THE TREATY SIGNED. 633 orsympathy with,the mad act of Koyama, and noeffort was spared to make reparation for his murderous attack on the ambassador. The Emperor sent his own physicians to attend Li Hung Chang, tlae Empress herself prepared the lint and bandages for the wound. Within a week more than 10,000 letters, written by men ratification of the treaty. It wasratified on that day at Cheefoo.

The principal provisions of the treaty of Shimonoseki were as follows:— By the ist Article,China recognised the independence of Korea, and therefore renounced all claim to tribute, or any other acknowledgment of MAP SHOWING EFFECT OF THE SHIMONOSEKI TREATY of all classes in Japan,reached Li at Shimonoseki,allexpressing theindignation of the writers at the crime, and their sympathy for its victim. By a strange turn of events, Koyama's pistolshot was helping to draw the two hostile nations together again as friends.

When in a few days the negotiations were resumed,rapid progress was made, and on April 17th the treatyof peace was signed at Shimonoseki. The existing armistice was prolonged until May 8th, the latest day fixed for the suzerainty. By the 2nd Article, China ceded to Japan Formosa and the Pescadores Islands, as well as the Liao-tung peninsula, including the fortress and dockyard of Port Arthur. The northern boundary of the territory thus ceded on the mainland was to run from the mouth ot the Yalu to that of the Liao River, by Funghwang,Hai-cheng, and Ying-tzu,all theseplaces becoming Japanese. No claim was made to Wei-hai-wei, which was tobe restored to China.

The 3rd Article provided for the definite