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mentwas the practice of frugality, Sadanobu caused rules to be compiledand issued which dealt with almost every form of expenditure. THE ARMYIt has been seen that the Satsuma rebellion of 1877 severely taxedthe military resources of the empire. The Dutch traders, nevertheless, found their business profitableowing to purchases of gold and copper, which metals could be procuredin Japan at much lower rates than they commanded in Europe. But at eighteen he became ambitious of governing infact as well as in name, and as he judged that this could beaccompl

Japanese problems with a degree of suspicion which could not fail tobe intensely irksome to a proud nation. Unacquaintedwith the strict etiquette enforced in Japan in such situations, theforeigners attempted to ride through the procession, the result beingthat one, Mr. This Kusunoki Masashige (called Nanko) is one of Japan's ideal typesof loyalty and courage. The retiring Emperor spent ten days atthe palace in Kyoto, throughout which time a magnificent banquet washeld to celebrate the conclusion of the fifty-five years' war.