OUR EASTERN QUESTION AMERICA'S CONTACT WITH THE BY THOMAS F MILLARD AUTHOR OF "THE NEW FAR EAST," "AMERICA AND THE ILLUSTRATED WITH NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. INTRODUCTION This book is a journalistic summary rather than a literary production. During the period included in its survey I resided in the far East, formerly as correspondent for American publications, and for the last five years as editor of The China Press (Shanghai). The design of this work is to extract the more pertinent and significant matters from the tremendous and complex movement of political and economic and sociological forces in the Orient, with intent to expose their directing and controlling elements and tendencies, and with especial attention to their application to America. The accounts of the revolution in China and its aftermath are of course but imperfect pictures of remarkable eventsvolumes would be filled to describe them adequately. The effort was to catch the outstanding features and some of the outstanding personalities in their relation to world viewpoint. A great amount of interesting details has perforce been omitted; but those details were in the author's mind when writing, and in formulating the opinions and conclusions expressed. July 1, 1916. THOMAS F. MILLARD. 298953 |