Ch 33 - The Protectorate

 The Portsmouth Peace Conference insured Japan's dominant position in Korea and East Asia.  Unhindered by outside forces, Japan expanded and solidified its control over Korea.  The Protectorate Treaty of 1905 gave Japan full authority over Korean foreign relations and placed the peninsula under the administration of the Japanese Residency-General.  The West ignored Korean pleas for help against Japan.  As Japan tightened its grip, Koreans resisted Japanese regulations and reforms.  Korean exiles and numerous anti-Japanese guerilla groups formed to continue the struggle for independence.

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