HIST 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Nine-Power Treaty, Japanese Militarism
8 Apr 2016
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Japan aligned with britain since 1912 helped british guide maritime traffic engaged in military activities (cid:1) European changed their economy because they had different needs they wanted jap tea silk jap exports to dutch french british colonies (cid:1) Leads to problems such as jap structure of trade economic problems (cid:1) imbalance of economy (cid:1) Civilian prod after war ended from war efforts. War and peace forces jap to relook trade. American bank collapses leads to major problems in china and japan. Korea and taiwan tool for bringing back japan to life. Large scale farming can produce surplus to be exported. Even with korean surplus doesn"t have enough food. European military crisis in east asia reduced to a minimum. That means jap military is directing east asia during ww1. Americans and europeans alliance (cid:1) solution internationalizing the rise of japan constrained institutionally and legally surrenders foreign policies (cid:1) Four power treaty, 1921 first treaty to try to constrain japan.
