. Review of reviews and world's work. Kodama. Ito (Admiral). Nishi. Katsura. POSSIBLE JAPANESE PEACE NEGOTIATORS. Yamagata. LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH. 733 Jihei Hashiguchi in the WorlcVs Work. admits that Russias clever diplo-macy in the past has many times been too muchfor Japanese statesmanship. He is not quitecertain that Japanese statesmen have learnedthe lesson of ten years ago, or that they will beas successful as their admirals and generals havebeen. In considering the development of Japansdiplomacy he gives a rapid outline of the politi-cal parties in the Mikados empi


. Review of reviews and world's work. Kodama. Ito (Admiral). Nishi. Katsura. POSSIBLE JAPANESE PEACE NEGOTIATORS. Yamagata. LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH. 733 Jihei Hashiguchi in the WorlcVs Work. admits that Russias clever diplo-macy in the past has many times been too muchfor Japanese statesmanship. He is not quitecertain that Japanese statesmen have learnedthe lesson of ten years ago, or that they will beas successful as their admirals and generals havebeen. In considering the development of Japansdiplomacy he gives a rapid outline of the politi-cal parties in the Mikados empire. To beginwith, he points out that in Japanese politics theinfluence of men from four of the great feudalclans is paramount, since the members of theseclans (Satsuma, Choshiu, Tosa, and Hizen) werethe principal actors in the restoration of theMikado to power in 1869. Characterizing theseclans, he declares that the Choshiuan, like theAthenian of old, is a man of cool head, eloquent,clever, fit to be a statesman ; but his statesman-s


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