The Authentic History of the War Between Russia And Japan
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This w^s shown in the freedom COMMODORE PERRY AND OPENING OF JAPAN 143 with which she granted to the other commercial nations the privileges given America, and the fact that the country, so long a sealed book, was made free to travelers. In short, the long-continued isolation of Japan was completely broken down. A brief experience of the benefits to be derived from commerce and foreign intercourse had convinced the quick- witted islanders of the folly of their old system, and their country was ...thrown freely open to all the world had to offer it and to the ideas and inventions of all mankind. CHAPTER XIII. The Great Revolution from Shogun to Mikado The Mikado a Figure-head — The "Foreign Devils" — The Regent Seizes Power — • The Revolution Begins — The Daimios Set Free — They Seek the Mikado's Court — The Clan of Choshiu — Civil War Begins — Kioto Burned Down — The Choshiu Victorious — The Shogun Dies and a Weak Man Succeeds — He Resigns His Office— A New Mikado — The Shogunate is Abolished — Keiki, the Shogun, Fights for Power — He is Defeated and Flees — The Mikado's Army Capture Yedo and End the War — Feudalism Falls With the Shogunate — The Daimios Retire to Private Life — Foreigners at Last Welcomed.
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