Commencement of the Sino-Japanese War and the Kapo Internal Reform:Developments in Japanese-Korean Relations
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The nature of the Kapo internal reform, the by-product of the Sino-Japanese race for power in Korea, can be determined by the peculiar characteristics of the political and economic structure of Korea, the country which had been an object of semi-colonialization by China and Japan. I believe that the Kapo Refrom, which was thrust upon Korea by external elements, had its own particular meanings, not simply as a modernization process of the country's ancient system, but also as a product of the historical circumstances of the world at the time. In effect, the conditions under which the reform was initiated constitute an extremely significant factor. Furthermore, the backward Korean society had been penetrated by the sudden surge of forces of capitalistic powers, and Korea found herself become a stage for power struggle among nations.This paper will attempt to examine the state of affairs, with an emphasis on the course of changes, involving the Sino-Japanese War and its termination, as well as the advancement of Russian influence in Korea, both of which are necessary factors for the understanding of the Kapo Reform itself.As Mutsu, one time Foreign Minister, pointed out in his Kenkenroku, "whether it be Korea's internal reform or the problems involving the lord-vassal relationship between China and Korea, they are basically the outcome of the power struggle between Japan and China in Korea." In other words, the Japanese policy, which attempted to reconcile two contradictory elements of "independence" and "internal reform, " was aimed at the establishment of solid Japanese political control in Korea in order to settle, once and for all, the basic antagonism between Japan and China, It follows then that the reform plan itself possessed inherent self-limitations because of the aforementioned reason.The reform program, to be sure, ended in complete failure after a year and a half, with little being accomplished. It had, however, an enormous impact upon Korea, for it threw the administrative mechanism into a decisive crisis. Moreover, it was an important incident which shook the foundations of Korea's social structure.
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