. Review of reviews and world's work. thecrown in a parliamentary monarchy, the French,presidency serves a purpose ; it maintains thelegal continuity of the administration throughall ministerial changes, and it renders the devo-lution of power from each ministry to the nexteasier and smoother. And a Pi-esident of thetype usually selected may well accommodatehimself to the position. It is, after all, one ofgreat dignity, and when occupied by a trainedpolitician it may be one of much influence. Un-der the present practice, the President of theRepublic presides over the meetings of theministry ;
. Review of reviews and world's work. thecrown in a parliamentary monarchy, the French,presidency serves a purpose ; it maintains thelegal continuity of the administration throughall ministerial changes, and it renders the devo-lution of power from each ministry to the nexteasier and smoother. And a Pi-esident of thetype usually selected may well accommodatehimself to the position. It is, after all, one ofgreat dignity, and when occupied by a trainedpolitician it may be one of much influence. Un-der the present practice, the President of theRepublic presides over the meetings of theministry ; and if he is in sympathy with themajority party and on a friendly footing withits leaders, his suggestions may carry muchweight. Here again his position resembles thatof a king in a country under parliamentary gov-ernment. He lacks indeed the social influencewhich a hereditary king enjoys, but he may wellhave, and in a high degree, that personal influ-ence which is always conceded to sound judg-ment ripened l)y political VISCOUNT AOKI, JAPANESE AMBASSADOR. IN appointing so eminent a representative as^iscount Siuzo Aoki to be her first ambas-sador to tlie United States, Japan lias indicated,not only her appreciation of the friendly char-acter of Japanese-American relations, but alsoher realization of the important trade and indus-trial problems the two countries will face in com-mon in the future. Viscount Aoki, who is oneof the ablest and most experienced of Japanesediplomats, is in his sixtieth year. He lias liad along and honorable political career. In 1S7;5 liewas secretary to the Japanese legation at Berlin,afterward becoming minister at tlie German capi-tal. From 18SG to 1889 he was Vice-Ministerof Foreign Affairs, and from 1889 to 1891 and1898 to 1900 full Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been twice minister to Germany, andonce to England. He is at present a meml)(>r ofthe Privy Council of tlie empire, has the highest Japanese decoration, that of the fi
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