19世纪中期以后,由于台湾优越的地理位置和丰富的自然资源,部分美国人对台湾进行了早期探索并有将其据为本国所有之意,但鉴于各种原因美国政府并未对台湾采取大规模的军事行动。日本侵台的意愿给予美国人介入台湾事务以扩大在亚太地区利益的机会。在整个侵台事件中,美国政府一以贯之的是“中立”政策,但是其处理涉及日本侵台事件的美国人的矛盾方式,客观上给予美国非官方力量为日本侵台提供帮助的机会,无形中使得美国成为日本侵略行为的支持者和纵容者。 After the mid-19th century, due to its superior geographical position and abundant natural resources, some Americans conducted an early exploration of Taiwan and took it as their own national ownership. However, for various reasons, the U.S. government has not taken a large Scale military operations. The will of Japan to invade Taiwan gives Americans opportunities to intervene in Taiwan affairs to expand their interests in the Asia-Pacific region. During the entire invasion of Taiwan, the U.S. government consistently followed the policy of “neutrality.” However, handling the contradiction between the Americans involved in Japan’s invasion of Taiwan objectively gave the non-official U.S. forces the opportunity to help Japan to invade Taiwan. Virtually making the United States a supporter and condone for Japanese aggression.