Leading Men of Japan: With an Historical Summary of the Empire

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D. Lothrop, 1883 - 421 sivua
 

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Sivu 382 - You know that the United States of America now extend from sea to sea; that the great countries of Oregon and California are parts of the United States; and that from these countries, which are rich in gold and silver and precious stones, our steamers can reach the shores of your happy land in less than twenty days.
Sivu 17 - Meiji, establish a Parliament, in order to carry into full effect the determination We have announced, and We charge Our faithful subjects bearing Our commissions to make, in the meantime, all necessary preparations to that end.
Sivu 15 - Assisted by the sacred memory of the glorious line of our holy ancestors and by the union of our subjects, we have attained a slight measure of peace and tranquillity. " So short a time, however, has elapsed since the late Restoration, that many essential reforms still remain to be effected in the administration of the affairs of the Empire. " It is our desire not to restrict ourselves to the maintenance of the five principles which we swore to preserve, but to go still further and enlarge the circle...
Sivu 383 - ... would be glad that a harbor in your empire should be appointed to which coal might be brought, and where they might always be able to purchase it. In many other respects, commerce between your empire and our country would be useful to both. Let us consider well what new interests...
Sivu 387 - It is hereby recommended that immediate measures be taken for effecting commercial arrangements with the empire of Japan and the kingdom of Corea,
Sivu 17 - Our ancestors in Heaven watch Our acts, and We recognize Our responsibility to them for the faithful discharge of Our high duties, in accordance with the principles, and the perpetual increase of the glory, they have bequeathed to Us.
Sivu 54 - I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, her heirs and successors, and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, and between their respective dominions and subjects. ARTICLE II. Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland may appoint a Diplomatic...
Sivu 385 - ' agent for the purpose of examining in the Indian Ocean the means of extending the commerce of the United States by commercial arrangements with the powers whose dominions border on those seas; " and he was empowered to negotiate for the extension of the commerce of the United States in the Pacific.
Sivu 382 - Many of our ships will now pass in every year, and some perhaps in every week, between California and China ; these ships must pass along the coast of your Empire ; storms and winds may cause them to be wrecked on your shores, and we ask and expect, from your friendship and your greatness, kindness for our men and protection for our property. We wish that our people may be permitted to trade with your people ; but we shall not authorize them to break any law of your Empire.
Sivu 16 - We hope by these means to secure the happiness of our subjects and our own. And while they must necessarily abandon many of their former customs, yet must they not, on the other hand, yield too impulsively to a rash desire for reform.

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