The Ching Court began to awaken to the importance of defending the southeast, and to the dangers of Japanese militarism. They dispatched forces to establish the Hengchun settlement and began the work of educating the indigenous people and persuading them to stop killing shipwreck survivors.
清廷開始感受到東南海防的重要及日本軍國主義的威脅，而前來駐軍設立恆春縣城，開發番山設立學校、並勸止殺人。