The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea

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White Trumbull. The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea

The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

China

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHINA FROM THE EARLIEST. TIMES TO FIRST CONTACT WITH. EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION

FROM FIRST CONTACT WITH EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION. TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR

THE CHINESE EMPIRE

THE CHINESE PEOPLE

Japan

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JAPAN FROM THE EARLIEST. TIMES TO FIRST CONTACT WITH. EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION

HISTORICAL SKETCH FROM THE COMING OF THE. FIRST EUROPEAN TRAVELERS TO THE. PRESENT TIME

LIMITS AND POSSESSIONS OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE

Corea

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF COREA, THE HERMIT NATION

GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT, CLIMATE AND PRODUCTSPRODUCTS OF COREA

COREAN CHARACTERISTICS AND MANNERS OF. LIFE

The War

CAUSES OF THE WAR BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA

THE BEGINNINGS OF HOSTILITIES

FROM ASAN TO PING-YANG

THE FIRST GREAT BATTLES OF THE WAR

JAPAN'S FORWARD MOVEMENT IN COREA

REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR TO THE. FIRST OF NOVEMBER

THE ADVANCE UPON PORT ARTHUR

THE CAPTURE OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE MASSACRE

FROM PORT ARTHUR TO WEI-HAI-WEI

THE EXPEDITION TO CAPTURE WEI-HAI-WEI AND. ITS SUCCESS

THE END OF HOSTILE OPERATIONS

THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE

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Trumbull White

Published by Good Press, 2022

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Again there were collisions in Corea, just as Rome and Carthage met in Sicily. Corea has for a long time, paid tribute both to Japan and China, yet neither had any definite sovereign right over Corea, but mere suzerain powers. In 1875, the Japanese government abandoned all her ancient, traditional suzerain rights in Corea, and concluded a treaty which recognized Corea as an independent State, enjoying the same sovereign powers as Japan. Soon after, the United States, England, France, Germany and Russia followed Japan’s example. This friendly act of Japan by which she introduced Corea as an independent State among civilized nations, was a terrible blow to China, who still had the intention of claiming her traditional suzerainty over Corea. It must be remembered that the permanent neutrality of the Hermit Kingdom is of vital importance to the prosperity and safety of the country of the Rising Sun. It is evident from this point of view that Japan can never permit the Chinese claim of suzerainty, nor Russian aggression in Corea.

From the time that Japan recognized Corea as an independent nation, she made great efforts for the progress of Corea. Many Corean students were educated and many Japanese, sent there as instructors and as advisors, assisted the advancement of her civilization. Japan has never failed to show her friendly sympathy towards Corea, for the progress and welfare of Corea as a firm independent state, has great bearing upon Asiatic civilization, and upon the safety of Japan itself.

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