechumens or probationers received during past year. 12: Number dismissed during past year. 13: Number of deaths during past year. 14: Present membership.
+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | NAME OF MISSION. | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | | Mission (North) |} | | | | | | | | |} | | | | | | | |American Presbyterian |} | | | | | | | | Mission (South) |} | | | | | | | | |} 13 | 8 | 5 | 210 | 635 | 3 | 2 | |Australian Presbyterian|} | | | | | | | | Mission |} | | | | | | | | |} | | | | | | | |Y.M.C.A. Mission of |} | | | | | | | | Canada |} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 7 | | 7 | 57 | 588 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Ella Thing Memorial | | | | | | | | | Mission (Baptist) | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |Society for the | | | | | | | | | Propagation of the | | | | | | | | | Gospel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Société des Missions- | | | | | | | | | Étrangères | 18 | | |1,250| | | 515 | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
KEY: 15: Number of Sabbath schools. 16: Number of pupils in Sabbath schools. 17: Number of day schools. 18: Number of pupils in day schools. 19: Number of boarding-schools for boys. 20: Number of boarding-schools for girls.
+-----------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | NAME OF MISSION. | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | +-----------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | | | | { 7 | 139 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | { | | | | |American Presbyterian | | | | { | | | | | Mission (South) | | | | { | | | | | | 510 | 10 | 783 | { | | | | |Australian Presbyterian| | | | { | | | | | Mission | | | | { | | | 1 | | | | | | { | | | | |Y.M.C.A. Mission of | | | | { | | | | | Canada | | | | { | | | | | | | | | | | | | |American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 266 | 7 | 512 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Ella Thing Memorial | | | | | | | | | Mission (Baptist) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Society for the | | | | | | | | | Propagation of the | | | | | | | | | Gospel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Société des Missions- | | | | | | \ / | | Étrangères |28,802| | | 21 | 204 | 2 | +-----------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
KEY: 21: Number of pupils in boarding-schools for boys. 22: Number of pupils in boarding-schools for girls. 23: Number of theological schools. 24: Number of theological students. 25: Number of native ministers. 26: Number of unordained preachers and helpers.
+-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ | NAME OF MISSION. | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | +-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ |American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 50 | 35 | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | |American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | |Australian Presbyterian| | | | | | | | Mission | | 9 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |Y.M.C.A. Mission of | | | | | | | | Canada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 110 | 50 | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | | |American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Ella Thing Memorial | | | | | | | | Mission (Baptist) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Society for the | | | | | | | | Propagation of the | | | | | | | | Gospel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Société des Missions- | \ / | | | | | | Étrangères | 271 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 16 | +-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
KEY: 27: Number of Bible-women. 28: Number of hospitals. 29: Number of in-patients treated during past year. 30: Number of dispensaries. 31: Number of patients treated during past year. 32: Native contributions for all purposes during past year.
+-------------------------+------+-----+------+-----+------+-----------+ | NAME OF MISSION. | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | +-------------------------+------+-----+------+-----+------+-----------+ | American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 4 | 3 | 339 | 7 |20,295|$796.44[63]| | | | | | | | | | American Presbyterian | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | 1 | | | 1 | 2,000| | | | | | | | | | | Australian Presbyterian | | | | | | | | Mission | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y.M.C.A. Mission of | | | | | | | | Canada | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | Mission (North) | 5 | 2 | 116 | 4 | 7,778| $647.37 | | | | | | | | | | American Meth. Epis. | | | | | | | | Mission (South) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ella Thing Memorial | | | | | | | | Mission (Baptist) | | | | | | $.60 | | | | | | | | | | Society for the | | | | | | | | Propagation of the | | | | | | | | Gospel | | 3 | 795 | 3 |29,786| | | | | | | | | | | Société des Missions- | | | | | | | | Étrangères | | | | | | | +-------------------------+------+-----+------+-----+------+-----------+
FOOTNOTES:
[63] Besides much in labor and in contributions for support of native evangelists, schools, and the enlargement and construction of Church edifices.
APPENDIX B
DIRECT FOREIGN TRADE OF KOREA, 1886-96
(_i.e._ net value of foreign goods imported in foreign, or foreign-type, vessels into the Treaty Ports, and taken cognizance of by the foreign Customs; and of native goods similarly exported and re-exported from the Treaty Ports to foreign countries.)
+------+---------------------------+----------------------+------------+ | | Net imports of Foreign | Exports and | | | | Goods (_i.e._ exclusive of| Re-exports[64] | | | Year.| Foreign Goods re-exported | of Native Goods to | Total. | | | to Foreign Countries). | Foreign Countries. | | +------+---------------------------+----------------------+------------+ | 1886 | $2,474.185 | $ 504,225 |$ 2,978,410 | | 1887 | 2,815,441 | 804,996 | 3,620,437 | | 1888 | 3,046,443 | 867,058 | 3,913,501 | | 1889 | 3,377,815 | 1,233,841 | 4,611,656 | | 1890 | 4,727,839 | 3,550,478 | 8,278 317 | | 1891 | 5,256,468 | 3,366.344 | 8,622.812 | | 1892 | 4,598,485 | 2,443,739 | 7,042,224 | | 1893 | 3.880,155 | 1,698,116 | 5,578,271 | | 1894 | 5,831,563 | 2,311,215 | 8,142,778 | | 1895 | 8,088,213 | 2,481,808 | 10,570,021 | | 1896 | 6,531,324 | 4,728,700 | 11,260,024 | +------+---------------------------+----------------------+------------+
_Note._--The increase in the foreign trade of Korea between 1886 and 1896 may not have been so great as the above figures without explanation would imply. It is generally stated that side by side with the trade in foreign vessels at the Treaty Ports a considerable traffic has been carried on by junk between non-Treaty ports in Korea and ports in China and Japan. This junk trade was probably much larger in the earlier years of the period the figures of which are compared, and the rapid development shown in the table may be partly due to the increasing transfer of traffic from native craft to foreign-type vessels which offer greater regularity and safety and less delay.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF THE NET DUES AND DUTIES COLLECTED AT THE THREE PORTS FOR THE YEARS 1884-96
+------+--------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+ | Year.|Import Duties.|Export Duties.|Tonnage Dues.| Total. | +------+--------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+ | 1884 | $ 79,373.71 | $ 19,234.74 | $ 3,478.19 |$102,086.64| | 1885 | 119,364.41 | 19,602.22 | 2,996.90 | 141,963.53| | 1886 | 132,757.12 | 24,812.11 | 2,708.75 | 160,277.98| | 1887 | 203,271.68 | 40,384.52 | 3,045.12 | 246,701.32| | 1888 | 219,759.81 | 43,330.62 | 4,124.55 | 267,214.98| | 1889 | 213,457.49 | 61,835.23 | 4,707.04 | 279,999.76| | 1890 | 327,460.11 | 178,552.14 | 8,587.90 | 514,600.15| | 1891 | 372,022.07 | 168,096.36 | 8,940.26 | 549,058.69| | 1892 | 308,954.13 | 123,212.24 | 6,247.05 | 438,413.42| | 1893 | 262,679.28 | 85,720.22 | 5,717.16 | 354,116.66| | 1894 | 357,828.34 | 115,779.33 | 7,398.64 | 481,006.31| | 1895 | 601,588.06 | 124,261.22 | 15,448.20 | 741,297.48| | 1896 | 448,137.16 | 226,342.45 | 17,304.75 | 691,784.36| +------+--------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE JAPANESE AND NON-JAPANESE COTTON GOODS IMPORTED INTO KOREA DURING THE YEAR 1896
------------------+----------------+-----------+-----------+ | Classification | Japanese. | Description. | of +-----------+-----------+ | Quantity. | Quantity. | Value. | ------------------+----------------+-----------+-----------+ Shirtings--Gray | | | $ | Plain | Pieces | 6,715 | 23,660 | Shirtings--White | “ | 31 | 121 | T-Cloths | “ | 1,211 | 2,719 | Drills | “ | 163 | 634 | Turkey-Red Cloths | “ | 1,652 | 3,663 | Sheetings | “ | 30,184 | 115,914 | Cotton Flannel | “ | 762 | 2,870 | Cotton Blankets | Pairs | 1,625 | 3,883 | Cotton Yarn and | | | | Thread | Piculs | 12,821 | 368,064 | | | | | | Value | | 521,528 | Cotton Goods, | | | | Unclassed | “ | [65] | 644,671 | | | | | Total | Value | | 1,166,199 |
------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Non-Japanese. | Total. | Description. +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | ------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Shirtings--Gray | | $ | | $ | Plain | 428,911 | 1,567,967 | 435,626 | 1,591,627 | Shirtings--White | 5,445 | 21,768 | 5,476 | 21,889 | T-Cloths | 1,660 | 4,177 | 2,871 | 6,896 | Drills | 11,583 | 47,998 | 11,746 | 48,632 | Turkey-Red Cloths | 7,519 | 17,349 | 9,171 | 21,012 | Sheetings | 14,793 | 58,455 | 44,977 | 174,369 | Cotton Flannel | 1,432 | 3,927 | 2,194 | 6,797 | Cotton Blankets | | | 1,625 | 3,883 | Cotton Yarn and | | | | | Thread | 1,795 | 71,386 | 14,616 | 439,450 | | | | | | | | 1,793,027 | | 2,314,555 | Cotton Goods, | | | | | Unclassed | |[66]379,319| | 1,023,990 | | | | | | Total | | 2,172,346 | | 3,338,545 |
FOOTNOTES:
[64] _i.e._ including native goods imported from another Korean port and re-exported to a foreign country.
[65] Chiefly narrow-width cloth, gray or white, checked or plain.
[66] Including $2,549 Chinese Cottons.
APPENDIX C
RETURN of Principal Articles of Export (net) to Foreign Countries for the Years 1896-95
--------------------+-----------------+----------------+--------------- | Chemulpo. | Fusan. | Wön-san. Articles. +--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+------- | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. --------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+------- Beans |£48,485 |£45,679 |£65,731 |£22,337|£24,132|£32,049 Fish (dried manure) | .. | .. | 4,296 | 639 | 4,394 | 312 Cowhides | 8,789 | 14,036 | 11,077 |37,225 | 4,424 | 6,152 Ginseng | 29,739 | 575 | .. | .. | .. | .. Paper | 2,326 | 1,785 | 1,806 | 2,236 | 24 | 9 Rice | 92,444 | 62,390 |178,852 |17,646 | 549 | .. Seaweed | 55 | 40 | 6,705 | 3,809 | .. | .. Sundries | 12,713 | 8,992 | 13,633 | 9,361 | 2,101 | 3,590 +--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+------- Total |£194,551|£133,497|£282,100|£93,253|£35,624|£42,112 --------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+-------+-------
------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+ | 1896. | 1895. | +----------+---------+----------+---------+ |Currency. |Sterling.|Currency. |Sterling.| +----------+---------+----------+---------+ Total exports from Korea|$4,728,700| £512,275|$2,481,808| £268,862| ------------------------+----------+---------+----------+---------+
RETURN of Principal Articles of Foreign Import (net: _i.e._ excluding Re-exports) to Open Ports of Korea during the Years 1896-95.
------------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------- | Chemulpo. | Fusan. | Wön-san. Articles. +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------- | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. | 1896. | 1895. ------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------- Cotton goods-- | | | | | | Shirtings |£103,196|£172,549|£51,920 |£54,911 |£21,982 |£55,190 Lawns and | | | | | | muslins | 6,956 | 11,554 | 10,670 | 8,183 | 1,072 | 2,066 Sheetings-- | | | | | | Japanese | 12,508 | 7,199 | ... | ... | 40 | 1,330 English and | | | | | | American | 6,736 | 8,594 | ... | ... | 23 | 4,500 Japanese piece- | | | | | | goods | 14,015 | 20,129 | 24,944 | 19,432 | 30,867 | 38,608 Yarn-- | | | | | | Japanese | 27,271 | 26,098 | 11,018 | 3,886 | 1,590 | 3,483 English and | | | | | | Indian | 5,634 | 4,876 | 222 | ... | 1,871 | 4,364 Other cottons | 14,394 | 29,065 | 6,363 | 4,836 | 8,732 | 15,125 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Total |£190,710|£280,064|£105,137|£91,238 |£66,177 |£124,666 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Woolens | 3,266 | 4,933 | 578 | 884 | 182 | 333 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Metals | 7,172 | 8,620 | 15,253 | 10,342 | 7,690 | 6,217 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Sundries-- | | | | | | Dyes | 4,818 | 10,794 | 2,363 | 3,084 | 777 | 1,667 Grass-cloths | 22,358 | 13,641 | 3,546 | 1,402 | 2,241 | 3,154 Matches | 4,798 | 3,575 | 4,571 | 3,348 | 2,018 | 1,680 Kerosene oil-- | | | | | | American | 20,035 | 9,819 | 9,560 | 7,479 | 6,463 | 3,990 Russian | 9,312 | 457 | 4,513 | 478 | 69 | 1 Provisions | 5,717 | 3,859 | 2,358 | 2,024 | 381 | ... Saké | 3,018 | 9,639 | 2,972 | 2,818 | 1,203 | 1,176 Silk piece-goods| 28,943 | 65,057 | 8,167 | 5,606 | 4,058 | 12,848 Other articles | 89,417 |111,902 | 50,828 | 38,859 | 26,241 | 30,884 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Total |£188,416|£228,743|£88,878 |£65,098 |£43,451 |£55,400 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Grand total |£382,203|£522,360|£209,846|£167,562|£117,500|£186,616 Less excess of | | | | | | re-exports | | | | | | over imports | | | | | | in some | | | | | | articles | 1,088 | 596 | ... | ... | ... | 126 +--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------- Net total |£381,115|£521,764|£209,846|£167,562|£117,500|£186,490 ------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1896. 1895. ------------------------------------------------------ Currency. Sterling. Currency. Sterling. ------------------------------------------------------ Total for Korea $6,539,630[67] £708,461 $8,084,465[67] £875,816 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
RETURN of all Shipping Vessels Entered at the Open Ports of Korea during the Year 1896.
KEY: 1 No. of Vessels 2 Tons
------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ | Chemulpo. | Fusan. | +------------+-------------+------------+-------------+ Nationality.| Sailing. | Steam. | Sailing. | Steam. | +-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+ | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ------------+-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+ American | 2 | 158| | | | | | | British | | | 3 | 3,381| | | 5 | 5,635| Chinese | 56 | 557| | | | | | | German | | | 1 | 808| | | 5 | 4,732| Japanese | 307 |10,278| 154 |118,145| 537 |17,035| 292 |210,645| Norwegian | | | 2 | 1,082| | | | | Russian | | | 2 | 2,202| | | 13 | 10,381| Korean | 111 | 3,572| 51 | 10,375| 9 | 500| 16 | 5,900| +-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+ Total | 476 |14,565| 213 |135,993| 546 |17,535| 331 |237,293| “ for 1895| 531 |14,449| 242 |108,021| 497 |14,300| 272 |180,784| ------------+-----+------+-----+-------+-----+------+-----+-------+
------------+------------------------+--------------- | Wön-san. | Korea. +-----------+------------+--------------- Nationality.| Sailing. | Steam. | Total. +-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------- | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 ------------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------- American | | | | | 2| 158 British | | | 5 | 5,635| 13| 14,651 Chinese | | | | | 56| 557 German | | | 4 | 3,612| 10| 9,152 Japanese | 41 |3,227| 58 |65,654| 1,389| 424,984 Norwegian | | | | | 2| 1,082 Russian | | | 10 |10,234| 25| 22,817 Korean | 8 | 572| 28 | 4,840| 223| 25,759 +-----+-----+-----+------+------+--------- Total | 49 |3,799| 105 |89,975| 1,720| 499,160 “ for 1895| 61 |5,029| 93 |83,547| 1,696| 406,130 ------------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+---------
FOOTNOTES:
[67] 1 dollar = 2s. 2d.
APPENDIX D
The population of the three Korean treaty ports was as follows in January, 1897:--
Chemulpo Settlement. Japanese 3,904 Chinese 404 British 15 German 12 American 7 French 7 Norwegian 3 Greek 3 Italian 1 Portuguese 1 ----- Total 4,357 Estimated native population 6,756
Fusan Settlement. Japanese 5,508 Chinese 34 British 10 American 7 German 2 Danish 1 French 1 Italian 1 ----- Total 5,564
Estimated native population of Fusan City and the Prefecture of Tung-nai 33,000
Wön-san Settlement. Japanese 1,299 Chinese 39 American 8 German 3 British 2 French 2 Russian 2 Danish 1 Norwegian 1 ----- Total 1,357 Estimated native population 15,000
APPENDIX E
TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA WITH REPLY OF H.E. THE KOREAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MEMORANDUM
The Representatives of Russia and Japan at Seoul, having conferred under the identical instructions from their respective Governments, have arrived at the following conclusions:--
While leaving the matter of His Majesty’s, the King of Korea, return to the Palace entirely to his own discretion and judgment, the Representatives of Russia and Japan will friendly advise His Majesty to return to that place, when no doubts could be entertained concerning his safety.
The Japanese Representative, on his part, gives the assurance, that the most complete and effective measures will be taken for the control of Japanese _soshi_.
The present Cabinet Ministers have been appointed by His Majesty by his own free will, and most of them have held ministerial or other high offices during the last two years and are known to be liberal and moderate men.
The two Representatives will always aim at recommending His Majesty to appoint liberal and moderate men as Ministers, and to show clemency to his subjects.
The Representative of Russia quite agrees with the Representative of Japan that at the present state of affairs in Korea it may be necessary to have Japanese guards stationed at some places for the protection of the Japanese telegraph line between Fusan and Seoul, and that these guards, now consisting of three companies of soldiers, should be withdrawn as soon as possible and replaced by gendarmes, who will be distributed as follows: fifty men at Fusan, fifty men at Ka-heung, and ten men each at ten intermediate posts between Fusan and Seoul.
This distribution may be liable to some changes, but the total number of the gendarme force shall never exceed two hundred men, who will afterwards gradually be withdrawn from such places, where peace and order have been restored by the Korean Government.
For the protection of the Japanese settlements at Seoul and the open ports against possible attacks by the Korean populace, two companies of Japanese troops may be stationed at Seoul, one company at Fusan and one at Wön-san, each company not to exceed two hundred men. These troops will be quartered near the settlements, and shall be withdrawn as soon as no apprehension of such attacks could be entertained.
For the protection of the Russian Legation and Consulates the Russian Government may also keep guards not exceeding the number of Japanese troops at those places, and which will be withdrawn as soon as tranquillity in the interior is completely restored.
(Signed) C. WAEBER, _Representative of Russia_.
J. KOMURA, _Representative of Japan_.
SEOUL, _14th May, 1896_.
PROTOCOL
The Secretary of State, Prince Lobanow-Rostovskey, Foreign Minister of Russia, and the Marshal Marquis Yamagata, Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, having exchanged their views on the situation of Korea, agreed upon the following articles:--
I
For the remedy of the financial difficulties of Korea, the Governments of Russia and Japan will advise the Korean Government to retrench all superfluous expenditure, and to establish a balance between expenses and revenues. If, in consequence of reforms deemed indispensable, it may be necessary to have recourse to foreign loans, both Governments shall by mutual consent give their support to Korea.
II
The Governments of Russia and Japan shall endeavor to leave to Korea, as far as the financial and economical situation of that country will permit, the formation and maintenance of a national armed force and police of such proportions as will be sufficient for the preservation of the internal peace, without foreign support.
III
With a view to facilitate communications with Korea, the Japanese Government may continue (_continuera_) to administer the telegraph lines which are at present in its hands.
It is reserved to Russia (the rights) of building a telegraph line between Seoul and her frontiers.
These different lines can be repurchased by the Korean Government, so soon as it has the means to do so.
IV
In case the above matters should require a more exact or detailed explanation, or if subsequently some other points should present themselves upon which it may be necessary to confer, the Representatives of both Governments shall be authorized to negotiate in a spirit of friendship.
(Signed) LOBANOW. YAMAGATA.
MOSCOW, _9th_ June, 1896.
The following is the exact translation of the reply sent to the Japanese Minister by the Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning the Russo-Japanese Convention:--
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, _Mar. 9th, 2nd year of Kun-yang_ (1897).
SIR--I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 2nd instant, informing me that, on the 14th day of May last, a memorandum was signed at Seoul by H.E. Mr. Komura, the former Japanese Minister Resident, and the Russian Minister, and that, on the 4th of June of the same year, an Agreement was signed at Moscow, by H.E. Marshal Yamagata, the Japanese Ambassador, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia; and that these two documents have been laid publicly before the Imperial Diet. You further inform me that on the 26th ultimo you received a telegram from your Government, pointing out that the above-mentioned Agreement and memorandum in no way reflect upon, but, on the contrary, are meant to strengthen, the independence of Korea,--this being the object which the Governments of Japan and Russia had in view,--and you cherish the confident hope that my Government will not fail to appreciate this intention. In accordance with telegraphic instructions received from the Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs you enclose copies of the Agreements referred to.
I beg to express my sincere thanks for your despatch and the information it conveys. I would observe, however, that as my Government has not joined in concluding these two Agreements, its freedom of action as an independent Power cannot be restricted by their provisions.--I have, etc.,
(Signed) YE WANYONG, _Minister of State for Foreign Affairs_. H.E. MR. KATO, _Minister of Japan, etc._
INDEX
Abbot, a refined, 84.
Absolutism of the Korean crown reimposed, 377.
Agricultural implements, rude and few, 161.
Agriculture, primitive character of, 78; improved methods in the Han Valley, 100; methods of, 160; ministry of, 383.
Ah Wong, 31.
Allen, Mr. Clement, 185; Dr., 352, 353, 354, 443.
Altar-piece, an unique, 148.
American Missions, 22, 63, 172, 279, 311, 346-350, 388.
Am-nok River, the, 14, 17, 74.
Amur Province, the, 234, 242.
Amur River, the, 219, 220, 233, 241, 242, 244.
An-byöng, 163.
Ancestral temple, an, 87; worship, 61, 63, 88, 401.
An-chin-Miriok, 345.
Ang-paks, 77, 125, 157.
Animal and Bird life, 73, 74, 150.
An Ju, 328.
An-kil Yung Pass, crossing the, 330.
An-mun-chai, the, 138, 141, 144, 146.
An object of curiosity, 88, 94, 97, 127, 146.
Appenzeller, Rev. H. G., 388.
A-ra-rüng style of music, 166.
Archipelago, a remarkable, 15.
Army, 56, 57, 210; standing, an extravagance, 434.
A-san, 206; battle of, 207.
Assassination of the Queen, 271, 455.
Assembly, a national, 373.
Atai-jo, king, 169.
Australian ladies, mission work by, 28.
Baikal horses, 237.
Banks and Banking, 26.
“Bannermen,” (irregular soldiery) of Manchuria, 190, 191.
Barter, the mode of exchange, 78.
Bas-reliefs, 84.
Beacon fires, 97, 105.
Beheading abolished, 265.
“Believing Mind, Temple of the,” 139.
Bell of Song-do, 295; of Seoul, the great (see Seoul).
Birukoff, Mr., 388.
Botany, Native, 17, 95, 98.
Bows and arrows, reliance on in Manchuria, 190.
Bridges, infamous character of the, 171; precarious, 293.
Brigands of Manchuria, 189.
British political influence and trade, 457.
Broughton Bay, junk excursion in, 15, 173.
Brown, Mr. M’Leavy, 37, 369, 397, 435, 448, 457.
Buddha, statues of, 136, 144.
Buddha worship, 137.
Buddhism, disestablishment of, 61; moribund, 142; introduction of, 148; palmy days of Korean, 169; gross superstitions of, 399; relics of Korean, 286.
Buddhist hells, representations of, 139; nunneries, 115, 135.
Buddhistic legends, 145.
Buddhist monastery and temple, 63, 76, 79, 84, 319.
Bull, Korean, as a beast of burden, 36, 110; used for ploughing, 162.
Burial customs, 63, 204, 286, 288-291.
Burial places, 36, 61.
Butchers, methods of, 172.
Cabinet, the, 371, 374, 375; ministers, execution of, 367.
Campbell, Mr., 133, 135, 138, 326.
Carles, Consul, 130, 329, 355.
Cavalry, Chinese, General Tso’s brigade, 210.
Cave, a remarkable, 99.
Cham-su-ki, 95, 96; tree, 96.
Chang-an Sa, 137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 150, 160.
Charms, 408.
Cha-san, 322, 344.
Che-chön, 106.
Chefoo, arrival at, 185; return to, 213.
Chemulpo, 20, 30, 33; war excitement at, 178; exodus of Chinese from, 182; return of authoress to, 245; accident on the way to, 267; arrival at, 357; railroad from to the capital, 450; leave from, 459; banks at, 32, 436; cemetery at, 318; Chinese settlement in, 31, 245; Japanese settlement in, 31, 181, 246; Korean quarter, 33; occupation of, by Japanese, 206, 245; population of, 469; trade in, 33.
Children, non-burial of in Manchuria, 204; sale of dæmons, 412.
Chil-sung Mon, the, 315, 316.
China, diplomatic relations with Korea, 19, 182.
Chinese in Korea, 12, 20, 182; predominant influence of, 22, 452; their settlement in Chemulpo, 31; the colony at Seoul, 44; consternation in Chinese colony, 182; connection with Korea severed, 458.
Chinese Manchuria, 237, 244.
Chin-nam-po, 19, 357, 458.
Chino-Japanese War, origin of the, 206.
Chöi Sok dæmon, 420.
Chol-muri Kaut, the, 411.
Chŏl-yong-To, 23.
Chong-dong, 427, 437.
Chöng-phöng, town of, 90, 93, 94; female curiosity at, 94.
Chong-söp (abbots), 141.
Chon-shin dæmons, 418.
Chön-yaing, 88.
_Chosen Magazine, The_, 440.
Cho Wang dæmon, 420.
Christianity, progress of, 201, 202.
Christian missions (see Missionaries and the Missions).
Christians, native, 65, 227.
Christian work in Seoul, 63; in Korea, 65; Korean estimate of, 438.
Christie, Dr., 198, 201, 202, 211.
Chu-la, 25, 306.
Chun-chön, 109.
Chung-Chong-Do, 75, 84.
Chyu-pha Pass, the, 129.
Class privileges, 101, 446, 450.
Climate, healthy character of, 16; at Mukden, 201.
Coasts, character of, 15; tour along, 150.
Coinage of, 20, 66, 398.
Concubinage, a recognized institution, 342.
Confucian college, the, 382; temples, 76, 83, 94, 103.
Confucianism in Korea, 21, 22.
Conjugal fidelity, 116, 341, 343.
Conspiracies, frequency of, 447.
Constitutional changes, 371-386.
Conventions with China, renunciation of the, 207.
Cookery of the Koreans, 154.
Corfe, Bishop, 33, 37, 49, 63, 64, 66, 68.
Corfe Mission at Seoul, 30, 33, 64, 68.
Corruption, 431, 448.
Cossacks, Russian, rigid discipline of, 238.
Costumes, 26, 27, 45, 46.
Council of State, formation of a, 370, 375.
Council of State (Korean), organization of, 375.
Court functionaries, 428, 430.
Crown Prince, the, 253, 273, 362, 365, 428; Princess, the, 273.
Customs, Korean, 59, 78, 101, 114, 127, 265, 266, 287, 359.
Customs revenue the backbone of Korean finance, 458.
Curzon, the Hon. G. W., 138.
Dæmon festivals, 410.
Dæmons, classification of, 421.
Dæmon Worship, 79; fear of dæmons, 127, 129; dæmonism, 399, 404, 409, 417.
Dallet’s Histoire de l’Église de Korée, 11; quoted in regard to the position of women, 341, 355.
Dancing women, 344, 352.
Death, customs connected with, 63.
Deluge, a Manchurian, 193.
Diamond Mountain Monasteries, 133.
Diamond Mountain, the, 74, 75, 103, 129, 133, 140.
Disciples, Five Hundred, Temple to, 170.
Distinctions between Patrician and Plebeian abolished, 385.
Divination, 407, 408.
Dog-infested Seoul, 47.
Dog meat, use of, 154.
Dogs, 47, 72.
Dolmens, 131.
Domestic animals, few, 161; life unknown, 355; slaves, 47.
Domiciliary visit, 304.
Dragon dæmons, 417.
Drunkenness common, 91.
Dwellings, 77.
Dye, General, American military adviser, 271, 272, 277, 279.
Dynasty, Korean, worn out, 255.
Eastern Siberia, maritime provinces of, 242-244.
Eastern Siberian, drift of population to, 244.
_Edgar_, H. M. S., 302.
Edicts. See Royal.
Education, 143, 203, 387, 438; the ministry of, 382, 391.
Education and Foreign Trade, 387.
Education in the hamlets, 79.
“Eight Views,” the, 155.
Elm trees, fine, 93.
English mission, the first, 63.
English-speaking Koreans at Seoul, 49.
Eternal Rest, Temple of, 134.
Eui-chyeng Pu (the cabinet), 371, 377.
Europeans, Korean estimate of, 438.
Examinations for official position, 152; royal exams, abolished, 388.
Exorcists and Exorcism, 114, 344, 350, 400, 405, 423.
Exports and Imports, 392; returns of, 466, 467.
Extortions and tyrannies, 450.
Falconry, 74.
Farmers, 447, 450.
Fauna of, 16.
Fengtien Cavalry Brigade, 210.
Ferguson & Co., Messrs., 185.
Fermented liquors, 91, 92.
Ferries, 104.
Ferry boat, an ingenious, 131.
Festivals, 410-413.
Fetishes, 416, 421.
Fever, attack of, 193.
Finance, 396.
Fire Dragon Pool, the, 145.
Fish and Fishing, 158.
“Five Hundred Disciples,” temple of the, 170.
Floods in Manchuria, 193.
Flora of, 17.
Forced labor, 337.
Foreign Goods, trade in, 24, 387, 391, 395, 464.
Foreign liquors, love of, 91; Office, the, 381.
Forest wealth, 17.
Formosa, transfer of, 269.
Fortress, an ancient, 105.
“Four Sages,” Hall of the, 136.
Fox, Mr., 37, 39.
French clocks, rage for at Yö Ju, 90, 91.
Frescoes, curious, 60, 319.
Friendly character of people, 80.
“Frog-boxes,” 408.
Funerals, observances at, 62, 286.
Fusan, 20, 23, 24, 25; its Japanese character, 26; markets of, 28; Europeans in, 178; Japanese soldiers in, 245, 454; population of, 469.
Gale, Mr., 167, 173; Mrs., 173.
Game, 174.
Gap Pass, the, 36, 181.
Gardner, Mr. (acting consul), 35, 183; Mrs. and Miss, 37.
Gautama, a shrine of, 137.
Geographical position determines Korea’s political relationships, 452.
Geology and the geological formation, 15.
Gesang, The, (singing and dancing girls) of Phyöng-yang, 352, 353.
Ginseng, “the elixir of life,” 296; extent of its cultivation, 297; preparation for market, 298.
Girl-babies, not specially welcome in a family, 300, 341.
Girls, seclusion of, 119.
Godobin, Fort, 214.
God of War, temple to the, 319.
Gold-digging, 108, 322, 324.
Gold dust exports, 108.
“Golden Sand,” the river of, 80.
Gold ornaments, 108.
Gorge, a grand, 95.
Government departments (Korean) reorganized, 381.
_Government Gazette_, the, 373, 374, 377.
“Government Hospital,” the, 64.
“Great Fifteenth Day,” the, 266.
Greathouse, General, 76.
Greathouse, Mr., 441.
Greek Church in Siberia, 229; its Litany, 231.
Ha-chin, its ugly women, 97.
Ha Ch’i style of music, 166.
Ha-in class, the, 448.
Hair-cropping edict, 359, 363.
“Halfway Place,” the, 91.
“Hall of the Four Sages,” 136.
Ham-gyöng Do, 219, 223, 233.
Ham-gyöng Province, 156, 163.
Hanka Lake, 242, 244.
Han Kang, village of, 68, 70, 76.
Han River, 35, 36, 40, 68, 71, 74, 75, 77, 80, 85, 92, 99, 103, 106, 110; a cheap and convenient highway, 111; descent of the, 105; fauna and flora of, 71, 72, 98; rapids of, 75, 92, 93, 101, 102, 105, 110, 111; scenery around the, 71.
Han valley, inhabitants of the, 76, 78-79; cultivation of the, 100; limestone cliffs of the, 104; schools in the, 79; temperature of the, 81.
Harbors of Fusan and Wön-San, 14, 30.
Hart, Sir Robert, 213.
Hats, monstrous, 345.
Heidemann, Mr., 223, 228, 231.
Hemp cultivation, 95.
Hermit City, the, 37.
“Hermit Nation,” the, opened by the treaties of 1883, 11.
Hillier, Mr., 183, 246, 251, 259, 269, 281, 283.
Hills, denudation of, 17.
“Hill Towns,” the, 308.
Hiroshima, trial of assassins at, 277.
Hoa-chung, 151, 152.
Hoang-chyöng San, 153.
Home Office, the, 381.
Homesteads of the Han Valley, 79.
Hong, Colonel, 271, 272, 274.
Hon-jö, 293.
Ho pai, or divining table, the, 408.
Hospitals supported and conducted by the Missions, 33.
Household spirits, 418.
Hulbert, Rev. H. B., 164, 165, 166, 391.
Hu-nan Chang, 94.
Hun-chun, 228, 230, 237; Chinese at, 237, 238.
Hun-ho river, the, 199.
Hunt, Mr., 25, 458.
Hwang-hai Do, 16.
Hwang-hai Province, 303.
Hyön, Colonel, 272.
Idleness of the nobles at Seoul, 46
Im, accident to my servant, 331.
Images, stone, 170, 171.
Im-jin, 292.
Im-jin Gang, the, 292.
Immorality, 341.
Import trade, value of, 393.
Incantations, 425.
Independence Arch, the, 439.
Independence of Korea assured by the Japanese, 247; opposed by the native officials, 262.
Independence, proclamation of, 247.
_Independent_ newspaper, the, 439, 440.
Industries, 26.
Inns, regular and irregular, 124, 125, 157, 294, 326.
Inouye, Count, 247, 251, 261, 262, 268, 270, 274, 280.
Inscription, an amusing, 101.
Interior of the country, efforts to reach, 49, 66.
Interrupted Shadow, Island of the, 23.
Inundation in Manchuria, 195.
Isolation maintained up to 1876, 19.
Itai, the innkeeper, 31, 245.
Itinerary of travel, 357, 358.
Jaisohn, Dr., 129, 389, 439.
Japanese, designs of in Korea, 181, 206; lacking in tact, 263, 453; in Korea, 26; their settlement in Chemulpo, 31; hatred of the Koreans towards, 31, 344; shipping and commerce of, 32; control rice trade of Chemulpo, 32; the Legation and colony at Seoul, 43; Japs in Wön-San, 176; prestige, a blow to, 278.
Japan, last glimpse of, 23; sea of, 14, 30, 74, 103, 145, 149; outwits China in Korea, 182.
Jones, Mr. Heber, 341, 400, 415, 418.
“Judgment, Temple of,” 139.
Junks, Korean, 174.
Justice, the Ministry of, 383.
Ka-chang, 322, 323.
Kai Chhön, 355.
Kai-Söng (Song-do), 293.
Kal-rön-gi, 150.
Kang-ge Mountains, 297.
Kang, the, 197, 204.
Kang-wön Do, the, 14.
Kang-wön Province, 156.
_Kanjo Shimbo_ newspaper, the, 440.
Ka-phyöng, 109, 112.
Keum-Kang San Mountains, the, 107, 129, 133, 140, 141, 146, 149, 150; Monasteries of, 134, 141.
Keum-San Gang river, 129.
Keum-San goldfields, 323, 355.
Khabaroffka, 242, 244; Korean settlers near, 225, 233.
Khordadbeh, the Arab, his “Book of Roads and Provinces,” 12.
Ki-cho, the, 138, 141, 149.
Ki-jun, 355.
Kimchi, 89, 153, 154.
Kim Ok-yun, murderer of, 432.
Kim, the boatman, 70, 82, 85, 92, 101-102, 107.
King Li Hsi and the _Kur-dong_ at Seoul, 58; audience with, appearance and character of, 252, 253, 256-260, 268, 428; practically a prisoner, 362; escapes to the Russian Legation, 365, 430; issues proclamation respecting hair-cropping, 363; power of the, 371, 375, 378.
King’s oath, the Korean, 249.
Kings, palace of the, 295.
Kit-ze introduces the elements of Chinese civilization in the 12th century, 12, 355; his tomb and temple, 318, 319.
Kobe, 175.
Kol-lip dæmon, 421.
Ko-mop-so river, the, 323.
Ko-moun Tari, 310.
Komura, Mr., 278, 281.
Kong-Wön Do, 74, 155.
Kong-Wön, 107.
Korea, its geographical position, 11, 14; the church of, 11; opened first by the treaties, 11; population, 13; rivers, lakes, and harbors, 14; volcanoes, 14; geology, 15; mountains, 15; climate, 16; fauna, 16; forest wealth, 17; flora, 17; minerals, 17; rulers of, 18; cabinet ministers, 18; army, 19; provinces of, 19; the revenue and its sources, 19; treaties with, 19; the coinage, 19, 20; treaty ports, 20; language, 20, 21; religion, 21, 64, 399; society, 22; neighbors of, 23; foreign women in, 28; rebellion in Southern, 179; Japanese proposals for its administration, 206; the King’s oath, 249; dynasty of, worn out, 255; a dark chapter in its history, 271; last words on, 445; her resources, 445; class privileges in, 101, 446, 450; dissatisfaction in, 281; farmers in, 447, 450; Japanese influence in, 25, 31, 359, 431, 449, 452; law, administration of in, 441; markets in, 28; missionary methods in, 28-30, 64; money of, 66, 67, 78; provincial government of, 372, 378; roads in, 20, 128; security in, 295; trade in, 24, 32, 304, 307, 391; winter in, 36.
Korean animals, 73; bulls, 36, 110, 162; customs, 59, 65, 78, 101, 114, 120, 127, 283, 355, 359; dogs, 47, 73; dwellings, 77; education, 142, 387; finance, 396; graves, 36, 61; inns, 124-128; nobles and officials, 46; pigs, 73, 162, 322; ponies, 36, 54, 121, 162; roads, 20, 128; sheep, 72, 163; soldiers, 56, 209; streets, 27; travellers, 127; villages, 77, 162, 225, 234.
_Korean Christian Advocate, and Christian News_, the, 440.
_Korean Repository_, the, 11, 168, 346, 352, 440.
Koreans, the, traces of Manchurian conquest on, 12; uniformity of their costume, 12; physiognomy of, 12; a handsome race, 12; height of, 13; mental calibre of, 13; possess Oriental vices, 13; seclusion and inferior position of women, 13, 45, 339-343; their corruption and brutal methods of punishment, 33; squalid character of ordinary Korean life, 52, 330; encumbered with debt, 78; a drunken people, 92; voracity and omnivorous character, 154; their music, 164; settlers in Siberia, 223; attach themselves to the Greek Church, 229; under Muscovite government, 233; race improved by settlement in Siberia, 236, 336; independence of secured by Japanese, 247.
_Kowshing_, the transport, 207.
Ko-yang, 285, 286.
Krasnoye Celo, 230, 233, 234.
Ku-mu-nio, 110.
Kun-ren-tai, the palace guard, 270, 271, 272, 275, 278, 280, 281, 282, 362; abolition of the, 386.
Kuntz and Albers, Messrs., 216, 220, 224, 239.
Kur-dong, the, a unique but now rare ceremonial, 51, 60, 61, 119, 247.
K’wan, 233.
Kwan-ja, the, (official passport), 86, 87, 128, 146, 159, 283.
Kwan-yin, 143; image of, 137.
Kwass, 231.
Kyei, or associations, 440.
Kyeng-pok Palace, 251, 256, 365, 369, 433, 437.
Kyeng-wun Palace, the, 369, 398, 428, 429, 437.
Kyöng-heung, 227.
Kyöng-hwi Province, 303.
Kyöng-kwi Do, 75.
Kyöng-ku-kyöng, 141, 146.
Kyöng-sang Province, 25, 30.
Kyöng-wön Do, 75.
Lakes, 14.
Landis, Dr., 400, 415, 421.
Language of the Koreans, 20, 173.
Laundresses, 45, 339.
Lava fields, 16, 131.
Law, its administration infamous, 441.
Liau river, the, 186, 193, 199.
Li Hsi, the King, royal procession of at Seoul, 55; in seclusion at outbreak of war, 183.
Li Hung Chang, 267.
Lindholm, Mr., 241.
Lion Stone, the, 145.
Liquor drinking, 91.
Litany, a Greek, 231.
Literary swells, 104, 339.
Literature, the Temple of, 382.
Lone Tree Hill, the, 45.
Long-shin dæmons, 417.
Lotus dance, the, 352.
Lucifer matches, 168.
Lynch law, amateur, 104.
Macdonald, Sir Claude, 430.
Ma-cha Töng lake, 156, 158.
Ma-chai, 85, 106, 111.
Magistrate, an interview with a, 86.
Ma-ha-ly-an Sa monastery, 143.
Mak-pai Pass, the, 150.
Ma-kyo, 106.
Mama, or the smallpox dæmon, 413, 414
Manchu head-dress, 200; soldiers, 208, 210.
Manchu race, the, 190.
Manchuria, brigands in, 188; Chinese immigrants to, 188; Government of, 201; immigrations from, 12; population of, 187; trade of, 189; viceroyalty of, 187, 191; authoress departs to, 186; sojourn at viceroyalty of, 187; a deluge in, 193; old capital of, 201; practice of medicine in, 203; less hostile to foreigners, 207; visit to Russian, 223.
Mandarins and their retainers, 329.
Mang-kun, the, 114, 360.
Man-pok-Tong, the, 145; fear of tigers, 132, 292, 302, 325; superstition of, 129.
Manufactures, 18.
Ma-pu, 35, 40, 68, 181.
Mapus, or grooms, 121-132, 164, 284, 285, 293, 302.
Marble pagoda of Seoul, the, 43.
Ma-ri Kei, 132.
Market, a Korean, 28, 306, 307.
Marriage customs, 114, 342.
Marriage, early, prohibited, 385.
Matunin, Mr., 227.
Meals, 79; by the way, 82, 83.
Medicine, practice of in Manchuria, 203; medical missions in Korea, 424.
Mesozoic and metamorphic rocks. (See Geology.)
Miller, Mr., a young missionary fellow-traveller, 66, 70, 83, 87, 104, 105, 142, 151, 159.
Mineral wealth of, 17, 18, 25, 108.
Missionaries and the Missions, 20, 21, 29, 30, 63, 64, 65, 172, 198, 201, 346, 390; statistics of Missions, 462, 463.
Monarchy, character of the, 18.
Monasteries, Diamond Mountain, 133.
Monastery of Sök-Wang Sa, 169.
Mongolian eye, obliquity of in the Koreans, 12.
Millet, the use of, 321.
Min clan, the, 261.
Ming tombs, the, 201.
Ministers, execution of, 367; of State, duties of, 379.
“Ministres de Parade,” 201.
Min Yeng-chyun, 371.
Miriang, 25.
Mirioks, 76, 111, 286.
Miriok Yang Pass, 321.
Missionary work, 22, 29, 30, 63-65, 172, 201, 207, 227, 346; statistics of, 462.
Mission Hospital, a fine, 202; service, a, 350.
Miura, General Viscount, 269, 270, 275, 277, 453, 455.
Moffet, Mr., 76, 312, 313, 316, 320, 347.
Mok-po, 458.
Mok-po river, 14, 19.
Money, 66, 78.
Monks, 133-149; ignorant and superstitious, 142.
Monuments, 294.
Mou-chin Tai, 328, 336, 338.
Mounds, used for interment of the living, 175.
Mountainous character of the country, 15; of Seoul, 45.
Mourning costume, 63.
Mukden, anti-foreign feeling in, 208, 211; cabs of, 199; mission hospital, 202; pawnshops, 205; suicides in, 205; system of medicine, 203; trade of, 200, 211; city of, 192, 199, 200; its successful missions, 201, 202, 208.
Mulberry gardens of Seoul, 43.
Mulberry palace of Seoul, 45, 247, 416.
Music, discordant character of the native, 164, 165; vocal, 166.
Murata rifle, the, 209.
Mu-tang, belief in, 422-426.
Mu-tang sorcerers, 114, 129, 164, 287, 290, 312, 335, 351, 400, 408; as oracles, 412; rites of, 413; marriage with, 425.
Myo-kil Sang, the, 145.
Nagasaki, Chinese town of, 23, 213, 269.
Nai Kak, the, 377.
Nak-tong, 64.
Nak-Tong river, 14, 25.
Nam Chhon valley and river, 308, 309.
Nam Han fortress, 83, 84, 105, 181.
Nam-San, 45, 68, 163, 169; fortress, 105.
Nam San mountains, 39, 43, 45, 68, 97.
Nang-chön, 106, 110, 112.
_Naniwa_, the cruiser, 207.
National life of Korea exists only at Seoul, 59.
Newchwang, city of, 175, 186, 187, 191, 192, 212, 355; port of, 189.
Newspapers issued at Seoul, 440.
Nicolaeffk, 219.
Night, a hideously memorable, 157.
Nikolskoye, military station of, 240, 241; Korean settlements near, 233.
“Ninety-nine Turns,” pass of the, 152.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, steamers of, 175, 181.
Nobles, their idleness, 46; a privileged class, 101; exactions of, 102.
North branch of the Han, voyage on, 106.
Northward ho! 320.
Nowo Kiewsk, Russian military post, 224, 225, 234, 238.
Nuns, 141.
O-bang-chang-kun dæmons, 415.
O’Conor, Lady, 186.
Officials, superbly dressed, 46, 54; resent the new régime inaugurated by the Japanese, 262; considered as vampires in Korea, 303, 370, 372; memorabilia governing, 379; corruption of, 397, 431.
O-hung-suk Ju, 301.
Oiesen, Mr., 158, 458.
Oil paper used as mats, 323.
Okamoto, Mr., 271, 277.
Omnivorous Koreans, 154.
Op Ju dæmon, 420.
Oracles, 412.
Orange peel, use of, 92.
Oricol, 246.
Osaka, 267.
Osborne, Mr., 458.
Oshima, General, 318.
Otori, Mr., 44, 183, 269, 373, 374, 455.
Ou-chin-gang, 344.
Outfit, 67.
Pagoda, a ruinous, 91.
Pai Chai College, 388.
Paik-kui Mi, 102, 113, 114.
Paik-tu San Mountain, 14, 15, 334.
Paik-Yang Kang River, The, 130, 131.
Pai-low, the 439.
Pa Ju, 285, 292.
Pa-ka Mi, 101, 102.
Pak-su Mu, the, 409.
Pak-Yöng-Ho, the Minister, 247.
Palace department, the, 385.
P’al-kyöng, 155.
Pa-mul dæmon, 420.
Pangas, 123, 162.
Pang-wha San, 97.
Pan-pyöng, 130.
Pan-su, the, 402, 424.
Paper manufacture, 306, 323.
Passenger cart, a Chinese, 197.
Pawnshops of Mukden, 205.
“Pea-boats,” 187, 192.
Peasants’ houses, 77.
Peasant farmer, the, 78, 305.
Pechili, Gulf of, 184, 213.
Pedlars, Korean, 75, 306.
Peiho river, 186.
Peking, European exodus from, 213.
Peking Pass, the, 43, 437, 439.
Peninsula of Korea, its geographical location, 13.
People, the, oppressed by taxation, 102.
Phallic symbols, 111.
Phyöng-an Do, 321; goldfields, 108, 322.
Phyöng Kang goldfields, 108.
Phöng-yang, 280, 293, 305, 308, 310, 312-319, 328, 330; occupation by the Japanese, 313; battle of, 209, 261, 317; size of, 356; coal mines of, 315; dancing and singing girls at, 352; first view of, 310; Japanese soldiers for, 245, 285; mission work at, 346, 350; toy shops in, 168.
Physical appearance and height of the Koreans, 13, 26.
Physiognomical features of the Koreans, 12.
Pigs, 73, 162, 322.
Pirates, attacked by, 212.
Police, 434, 441.
Political relationships, 452.
Pong-san, 304.
Ponies, 32, 36, 54, 121, 122, 162.
Pöp-heung, king, 135.
Population, 13, 76.
Port Lazareff, 174.
Port Shestakoff, 174, 219.
Po-san, 345, 355.
Posango, 75.
Possiet Bay, 224, 228, 233.
Potato cultivation, 229, 333.
Po-tok-am shrine, 143.
Potong Mön, 315, 317.
Potters at work, 85.
Pottery, native, 307.
Prefectural towns on the Han, 110, 112.
Primorsk, 220, 223, 233, 236, 241.
Princess’ Tomb, the, 62.
Prisons, Eastern, experience of, 442.
Procession, a quaint and motley one at Seoul, 56.
Protestant churches in Seoul, 63, 65.
Provincial Government, 372, 378.
Puk-han fortress, 105.
Puk-han mountains, 39, 247, 284.
Punishment, brutal character of, among Koreans, 33; abolished by the Japanese, 263.
Purification, the rite of, 411.
Putiata, Colonel, 433.
Pyeng-San, 308.
Pyök-chol, temple of, 84.
P’yo-un Sa monastery, 138, 139, 143, 144.
Queen of Korea, audience with, 251; description of, 252; dress of, 259; assassination of, 271, 273, 455; removal of the remains of, 369, 428.
Rainfall, 161, 191.
Rapids of the Han, 92, 101, 105.
Rebellion in Southern Korea, 179.
“Red Door,” distinction of the, 299.
Reforms in Korea pressed by the Japanese, 257;
## partial acceptance of, 386, 448, 452.
Religion, no national, 21, 63, 399.
Religious shrines, 76.
Reorganized Korean government, 371.
Revenue, the, and its sources, 19.
Revolutions, frequency of, 447.
Rice cultivation, 155, 161.
Rice trade of Chemulpo in Japanese hands, 32, 33.
Rice wine partaken to excess, 91, 92.
Richofen, Baron, his work on China, 12.
Ride, a long, hot, 156.
Riong San, 270, 271, 390.
Ritual of invocation, etc., 411.
Rivers, lakes and harbors of Korea, 14, 25.
Roads, bad character of, 20, 123, 128.
Roman Church and Missions in Seoul, 64, 65.
Ross, Dr. and Mrs., 198, 202, 211.
Royal city, a, 292.
Royal Edict, a fraudulent, 276; later edicts, 281, 366, 451.
Royal examinations, abolition of, 388; Library, the, 256.
Royal tombs of Seoul, 62.
Royalty, an audience with, 245.
Rulers of Korea, 18.
Russian homes, 235; administration, 236; legation at Seoul, 431.
Russian intervention, 281; Manchuria, 223, 243; soldier, the, 218.
Russia’s “New Empire” and maritime province, 242, 243; ascendancy of, 430; her gains in Korea, 455; her ascendancy lost, 456.
Russo-Chinese frontier, 230; Japanese Treaty, 471; Korean frontier, 230; Korean settlements, 225, 226, 229; hospitality of, 235.
Ryeng-an Sa, temple, of, 84.
Sabatin, Mr., 271, 272, 277.
Saddle, twelve hours in the, 325.
Sagem dæmons, 416.
Saghalien, 220.
Sai-kal-chai, the, 150.
Sai-nam, gateway at, 308.
Sajorni, 231.
Sakyamuni, image of, 136.
Salt industry, the, 158, 228.
Sampans, 70, 75.
Sa-mun, 25.
San Chin-chöi Sök dæmon, 420.
Sang-chin, 25.
Sang-dan San, 294.
Sang-nang Dang, 129.
Sanitary regulations, 436.
San-kak-San mountain, 38.
San-Shin Ryöng dæmons, 416.
Saretchje, 229.
Sar-pang Kori, 123, 126, 129.
Satow, Sir E., 68.
Scotch missionaries, 201, 207.
Scranton, Dr., 350.
Sea of Japan, 74.
Seoul-Fusan railway, projected, 25.
Seoul, port of, 14, 19; the capital, 35; mode of transit and approach to, 36; mean architecture of, 37; population and fine situation of, 38; beautiful and safe environs of, 39; foulness of the intra-mural city, 40; later sanitary improvements in, 40; the shops and their wares, 41; the great civic bronze bell, 41, 42, 51; beauty of the ancient Marble Pagoda, 43; its hordes of mangy dogs, 47; women of, free to take exercise in the streets only after nightfall, 47; the _Kur-dong_ festival, 51; seat of government and centre of official life, 59; graves of the capital, 61; royal tombs of, 62; the Missions and Protestant Churches, 63; authoress’s sojourn in, 246; leaves it, 267; assassination of the Queen at, 273; mission and foreign schools in, 390; dæmon festivals at, 411; the city in 1897, 427; metamorphosis of, 435; newspapers of, 439, 440; banking facilities in, 20, 32; beacon-fire in, 97; Board of Rites at, 141; burial clubs in, 62; Chinese colony in, 44; climate of, 16; education in, 387, 390; environs of, 68; first impressions of, 35, 48; fortresses of, 84; gates of, 39; houses of, 40, 436; Japanese ascendency in, 247, 261; Japanese colony in, 45; lava fields near, 16; marble pagoda in, 43, 84; missionaries in, 64; Mulberry Palace, 43; New Year’s Day in, 264; occupation of, by Japan, 206; police of, 434, 441; political conditions in, 261, 268; Prefecture of, 372; sanitary regulations in, 436; shops in, 41, 59, 168; singing and dancing girls at, 352; streets of, 435, 436; trade of, 60, 75; to Wön-san, road from, 129; walls of, 39.
Settlements, 223, 238.
Seun-tjeung-pi, or monuments, 294.
Seven Star Gate, the, 315.
Shamanism, 21, 63, 401, 402.
Shamans, 401.
Shanghai, 175.
Shan-tung, 188, 220.
Sheep, 72, 163.
Shen-si, 188.
Shestakoff, Port, 174, 218.
Shimonoseki, treaty of, 269.
Shin-Chang, or dæmon generals, 415.
Shipping vessels entering Korean ports, return of, 468.
Shou-yang-yi, 321.
Sho-wa Ku, 194, 195.
Shrines, 77, 129, 133, 149, 333.
Shur-hung, 303, 415-418.
Sian-chöng, 322.
Siao-ho river, 199.
Siberia, Korean settlers in, 223, 234; “cussedness” of Siberian ponies, 232.
Si-jo style of music, 165.
Sill, Mr., 269, 281.
Simpson, Mr. J. Y., 244.
Sin-gang Kam, 109.
Sin Ki Sun, 438.
Sin-kyei Sa monastery, 149.
Siphun river, 241.
Siptai-wong, the, or “Ten Judges,” 288.
“Six Great Roads,” the, 128.
Slavery abolished, 385.
Smith, Mr. Charles, 217.
Social position of women, 338.
_Société des Missions Etrangères_, 389.
So-il, 95.
Sök-wang Sa monastery, 169, 170.
Soldier, the Korean, 56, 434; the Chinese, 209; the Russian, 218.
Sol-rak San mountain, 100.
Song-do, visit to the city of, 293.
Song, examples of native, 166.
Söng Ju dæmon, 418.
Söng Whoang Dan altar, 417, 418.
Sön-tong, 141.
Sorcerers and geomancers, 403.
_Sorning_ (sponging) on relations, 446, 447.
Spanish chestnuts, groves of, 108.
Spasskoje, 242.
Spinsterhood, 115.
Spirits, evil, classified, 421, 422.
Spirit shrine, a, 129, 133.
Spirit worship, 22, 63, 95, 96.
“Star Board,” the, 287.
St. Peter, Sisters of, 64.
St. Peter the Great, Gulf of, 220.
Straw fringes, use of, 299.
Streets, 27, 435.
Stripling, Mr. A. B., 441.
Su-chung Dai, 155.
Sugimura, Mr., 275, 277.
Suicide, prevalence of in Mukden, 205.
Sun-chhön, 338.
Sungacha river, 244.
_Suruga Maru_, the s. s., 269.
_Swallow King’s Rewards, The_, 354.
Swings, 164.
Sword and Dragon Dance, the, 353.
Syo-im, 159.
Tablets, stone, 103.
Tai-döng river, 14, 17, 108, 308, 310, 314, 315, 322, 324, 327, 330, 335, 338, 344, 355.
Taiping rebellion, 188.
Tai-won-Kun, the, 37, 207, 255, 256, 262, 269, 271, 274, 275, 362, 437.
Taku forts, the, 186.
Tanning industry, the, 441.
Tan-pa-Ryöng Pass, the, 132, 133, 134.
Tan-yang, 75, 90, 94, 97, 98, 106.
Tao-jol, the, 303.
Ta-rai, 111.
Tarantass (Russian vehicle), the, 225, 226, 228.
Ta-ri-mak, 163, 168.
Taxation, burden of, 102, 384.
Tchyu-Chichang Pass, 152.
Temperature, high, 157, 159, 160, 172, 191, 193; low, 204, 246, 302.
Temple, interior of a, 87.
Temple of the God of War, 60.
“Temple of the Ten Judges,” 136.
Temples, 84, 133, 149, 170, 295, 303.
“Ten Judges,” the, 288.
Thong-chhön, 155.
“Throwing the ball,” 353.
Tientsin, 175; treaty of, 206.
Tiger-hunters, 73, 127, 150.
Tigers, Korean and Manchurian, 73; the hunting of, 73, 150; dread of, 127; “tiger on the brain,” 132.
Ti Ju dæmon, 419, 420.
Tok Chhön, 323, 325, 327, 328; squalor of dwellings at, 329, 333, 345.
Tol Maru, 302.
Tomak-na-dali, 85.
Tombs, 77.
Tong-haks, the, 29, 80, 177, 180, 181, 206, 264, 370.
Tong-ku, 131.
Top knot, the, 359, 360, 361, 362; proclamation regarding, 366.
Tornado, a, 130.
To-tam, 99, 100, 101.
To-ti-chi Shin dæmons, 418.
Toys, 168.
Trade, 24, 25, 31, 32, 304, 308, 391, 396, 450; statistics, 462, 466; foreign, extent of, 391, 392, 464.
Tragedy, a palace, 273.
Trans-Siberian railroad, 174; trip over eastern section of, 239; construction of, 244.
Transition stage, a, in Korean annals, 261.
Travellers, 127.
Travelling, arrangements for, 67, 70.
Treasury department at Seoul, 381; cleansing of, 449.
Treaties with foreign countries, 19, 471, 473.
Treaty ports, 20, 32, 357, 458; population of, 469, 470.
Treaty powers, the, 207.
Troops (Chinese) on march, 206.
Tso, General, 203, 210, 215, 315, 320; death of, 316.
Tsushima, island of, 23.
Tu-men river, 14, 17, 223, 228, 230, 231, 233, 242.
“Twelve Thousand Peaks,” beauty of the, 138.
Tyzen Ho river, 233.
Underwood, Mrs., 251, 252, 254, 279.
Un-san, 322.
Unterberger, General, 217.
Upper classes, inactivity of, 446.
Ur-röp-so, 108.
Ussuri, 239, 240.
Ussuri railway, 239, 240.
Ut-Kiri, 107, 110.
Vermin, protection against, 292.
Vernacular schools, Government, 388.
Victoria, Queen, referred to by Queen of Korea, 259.
Victory, cost of, 267.
Villages, 77, 162, 225, 226, 229, 234; dirty and squalid, 130.
Village system, the, 383; council of, 384.
Vladivostok (_See_ Wladivostok).
Vocal music, native, 166.
Volcanic action, signs of, 14, 16.
“Volunteer Fleet,” the Russian, 218, 239.
Voracity of the Koreans, 154.
Voyage up the Han, A, 82; its drawbacks, 105.
Waeber, Mr., 183, 368, 431; Mme., 280.
“Walking the Bridges,” custom of, 266.
War, impending, 177.
War declared, 208, 454; disarranges ocean transit, 213; enthusiasm for, 214; reforms induced by, 268.
Warner, Mr., 68.
War Office, 382.
Waters, Colonel, 244.
Wei-hai-wei, fall of, 267.
Wei-man, 355.
Western China, visit to, 282, 284; equipment for, 284.
Whang Hai coast, the, 357.
Whang Ju, 308-310.
“White-headed Mountain,” 14.
Widows, remarriage of, 291, 385.
Wife, the duty of a, 118.
Wildfowl, 174.
Wilkinson, Mr., 31.
Witch doctors, 203.
Wladivostok, 24, 25, 175, 213-222, 223, 224, 239, 240, 241; great progress of, 219; its militarism, 221; Chinese shops in, 220; climate of, 222; Korean settlements near, 233; population of, 219; public buildings in, 220; visit of the Tsar to, 239.
Wol-po, 323.
Women of Korea, seclusion and inferior position of, 13, 119; “slaves to the laundry” at Seoul, 45; Seoul women permitted to take exercise in the streets only after nightfall, 47; curious to see and inspect the garb of foreign women, 88, 94, 127; subjection of as a wife, 118; social position of, 338, 339; peasant women, 340.
Won-chön, 110.
Wong, “my servant,” 66, 69, 92, 110, 125, 127, 164, 193, 197.
Won Ju, 90, 94.
Wön-San, 14, 19, 20, 73, 109, 112, 123, 150, 158, 160, 163, 169, 170, 173-178, 184, 245, 328, 395; population of, 176, 470; Japanese troops pass through, 245.
Wön-sang, trade of, 176.
Wyers, Mr., 69, 70.
Wylie, Mr., murder of, 208, 211.
Yalu river, the, 14.
Yamen, a, 86, 93, 104, 112, 163, 262, 303, 338; runners, 51, 57, 86, 336, 338, 339.
Yang-bans, 59, 77-79, 87, 101, 102, 114, 116, 127, 235, 322, 338, 448, 450.
Yang-kun, 83.
Yangtze rapids, the, 106.
Yang-wöl, 103.
Yantchihe, 226, 227.
Ye Cha Yun, 427, 435.
Yellow Sea, the, 14, 30.
Yen, the Japanese, 305.
Yi family, dæmon of the, 425.
Yi, General, 206.
Yi Hak In, Mr., 283, 284, 292, 294, 298, 302, 304, 308, 312, 318, 320, 324, 326, 331, 334, 354, 356.
Yi Kyöng-jik, 273.
Ying-tzü, 186.
Yö Ju, town of, 86, 87; authoress an object of curiosity at, 89.
Yöng-Chhun, 75, 76, 102, 103, 104, 106; rapids of, 105.
Yong-Wöl, 78.
Yön-yung Pa-da, 357.
Yuan, Mr., 44, 183; big bell at, 147.
Yu-chöm Sa Monastery, the, 138, 142, 143, 146, 147.
Yul-sa, the monk, 135.
Yung-hing, 173.
Yung-wön, 328.
Transcriber’s Note:
Minor errors and omissions in punctuation have been fixed. Inconsistent hyphenation has been standardized. Spellings have been left as in the original text unless listed below. Smallcaps have been made ALL CAPS in the text version.
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