The Russo-Japanese War #251253

The shame of this surrender, though unavoidable, sank deep into the hearts of the Samurai. And in the minds of Japanese statesmen the dread of Russia grew. They knew that China had proved in 1860, and before, her inability to protect her own interests, and that though she posed as Suzerain of Korea, whose north east frontier was conterminous with that of Russia, the task of keeping that dependency inviolate was beyond her strength.