... Delcasse, 20 Sept 1899). Documents diplomatiques francais [hereafter referred to as DDF], lere serie (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1871-1914), vol. 16, pp. 407-408 (Governor-General Paul Doumer to Minister of Colonies Decrais, 18 Aug 1900). 9 Brugiere, Apr-June 1963, p. 148. LATE CH'ING MILITANCY...

.... to Gov.-Gen., 20 June 1901, Ibid Delcassé's firmness was part of a struggle that he was having at the time with Doumer. Doumer wanted a military intervention and occupation of Yunnan as an adjunct to the economic penetration of this Chinese province begun with his Yunnan railway project. Delcassé...

... combination at best. Despite much work in the French archives, the treatment of French policy is disappointing. Once again the thesis of the primacy of political rather than economic goals is advanced, particularly in connection with the policies pursued by Theophile Delcasse. While there may be something...

...Arif Dirlik 514 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES of such matters as the careful consideration Delcasse gave to the American Open Door Note, the arguments on behalf of the Open Door policy which he presented in the Chamber of Deputies, the close correspondance between his views of the Chinese situation...

... than economic goals is advanced, particularly in connection with the policies pursued by Theophile Delcasse. While there may be something to this, the combination of motives behind French policy was at least as complex as that behind Belgian policy. One will not find here any discussion...

... the private papers of Hanotaux or Delcasse can compete with the quality and detail of the British documents. As a result, we are not able to obtain a sense of the development of French policy or of the interplay of personalities in French politics. nan. Why did the supporters of ephemeral railway projects...