1894年7月25日,日本挑起甲午战争。9月中旬,日军攻占朝鲜平安道首府平壤,在大东沟击沉多艘北洋舰队军舰,清军兵败如山倒。日军长驱直入,攻打辽东,占领旅顺。隔年2月,日军攻占威海卫,北洋水师全军覆灭。日军整师待发,拟直捣京师。1895年3月21日,清政府与日本于日本马关开始和谈。日本首相伊藤博文要割台湾等地,李鸿章告之英国将会干涉。伊藤博文狂称,“岂止 July 25, 1894, Japan provoked the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. In mid-September, the Japanese army captured Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea’s Peoples Herald Road, and sunk more ships of the Northern Fleet in the Dadonggou. Japanese troops marched straight into the east, attacking Liaodong, occupying Lushun. The following year in February, the Japanese army captured Weihai, the Northern naval army destroyed. Japanese troops ready to go, to be mastered pounding. March 21, 1895, the Qing government and Japan began their peace talks in Malaysia. Japanese Prime Minister Ito Bowen wants to cut Taiwan and other places, and Li Hongzhang sued Britain for interference. Iton Bowen crazy name, ”more than