Japan and the Japanese illustrated . A WKKsiLiNi; cii;ci:.s. kingdom has prcsentci] himself at my ClUirt to declare his gi-atitude. I ha,ve treatedhim as a father treats his eliild. I will not act otherwise towards the piineesof Xiphon. Xo (nilia>sv has, as yet, come from ymir Court to confer withinc. I fear that in your country the true state of tilings is unknown. I thereforei^eritl vou this letter hv delegates, who will inform you of my intentions. flu wise 110 LIFE IN JAPAN: man lias said that the world should consist only of one family. But if amicablndatiuns Ije not ktpt up, how shall
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . A WKKsiLiNi; cii;ci:.s. kingdom has prcsentci] himself at my ClUirt to declare his gi-atitude. I ha,ve treatedhim as a father treats his eliild. I will not act otherwise towards the piineesof Xiphon. Xo (nilia>sv has, as yet, come from ymir Court to confer withinc. I fear that in your country the true state of tilings is unknown. I thereforei^eritl vou this letter hv delegates, who will inform you of my intentions. flu wise 110 LIFE IN JAPAN: man lias said that the world should consist only of one family. But if amicablndatiuns Ije not ktpt up, how shall that juinciple be realized ? For my part, 1 hav. A fAsiiiia;. drridcl I,pull piirMiiiiu its cxecutiou, even shoidd I he o])lii;rd to rcsorl lo anns.^) il is tlic duty of the sovereign of Kiiihon to consider what it will suit liinitn d,,. THE ItEPLY OF THE MIKADO. Ill Ill! Mikailo uiuiounced Lis inteiitiou of replying favuurubly to the ofKimhlai-Klian. The Sinni)uii, oil llic (•ontraiy, declared himself ! to an alliance with thehordes of the ^Mongols. He coiivnked an assenilily i^f the Dainiios at ]jinittc(l his objeetions to them, and enrolled them on his side. The embassy was dismissed with evasive words.
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