1. TREATY OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE BE- TWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN (January, 1902) . . 474 J.-SPECIAL PROTOCOL BETWEEN JAPAN AND KOREA GUARAN- Note. The first eight documents, bearing dates from 1895 to 1899, show clearly how the pendulum swung up against England in the Far East during this period. The last three documents show the beginning of the reaction; but until the value of documents C to G and those agreements which have grown out of them is practically destroyed (documents A and B not being considered as the second cancels the first), there will be scant cause for congratulation. A HALT ON THE LINE OF MARCH (JAPANESE) ON A SAP BEFORE PORT ARTHUR. THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GUARD IN ACTION, A JAPANESE ASSAULT ON PORT ARTHUR. JAPANESE FIELD ARTILLERY IN ACTION THE INSIDE OF A RUSSIAN FORT AT PORT ARTHUR Frontispiece To face page 12 28 28 36 37 9 40 40 46 102 138 PORT ARTHUR HARBOUR AFTER THE SURRENDER |