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meiit undertook to assist Mongolia to maintain the autonomous 7^igime she has established, to support her right to have a national army, and to admit neither the presence of Chinese troops on her soil nor the colonization by the Chinese of her territory. The Mongolian Sovereign and Government will assure to Russian subjects and Russian commerce as in the past the full enjoyment of their rights and privileges as enumerated in the Protocol, and it is clearly understood that no other foreign subjects in Mongolia shall be granted fuller rights than those accorded to Russian subjects. Early in February 1913, Russian officers were sent to Mongolia as military instructors, to raise a native mounted brigade on the Cossack model.
Mongolia is to all intents an independent state, though China has not as yet recognised it.
Buddhist Lamaism is the prevalent form of religion, the Lamas having their residence at Urga and other centres.
Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Chinese Empire.
1. China. Official Publications.
Gorrespoudeuce respecting the aflairs of Chiua. Loudon. [Cd. 6148]
Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Reports. Shanghai.
Progress of Educational Keform in China. By E. T. Williams. In Annual Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Education for 1905. Washington, D. C., 1907.
Hertslet's China Treaties. Treaties, &c., between Great Britain and China, and be- tween China and Foreign Powers ; and" Orders in Council, Rules, Regulations, Acts of Parliament, Decrees, <fec., aftectiug British Interests in Cliina, in force on January 1, 1908. 3rd ed. 2 vols. London, 1908.
Xon-Official Publicatons.
The China Year Book. (Bell & AVoodhead). Loudon. Annual.
China Review. — Hong Kong. China Recorder. — Shanghai.
Alabaster (E.), Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law.
Beaulieu{V. Leroy), La Renovation de I'Asie (Siberic,. Chine, Japon). Paris, 1900 — The Awakening of the East (Eng. Trans.). London, 1900.
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Bishop (Mrs. Isabella), The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. Loudon, 1899.— Pictures from China. London, 1900.
Bland (J.O.P.), and Backhouse (E.), China under the Empress Dowager. London, 1911. — Recent Events and Present Policies in China. (By Bland). London, 1912.
Borel (H.), The New China, London, 1912.
Boulger(D. C), History of China. 2nd edit. 2 vols. London, 1898. — A Short History of China. New ed. London, 1900.
Brandt (M. von), Dreiunddreissig Jahre in Ost Asien. Leipzig, 1901.
Brown (A. J.), New Forces in Old China. New York, 1904.
Brvce (Major C. D), In the Footsteps of Marco Polo. London, 1907.
Cantlie (J.), and Jones (C. S.), Sun Yat Sen and the Awakening of China. London, 1912
Clarke (R. S.) and Sowerby (A. C), Through Shen-Kan. An Account of the Clark Expedition in North China, 1908-9. London, 1912.
Colquhoun (A. R.), China in Transformation. London, 1898. — The 'Overland' to China. London, 1900.— The Problem in China and British Policy. London, 1900.
Cordier (H.), Histoire des Relations de la Chine avec les Puissances Occidentales 1860-1900). 2 vols. Paris, 1901-02.
Dorjrf (Abbe A.), Journal de montroisieme voyage d exploration dans I'empire chinois vols. Paris, 1875
Dinqle{E,. J), Across China on foot. Bristol and London, 1911.— China's Revolution, 1911-12. London, 1912.
Dofiein (F.), Ostasienfahrt : Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen ... in China, Japan, und Ceylon. Leipzig, 1906.
Douglas (R. K.), Confucianism and Taouism. London, 1893.— Society in China. London, 1894. — Li Hung Chang. London, 1895. — China. In 'Story of the Nations' Series 2nd ed. Loudon, 1900.— Europe and the Far East. Cambridge, 1904.
