An American Diplomat in China. E-book. Formato PDF Paul S. Reinsch   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

International action as seen from Peking during this period did not have many reassuring qualities. In most cases it was based upon a desire to lose no technical ad vantage of position; to yield not a whit, no matter what general benefit might result through mutual concessions. Each one was jealously guarding his position in which he had advanced step by step. Some were willing to make common cause with others in things that would not always commend themselves to a sense of equity, in order that they might take Still another step forward. During the major part of this period one power employed every device of intrigue, intimidation, corruption, and force in order to gain a position for itself in flagrant disregard of the rights of the Chinese people itself, and in oblivion of the rights of others.

Colonial Administration. E-book. Formato PDF Paul S. Reinsch   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In offering this comparative study of the methods of colonial administration the author is fully aware that the time is not ripe for a complete and conclusive statement of the principles involved. Many of the experiments dealt with are of so recent an origin that their outcome is still entirely problematical; in fact, it may be said that the entire policy of governing distant and alien dependencies is still on trial. The purpose of this volume is to furnish a statement of the various problems confronting colonial governments; and to indicate the main lines of solution that have been attempted; selecting from the vast amount of available material the most striking illustrations. It intends to give a survey of the varied activities of colonial governments, the institutional framework of which has been outlined in an earlier book in this series.A part of the first chapter of the book was read by the author at the International Congress of Arts and Sciences at St. Louis, and a part of the second chapter has been published in the American Journal of Sociology. The author desires to express his obligation to Mr. J. W. Gannaway, and to Mr. Horatio B.Hawkins, students at the University of Wisconsin, for valuable assistance in verification and proof reading.