. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . *HE war between China and Japan in 1894 leftthe interested European powers in a rather un-satisfactory state as to their relative position in theMiddle Kingdom. Japan was unable to earn thefull and deserved fruits of her victory, as she wasturned out of Korea by the concerted action of Ger-many, France and Russia
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . *HE war between China and Japan in 1894 leftthe interested European powers in a rather un-satisfactory state as to their relative position in theMiddle Kingdom. Japan was unable to earn thefull and deserved fruits of her victory, as she wasturned out of Korea by the concerted action of Ger-many, France and Russia. Great Britain, standingisolated, could not help Japan, and Germany soughther reward for the pretended act of friendlinesstowards Russia by the sudden seizure of Kiao-Chau and the establishment ofclaims of interest over the entire Province of Shantung. Her direct pretext was themurder of two missionaries in this province. Other powers followed, or tried tofollow, by similar procedure at different parts of the coast, and the hostile feeling ofthe learned class in China, which rules the country, became intense. Hatredagainst the foreigners had, for obvious reasons, always been strong in China. Nowthe secret anti-foreign societies which had also been foremost in their aversion o
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