The Research Of The Northern Warlords Government's Relief Of The Overseas Chinese In Distress In Russia's Far East, 1918-1920

In a rather long period after the Revolution of 1911, China was in a predicament of foreign aggressions and internal conflicts. In the years from 1918 to 1920, although poor and militarily weak, the Northern Warlords government sent troops to Russia's Far East to relieve the overseas Chinese in distress. By the use of Sino-Russian Relationship Archives compiled by the Taiwan Central Research Institute, the core reference material for this dissertation, the historical records of China, America, Japan, Russian and so on, and the recent fifty years'relating research achievements by scholars both at home and abroad, through historical, political and international law relating knowledge and researching methods, this dissertation focuses on a thorough research on the history of the Northern Warlords government's relief of the overseas Chinese in distress in Russia's Far East areas.Through the analysis of the historical background of the Northern Warlords government and the study of its relations with multiple forces both at home and abroad, this dissertation strives to explore the true causes and the decision-making process of the Northern Warlords government's dispatch of troops to Russia, to reproduce the historical process of the Northern Warlords government's relief of the overseas Chinese in distress in Russia's Far East, and to evaluate the historical significances and limitations of this relief operation, aiming at to provide people with a more objective and thorough understanding of the Northern Warlords government's overseas Chinese policy and draw on historical experiences for today's overseas Chinese affairs. Among the discussions, a major concern is how the Northern Warlords government, under the situation of being beset with troubles both at home and abroad, made the decision to send troops to relieve the overseas Chinese in distress.The dissertation consists of three parts:preface, body and conclusion. The preface introduces the current state of researches both at home and abroad on the dispatches of troops to Russia's Far East by powers of the Entente Countries and the Northern Warlords government, hereupon explains the necessity and feasibility of the researches of this dissertation. The body is divided into four chapters:chapterâ… focuses on the description of the formation of the overseas Chinese society in Russia's Far East, the difficult situation they faced after the October Revolution,1917, and their diverse reactions toward Russia's great social changes; chapterâ…¡concentrates on the study of the background and the policy making process of the Northern Warlords government's dispatch of troops to Russia's Far East for the relief of the overseas Chinese in distress, on this basis points out the historical opportunity created for the Northern Warlords government's dispatch of troops to Russia by the Entente Countries'armed intervention of the Soviet Russian Revolution, and then analyzes the true reasons of the Northern Warlords government's decision to send troops; chapter III mainly discusses how the Northern Warlords government took different measures to relieve the overseas Chinese in distress in Russia's Far East according to changing situations, firstly to provide the overseas Chinese with diplomatic protections, next to reinforce boundary defense to support them, then to follow Japan and England to send ships to protect them, and finally to send troops to relieve them under the framework of joint interference; chapterâ…£carries out objective evaluations of the Northern Warlords government's relief of the overseas Chinese in distress in Russia's Far East in terms of three aspects, namely its historical status and significances, its historical limitations and its practical meanings. The conclusion summarized the contents and major viewpoints of this dissertation.