The army and navy especially the latter have been the special care of Ihe Manpiis 110. and it was his na tional work during the years IM2 '.)(, that enabled .1 apan to bent China so conclusively and so thoroughly. The celebrated 110 programme of ship-building is now nearly eonv pleted. and as a result Japan is in possession of a strong and homo geneous fleet of modern warships. The Jlnrquis has indeed aceoM' plished marvels J/ar his country, and the history of its progress in^ the last thirty years might.be written as his biography. He ia in favour of public schools, the increase ol the army and navy, ■ freedom in religion, the spread of railways, and wery other element of civilization. Hia personal i:i: i :-My is beyond ques tion, as are his: modesty, his simpli city, his patriotic loyalty, and his genius in politics and statesman ship.
Poet, diplomat, historian, scholar, and statesman, he has proved him* sell one ol the most notable men of modern times.-" Spare Moments,"

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