Yamagata-Lobanov Agreement

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The Yamagata-Lobanow Protocol ( Japanese 山 縣 ・ ロ バ ノ フ 協定 , Yamagata-Robanofu Kyōtei ; Russian Протокол Лобанова - Ямагаты , Protocol Lobanova-Yamagaty ) was an agreement between the Japanese Empire on June 9, 1896 in Moscow and the Russian Empire was signed. The protocol regulated disputes between the two powers over Korea .

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After the Japanese Empire defeated the Chinese Empire in the First Sino-Japanese War , Japan and Russia competed for influence on the Korean Peninsula . The Russian position was strengthened when the Korean King Gojong sought refuge in the Russian legation in Hanseong after the murder of Queen Min in October 1895 . After the Komura-Weber memorandum had already been taken in the spring of 1896 as a first step towards reducing the intensifying tensions between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire, Yamagata received Aritomo , who met with a delegation on the occasion of the coronation ceremony of Tsar Nicholas II . stayed in Moscow under secret instructions to negotiate an agreement on spheres of interest in Korea with the Russian government.

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The original draft that Yamagata presented to the Russian Foreign Minister Alexei Borissowitsch Lobanow-Rostowski provided for the division of Korea along the 38th parallel in the event of a military occupation of the peninsula by Japanese and Russian troops. However, this clause did not appear in the actual agreement.

The protocol reaffirmed Korean independence and the need for reform. However, secret clauses stipulated that both states could move troops by mutual agreement and that an equal number of troops from both powers would remain stationed in the country until a Korean military and sufficient Korean police forces could be organized. It was also determined that the Korean king should remain with the Russian embassy until the palace guard was reorganized.

The general provisions of this treaty were published in 1898 together with the Komura-Waeber memorandum.

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  1. ↑ Peter Duus: The Abacus and the Sword. The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910, Berkeley 1995, pp. 120-21
  2. ^ Ian Nish: The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War , New York 1985, p. 33
  3. ↑ Frederick. A. McKenzie: The Tragedy of Korea , London 1908, p. 301
  4. ↑ Peter Duus: The Abacus and the Sword. The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 , Berkeley 1995, p. 121
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yamagata is the family name, Aritomo the first name.