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to a modern Monarchy, like that

of England under the house of

Hanover;-

with

centralized

a. Ce

on

the

Government, organized European model, and with a

complete system of railways,. telegraphs, post-offices, Universities,

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colleges, common schools, and Schools of Art, Public Libraries,

and Museums, ironclads, and

rifled

cannon, Police, jails, light- houses, Observatories, and all the other paraphernalia of modern civilization. The leading publie

·men

-men

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of Japan have, for

have, for the most-

part, resided in Europe or America, and have shown that they are able to hold their own

with the

Representatives of the most powerful nations. During the revent crisis in the affairs of the East, they maintained a delicate and difficult neutrality with equal discretion and rigour, following closely the example of || the Government of HongKong

their treatment of Foreign ships.

9.

in

It is

is

a remarkable fact

that