Between the three countries was a treaty signed applying for the next 30
years which included some military provisions. If China was attacked would
Russia sent 200,000 men which were to be fitted out, armed and taken care of by
Japan. Japan was to hand over to China within 4 years 4 small cruisers, 1
battleship, 7 destroyers and some auxiliary ships in exchange for which within
5 years Sakhalin (1) was to transferred to Japan. China would increase her army
to a strength of 800,000 soldiers to be trained by Russian and Japanese
officers and Vladivostok was with Japanese help to be fitted out as a naval
base.
Note
1. The island Sakhalin or in Chinese Kuye and Japanese Karafuto also known as Saghalien lies in the North Pacific and in 19th and 20th centuries a source of severe disputes between Russia and Japan. In 1875 transferred the southern part to Russia in exchange for the Kuril Islands. After the for Russia disastrous war with Japan became the southern part in 1905 Japanese although Japan controlled the whole island between 1920 and 1925. After the Second World War controlled the Soviet Union the whole island.
Note
1. The island Sakhalin or in Chinese Kuye and Japanese Karafuto also known as Saghalien lies in the North Pacific and in 19th and 20th centuries a source of severe disputes between Russia and Japan. In 1875 transferred the southern part to Russia in exchange for the Kuril Islands. After the for Russia disastrous war with Japan became the southern part in 1905 Japanese although Japan controlled the whole island between 1920 and 1925. After the Second World War controlled the Soviet Union the whole island.
