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The news of the catastrophe reached him at thelast-named place, and his immediate impulse was to be avenged uponthe assassin. re said to have exceeded five thousand innumber and to have covered all the ground around the castle. He succeededhis father, Tokimune, at the age of fourteen, and during nine yearshe remained under the tutel There can be no doubtthat he himself had contemplated becoming shogun.

The Emperor ordered Tadamori to use his bow. In 1887, the Progressist leader, Okuma, rejoined the Cabinet for atime as minister of Foreign Affairs, but after a few mo He wasprepared to obey this conviction at the cost of his own life, andthat sacrifice seemed a sufficient guarantee of his sincerity. Withregard to Russia's accusation against Japan of drawing the swordwithout due notice, a distinguished British p