The old order where Genro (Elder Statesmen) thought for the people more. Only one Genro is left alive, the aged Prince Saionji, and it is not likely that the Throne will create any more Elder Statesmen who, for years, have been the real power behind the Throne and the brains of the nation.
Tt is dificult to predict the political consequences of the immediate future, but it is logical to say that a period of political transition, from the old order of being thought for and led, toa new form of modernism, is due. The internal politics of Japan are taking on a new importance because her international position makes it impossible, or at all events unwise, for the Test of the world to affect indifference with regard to her domestic affairs.
Actuated by thougnis such these, Viscount Goto, famous Japanese statesman, has stepped out of his. political obscurity and, despite his years, has embarked on 'a nation-wide campaign intended to educate the Japanese voter politically. 'The newspapers carry fil Page advertisements relative to his campaign, while the veteran states. man and' politician, assisted by a small army of lieutenants, is touring the length and breadth of Japan, preparing the people for the coming general election, aiming, above everything else, to impress fon them the necessity of voting clean and refusing to be bought over by either side.
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