Asia Pacific, 22 Apr 1898: Far Eastern Crisis
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 22 Apr 1898 (The Rise of Japan: Far Eastern Crisis), showing the following events: Korean Empire; German seizure of Jiaozhou; Pact of Biak-na-Bato; Russian seizure of Lushunkou; French seizure of Guangzhouwan.

R u s s i a n E m p i r e

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Indian
Empire(Br. Raj)

Tibet(de facto)

Philippines(Sp.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

German
New Guinea(Ger. prot.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Br. New
Guinea(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

C.E.R.(Rus. infl.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br. prot.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Jaluit

Protectorate(Ger. prot.)

Mariana

Islands(Sp.)

Wake I.(uninh.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(Sp.)

Paracel Is.(disp.)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

Oct 1897Korean Empire proclaimed

14 Nov 1897–6 Mar 1898Germans obtain Kiautschou Bay

14 Dec 1897Spain grants amnesty to
Philippine revolutionaries

27 Dec 1897–27 Mar 1898Russians obtain Port Arthur

22 Apr–29 May 1898French obtain Kwangchowan

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