How Did The British Respond To Japanese Alliance With Russia

As a result, this action left the Japanese in a desperate situation to try and salvage any territory and potential imperial opportunity through negotiations with the Russians. The negotiations prior to the Russo-Japanese war between the Japanese, Russians, and British put the Russians in a tough situation. Japan did allow Russia to gain control over Manchuria as long as they could have control over the northern area of Korea. During the same time, the British struggled through negotiations with the Japanese to confirm whether or not Britain would agree to a military alliance with Japan. The negotiations between the Japanese and the British resulted in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which officially took place in 1902. The alliance called for Britain to enter the war as Japan’s ally if any nation who had an alliance with Russia joined the war

Predictably, tensions between Japan and Russia grew during the year of 1904 as Russia continued to increase pressure both militarily and economically around the area of Port Arthur mainly through building the Trans-Siberian Railway across Manchuria. As the Japanese put forth a compromise to give Russia control over Manchuria and to receive control of Korea, the Russians demanded that the Japanese remove their military force in Korea. This assumption relied on the Russian’s mindset that the Japanese would not go to war with Russia, thus there would be minimal conflict standing in the way of Russia gaining control of both Manchuria and Korea. However, the Japanese negotiated from a standpoint where a potential war with Russia became a legitimate possibility and the fear of taking on a greater nation decreased as a potential deterrent. Ultimately, the overwhelming force and pressure the Russians had placed on advancing their