. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. GIUL. cessive administrations. Asearly as the reign of Philip III., a royal commission was appointed to i)i-vestigate and report some way of avoiding or rectifying the gross miscon-duct of affairs. This commission advised the abandonment of the islandcolonies, they were unprofitable and the bone of contentionin serious disputes. The king was prevented from acceding to the recom-mendation by the advice of a missionary from the
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. GIUL. cessive administrations. Asearly as the reign of Philip III., a royal commission was appointed to i)i-vestigate and report some way of avoiding or rectifying the gross miscon-duct of affairs. This commission advised the abandonment of the islandcolonies, they were unprofitable and the bone of contentionin serious disputes. The king was prevented from acceding to the recom-mendation by the advice of a missionary from the islands, and made,toexclaim that his conscience would not allow him to discontinue the workof salvation among the benighted races until the Mexican treasury AMI M^LAlCh Al MALuLUO. CHAPTER VI. COLONIAL WARS. AMONG the critical periods in the existence of the rising governmentsin the Far East, was none more tragic and striking in its outcomethan that connected with the fate of the martyred saints in an early date the Japanese entered into commercial relations with theinhabitants of Luzon. The emperor, upon learning of the Spanish occu-pancy of the islands, at once sent a demand to the governor-general to sur-render at once all rights and powers to him. Too weak to cope with sopowerful an enemy, the Spanish received the royal representative fromJapan with every appearance of friendliness, professing a desire to treat withhis Highness. Accordingly, the Japanese ambassador returned to his coun-try accompanied by a Spanish envoy. An amicable settlement was reached,but unfortunately the Spanish emissaries were lost at sea on their journeyhome, which left the situation in as critical a situation as before. Tworeligious embass
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