Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
Production date
1904-1905
Description
Letters appealing for aid on behalf of the sick and wounded.
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
sub-fonds
History
In February 1904 a war broke out between Russia and Japan over claims to sovereignty over Manchuria and Korea as Russia had reneged on the agreement to withdraw from Manchuria.
As with some of the earlier conflicts there was little for the National Society to do as Russia and Japan had already established their own Red Cross societies. As a mark of sympathy they gave each side £2,000, with Japan receiving a further £5,000 as no other opportunity arose to give further assistance to Russia.
King Edward VII sent Sir Frederick Treves to the conflict to report on the work of the Russian and Japanese Red Cross societies and his report gave King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra an insight into the possibility of the organisation of the Red Cross in Britain on similar lines.
The Russians were decisively beaten and the war was officially ended in 1905 through the Treaty of Portsmouth which gave acknowledgement of Japan’s rights of supremacy in Korea and the area now known as Lüshun consequently halting Russian expansion and granting greater power to Japan.
As with some of the earlier conflicts there was little for the National Society to do as Russia and Japan had already established their own Red Cross societies. As a mark of sympathy they gave each side £2,000, with Japan receiving a further £5,000 as no other opportunity arose to give further assistance to Russia.
King Edward VII sent Sir Frederick Treves to the conflict to report on the work of the Russian and Japanese Red Cross societies and his report gave King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra an insight into the possibility of the organisation of the Red Cross in Britain on similar lines.
The Russians were decisively beaten and the war was officially ended in 1905 through the Treaty of Portsmouth which gave acknowledgement of Japan’s rights of supremacy in Korea and the area now known as Lüshun consequently halting Russian expansion and granting greater power to Japan.
Catalogue Number
WAN/17