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take this
may opportunity of stating that the
-leading public spoke to
1112
men
of Japan
with much respect
and esteem of our present Minister at Tokyo, (Mr. Plunkett); and assured me that he has
done much to increase the
- influence of England in their country. The arrogant and almost bullying policy and
attitude of
some
of the
Representatives of European
Powers in former years
both in
China
China and Japan, though not —
always unsuited to an earlier period, has
it's time.
8.
now
entirely outlived
The Italian charm
m
of the climate and
scenery of- Japan, and the interest which attaches to its people,
are well
Known by repute. Their material, social, and political progress during the last twenty years has been most remarkable; - from
a
feudal oligarchy, like that of m England under the Plantagenets,
to
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