中日甲午战争受到欧洲列强远东政策的支配。英俄矛盾是当时远东国际关系中最主要的矛盾,决定了远东国际关系的基本格局,对中日甲午战争的爆发、进程和结局都产生了深刻的影响。英国和俄国在调停中日矛盾过程中所采取的政策,体现着各自的国家利益。 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894 was dominated by the European Far East’s Far East policy. The contradiction between Britain and Russia was the most important contradiction in the Far East’s international relations at that time, which determined the basic pattern of the Far East’s international relations and had a profound impact on the outbreak, process and outcome of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. The policies adopted by Britain and Russia in mediating the contradictions between China and Japan embody their respective national interests.