A Handbook of Modern Japan

by Ernest W. Clement

[103] See note at bottom of page 139.

[104] “The Island of Formosa” (Davidson) is invaluable.

[105] See Appendix.

[106] Quotations from Regulations.

[107] For statistics and other information concerning the army and the navy, see Appendix.

[108] “The New Far East,” chap. vii.

[109] “Any foreign power that should venture to attack Japan in her own waters, would be strangely advised.”—Chamberlain.

[110] See p. 104.

[111] Renewed in 1905 and 1911.

[112] “Japan, geographically to the mighty continent of Asia what Great Britain is to the continent of Europe; Japan, an island people with all the strength, mental and physical, that is the heritage of a nation cradled on the sea; Japan, by the necessities of her environment compelled to appreciate the importance of sea-power; Japan, in short, the Britain of the Orient.”—Diosy.