After the First Sino-Japanese War ended with the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Japan felt humiliated when the Triple Intervention of the three great powers of Germany, France, and Russia forced it to return the valuable Liaodong Peninsula to China under threat of force.
Logo do fin da Primeira guerra sino-xaponesa co Tratado de Shimonoseki, Xapón sentiuse humillado cando a Tripla Intervención das tres grandes potencias Alemaña, Francia e Rusia obrigárona a devolver a valiosa Península de Liaodong a China baixo a ameaza da forza.