Makers of JapanMethuen & Company, 1906 - 330 pages Biography of Japanese emperors, princes, counts, field marshals and others. |
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Page 142 - China cedes to Japan in perpetuity and full sovereignty the following territories, together with all fortifications, arsenals, and public property thereon: (a). The southern...
Page 136 - When the Imperial Diet has not voted on the Budget, or when the Budget has not been brought into actual existence, the Government shall carry out the Budget of the preceding year.
Page 136 - When the Imperial Diet cannot be convoked, owing to the external or internal condition of the country, in case of urgent need for the maintenance of public safety, the Government may take all necessary financial measures by means of an Imperial Ordinance.
Page 294 - It occurred to me, then, that on account of the inconstancy in the price of silver, as well as in view of the possible adoption of a gold standard by our country, it would be greatly to our advantage to receive the payment of the indemnity in British, instead of Chinese money. The Minister President of State, Marquis Ito, acting on my suggestion, negotiated with the Chinese Authorities, which led to our receiving the indemnity money in pounds sterling.
Page 289 - ... the measures adopted by the Government at this crisis seemed to show that the authorities did not grasp this simple truth. They regarded the difference in price between silver and paper as an indication, not of the depreciation of paper, but of the appreciation of silver. They attempted, therefore, to stop the rise of the price of silver by increasing the amount of its circulation. The Government sold silver coins, opened places for the exchange of Mexican dollars, and established the Yokohama...
Page 130 - Japan is anxious to press forward. " The red disk in the centre of our national flag shall no longer appear like a wafer over a sealed empire, but henceforth be in fact what it is designed to be, the noble emblem of the rising sun, moving onward and upward amid the enlightened nations of the world.
Page 127 - ... adopted. It will be a wise policy for Japan, therefore, to consider the trend of opinion in Western lands and establish her new system in accordance with the best teachings of modern times. It may be that for the time being, on account of the possible great loss to the country from the too sudden adoption of the gold standard, a silver standard may have to be maintained. Otherwise there is no question that gold is the best metal for the standard of value.
Page 83 - Empire's ears and eyes to be turn*' ed in two different directions. The march of events has " brought about a revolution, and the old system can no "longer be obstinately persevered in. You should re" store the governing power into the hands of the sovereign, " and so lay a foundation on which Japan may take its " stand as the equal of all other countries.
Page 143 - China, finds that the possession of the Peninsula of Liaotung, claimed by Japan, would be a constant menace to the capital of China, would at the same time render illusory the independence of Korea, and would henceforth be a perpetual obstacle to the peace of the Far East.
Page 136 - Those already fixed expenditures based by the Constitution upon the powers appertaining to the Emperor, and such expenditures as may have arisen by the effect of law, or that appertain to the legal obligations of the Government, shall be neither rejected nor reduced by the Imperial Diet, without the concurrence of the Government.