Show fELE RAH 11 GATHERED FROM JAPAtf I Yokohama 4The redistribution of government offices requires further ex planation Upon the restoiation of i mporial rule in 1SOS the number of frt class statesmen belonging to the mw party was very limited csnrequentlv nembe s of tbe privy council called Sangi undertook also the subordinate subor-dinate duties of heads of depart ments The proj ct h ± s been under con sid ration for many years of Confiding departments to fresh men and leaving the iBnjiis unburdened with any functions Except thjto of general administration Lircurnsances prevented the execution of this plan until February lastV Now V the Sangis with two exceptions devote themselves chwfly to tho broad conduct natonal affairs They may however and in tome case do give supervisory atention to tho departments with which they were formerly associated This is especially so with Okutna late minister of finance Ito exminister of the in terir Saigo and Kawamura war and navy Two exceptions mentioned are Inonyo and Kuroda who retain the foreign office and colonies The former cannot leavo his post until the necotiati ns now progressing lerminaie The latter remains because the colonial department will soon ba nbol CJiODial no appointment of asucce = or is desirable The new cbief of department nremotly men of distinction but hold no rack comparable to the Sat gi government policy remains unchanged in every particular chronic agitators consisting of email b dies of Samurai or the former military class touk advantage c the recent reorganization to circulate reports of great radical reforms proclaiming that the Emperor had declared himself favorable to an immediate parliamentary systeai This is i totally untrue The Emperor and ministers are steadily working work-ing toward the fulfilment of tho consti tutonal reforms promised by the speech from tho throne but there is no intention of sanctioning a popular legislature until the larger diflusion of education and the growth of experience To this end schools have multiplied everywhere and local suffrage assemblies established throughout the empire t > familiarize the people with parliamentary methods but thoo is no likelihood ot a representative government for sovoal years Iho only demand for such extreme progress cues from irresponsible pasties who have no interests at stake either way The threatened distribution of seditious documents on t vast scale reciting the disappointment of demagogues and calling for mob demonstra tions compels government to issuo reluctanty I new precautionary ry order to printers and pubHhere At the same time arrangements ares made for the augmentati > n of school fcilitie1 and the increased development of the political capaci y of the populace In discusions of this question m high quarters there is frequent re crenco to and much reiia coon co-on G ants options expressed in his interview in-terview with the Mikado in August 1879 to the effect that while representative representa-tive institutions should be the true object of government endeavors great caro is necessary to avoid precipitation as an uverhasty sep once taken iirretre i vable The report is current cot fully substantiated substan-tiated that Sa csima envoy to Prance presently returns to take control of the department of foreign afTdirs In tbat event Shioda former subcommissiomr of Russia goes to France and Yana giwara member of the ancient Kioto nobility or Kuge will be appointed to Russia and Sweden Ho was once envoy to China later an officer of the enroli or Consultative snate Nabesima then the-n w envoy to Italy is a mlmrer of the comparatively mcdern order nobility or Baimio It is noticeable that several diphmatic appointments have been conferred con-ferred on young nobles A superb plo of ground is offered as a free gift to tho Oiled States for a legation lega-tion I is one of the finest sites in the capitol but was declined with thanks The horse presented by Grant to the Mikado excies admiration by its beauty and eplendid action The horses purchased pur-chased for Rover mont from Washington also arrived info aud are warmly com wended The Emperor is preparing for a journey jour-ney t the central and some southern provinces Ho will pass seme days in tho old palace at Kaioto Japanese trade commissioners are appointed ap-pointed to visit Pesia with the view to opening commercial commuoicaions The French postoffice at Yokohama closed last month The entire mail service ser-vice is now under Japanese control Yosbida envoy tj America sails for his post by this steamer |