Anglo-Japanese alliance renewed for ten years

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.2.2: Japanese Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Mats Arne Karlsson (University of Sydney), Roy Anthony Starrs (University of Otago)

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Treaties and alliances

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Date of occurrence 1905

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Japan (Location)
United Kingdom (Location)

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Lord Salisbury had famously pursued a policy of 'splendid isolation' during his time as Foreign Secretary, but in 1900, this Prime Minister handed over the post to Lord Lansdowne. Both Britain and Japan were uneasy at Russian expansionism, and the Japanese minister in London, Hayashi Tadasu, opened negotiations with Lansdowne over the possibility of an Anglo-Japanese alliance to add to their extant 1894 commercial treaty. The treaty showed mutual opposition to the Russian invasion of Manchuria, aided British trade interests in China, and was a major source of national pride for Japan: this was the first treaty signed between a European and a non-Western power against another Western one. Although it was not due for renewal until 1907, the two powers signed another similar, though expanded…

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Anglo-Japanese alliance renewed for ten years". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 August 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=11785, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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