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Li Hung Chang promptly sent an army from Tien-tsin for its suppression, another from Japan coming simultaneously. But the Japanese army poured into Chemulpo in such numbers and with a perfection of equipment suggesting a purpose not mentioned in the Li-Ito agreement!
This led to negotiations between China and Japan having an important bearing upon subsequent events. Li Hung Chang, representing China, and Marquis Ito, the Japanese Foreign Minister, held a conference at Tien-tsin, which resulted in what is known as the "Li-Ito treaty."
It soon became apparent that so far from co-operating in these reforms, which were an essential part of the Li-Ito agreement, China intended to make them impossible. The Government at Tokio came to a momentous decision. In 1894 an outbreak more serious than usual occurred, known as the "Tong-Hak Rebellion."
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