Japan–Korea Treaty Of February 1904
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1904 was made between representatives of the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire in 1904. Negotiations were concluded on 23 February 1904.Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921–1922. (1922). ; excerpt, "Treaty of Alliance between Japan and Korea, dated February 23, 1904." Though Korea declared neutral to Russo-Japanese War, Japanese troops entered Seoul on 9 February 1904, declared war on Russia, and kidnapped some pro-Russians in Korea, including Lee Yong-ik (이용익). The treaty was confirmed invalid in 1965 by Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea. Treaty provisions The treaty preamble asserted that the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ''ad interim'' of His Majesty the Emperor of Korea were "respectively duly empowered" to negotiate and to agree upon the specific lan ...
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