ocr: KuSs0-Japanese War, - - 1904-3, imperialistic conflict growing out of: - rival designs on MANCHURIA andKorea. Russia hadt - penetratedt those territories and refused (1904) to negotiate with Japan over spheres ofinfluence there.Japan then bottled up the Russian fleet at Port Arthur (now Lushun, China), defeated a Russian army at Mukden (now Shenyang), and destroyed the Russian fleet offt the Isushima islands. Peace was brought about byU.S. Pres. Theodore ROOSEVELT.Japan emerged as a world power. Russia's defeat contributedto the 1905 RUSSIANREYOLUTION
