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among the most progressive nations of the world.

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Transcribers Notes:

1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_.

2. "Tenno" on pg's 5, 8 and 10 in original text appears with an macron
(straight line) over the "o".

3. An oe ligatgure appears in the original text in the words
"manoeuvres" (pg. 196) and "phoenix" (pg. 273).

Spelling: 4 corrections made based on (multiple) correct spellings
elsewhere in text.

pg. 12 "Takenouchi" to "Takenouchi" (2) (statesman named Takenouchi)

pg. 148 "Yang-tsze Kiang" to "Yang-tse-Kiang" (3) (river
Yang-tse-Kiang,)

pg. 280 "sufered" to "suffered" (now Chungwan suffered)

pg. 337 "flagship" to "flag-ship" (4) (the Japanese flag-ship,)

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