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ESSAYS and future aspirations , the Republicans have , in less than ten years , given France four kingdoms in Asia and Africa .
Document F Source : Treaty of Shimonoseki ( ended the Sino [ Chinese ] -Japanese War ), 1895 .
Article I . China recognizes definitely the full and complete independence and autonomy of Corea , and in consequence , the payment of tribute and the performance of ceremonies and formalities by Corea to China in derogation of such independence and autonomy , shall wholly cease for the future .
Article VI . From the date of the exchange of the ratification of this Act until the said Treaty and Convention are brought into actual operation , the Japanese Government ; its officials ; commerce ; navigation ; frontier intercourse and trade ; industries ; ships and subjects , shall , in every respect , be accorded by China most favored nation treatment . Document G Source : Korean King Kojong ’ s Fourteen-Article Oath , in a ceremony held at the royal ancestral shrine , 1895 .
All thoughts of dependence on China shall be cut away , and a firm foundation for independence shall be secured . 6 . The payment of taxes by the people shall be regulated by law . 8 . The expenses of the royal household shall be the first to be reduced , by way of setting an example to the various ministries and local officials . 11 . Young men of intelligence shall be sent abroad in order to study foreign science and industries . 14 . Men shall be employed without regard to their origin , and in seeking for officials recourse shall be had to capital and country alike in order to widen the avenues for men of ability to find employment .
Document H Source : Korean Yi Sangjae , diplomat , independence fighter , and
Document B
politician and others : Memorial on National Salvation , 1898 .
We , Your Majesty ’ s humble servants , desire to state that two important factors constitute an independent , and sovereign state : first , it must not lean upon another nation nor tolerate foreign interference in the national administration ; second , it must help itself by establishing a wise policy and enforcing justice throughout the realm . Powerful neighbors have been treating us like a nobody , and even Your Majesty ’ s position has become perilous .
Document I Source : So Chaep ’ il , reformer and founder of Korea ’ s first modern newspaper , The Independent , in People Are the Masters , 1898 .
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