28
214
29
by
Government is carried on Ministry named by and responsible to the Mikado. But the whole of Japan has been divided into districts (Ken) with Profecto (Fienzei) and local Councils, analogous to the machinery of the Departments in France.
12.
newspapers
are
ets for the public press,
published in English and French at the chief Treaty Norts of Yokohama and Kobe; while the -native Japanese journals, printed in the vernacular, generally discuss
with
with knowledge, moderation, and
sense the internal affairs of
good
the Empire, and its relations with
Foreign Powers. I annex, as a ----
Enclosure: specimen,
from
specimen, an article translated_
one
of these vernacular
newspapers, and treating of resent
affairs in China.
13.
In conclusion, it may
be stated that the most important
question
Now
affecting the relations
of Japan with other nations is __ the Revision of the Treaties which
is now being negotiated between