The Life Of Sir Harry Parkes

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This book is a biography of Sir Harry Parkes, a British diplomat who served as Her Majesty's Minister to China and Japan. It provides an insight into Parkes's life, his diplomatic career, and his contributions to the development of Anglo-Chinese relations during the 19th century. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in modern Chinese and Japanese history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...but bloody episode, the terrible struggle which in 1877 closed the period of rebellion that ensued upon the fall of the Shogunate, something more than a passing notice seems proper. The complications it gave rise to were many and serious, and it required all the British Minister's tact and firmness to deal with them satisfactorily. Had the rebellion proved successful (andlhad the subsequent proceedings in Tosa been antedated, success would have been by no means impossible) most of the diplomatic work of the previous decade must have been done over again. The despatches of the year are unfortunately not available, but in 1879 a full and authoritative account of the Satsuma rebellion appeared from the pen of the late Mr A. H. Mounsey, who, as Secretary of the British Legation in Japan, had peculiar opportunities of obtaining informaation. Upon that work, which met with Sir Harry's entire approval, and which was largely based upon reports drawn up by the present japanese Secretary to the Legation, Mr J. H. Gubbins, the following summary of the last struggle of Old Japan is mainly founded. 1 A former Minister of State, leader of the Saga insurrection, caused by refusal of Government to go to war with Korea in I874. The province of Satsuma, celebrated throughout Japan for the excellence of its farence, the bravery of its samurai, the breed of its horses, and the quality of its tobacco, seems never to have fully accepted the suzerainty of the Tokugawa Shoguns. It was the Satsuma clan that bore the principal share in effecting the changes of 1868-1869, and their leaders were the first frankly to admit the superiority of the foreigner in the arts of war and peace. Among those leaders none was more prominent than Saigo Takamori. Born...

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