Britain threatens war with Russia but cannot find back-up

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.1.00: Slavic and Russian Writing and Culture: Old, Medieval and Tsarist, 700-1917.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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Date of occurrence 1898-03-08-1898-03-17

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Russia (Location)
United Kingdom (Location)
China (Involved)

A crisis has developed in Anglo-Russian relations after Britain provides a loan to Russia's enemy, China. Britain threatens war, but retreats from this position on finding that neither the USA or Japan will give their support in such a conflict.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Britain threatens war with Russia but cannot find back-up". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19250, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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