[121]. See Tokushu Jōyaku, pp. 5–14. See a Russian view of these affairs in the Dōbun-kwai, No. 50 (January, 1904), pp. 25–30. See also Z. Nakamura, Chishima Karafuto Shinryaku-shi (history of Russian aggression in the Kuriles and Sakhalien), Tokio, 1904.
[122]. Tokushu Jōyaku, pp. 78–79, 719.
[123]. See, for instance, the London Times, November 7, 1894, p. 5.
[124]. Tokushu Jōyaku, pp. 79–80.
[125]. For the text of this treaty, see the Treaties and Conventions between the Empire of Japan and Other Powers, compiled by the Foreign Office, Tokio, 1899, pp. 377 ff.; Mayers, pp. 181–184; U. S. 54th Congress, 1st Session, House Documents, vol. i. pp. 200–203; etc.
[126]. Tokushu Jōyaku, pp. 43–45, 80.
[127]. The London Times, April 22, 1895, p. 5.
[128]. The London Times, April 22, 1895, p. 5.
[129]. Tokushu Jōyaku, pp. 81–82.
[130]. The German note, which was accompanied by a Romanized translation into Japanese, is said to have contained a statement to the effect that Japan was weak, Germany was powerful, and Japan would surely be defeated in case she should go to war with Germany. This peculiar sentence was, at the protest of the Japanese Foreign Office, expunged from the note.—Tokushu Jōyaku, p. 86