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Korea and Her Neighbors; A Narrative of Travel, With an Account of the Vicissitudes and Position of the Country
Korea and Her Neighbors A Narrative of Travel With an Account of the Vicissitudes and Position of the Country Author:Isabella Lucy Bird General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: J. Murray Subjects: Korea History / Asia / Korea Travel / Asia / China Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this boo... more »k you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XXIII A DARK CHAPTER OF KOREAN HISTORY In May 1895 a treaty of peace between China and Japan was signed at Shimonoseki, a heavy indemnity, the island of Formosa, and a great accession of prestige, being the gains of Japan. From thenceforward no' power having interests in the Far East could afford to regard her as a quantiU niglig« less