In 1895, the Qing Court signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding Taiwan to Japan. Japanese military forces then occupied the island, and a governor-general was given total authority to make laws and regulations with the objective of implementing a colonial policy of full control and suppression.
一八九五年，清廷簽下馬關條約，將台灣割讓日本，日本以武裝入據台灣，總督被賦予發布律令的特權，實行專制、壓榨的殖民地政策。