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Show "In the nine years ending with 1904, out of the fifty-three who successfully passed tho exam-inatlon exam-inatlon for ontranco to the diplomatic corps of Japan, three were nobles, nineteen were Samurol, -H and thirty-one were Keimin (common people)." jH Fully one-half of the army officers are of this latter class; and out of twelve students who took their degrees at the Imperial University suma jH cum laude, three years ago, seven were Keimin. ,H There is besides a woman's university with over one thousand women. Japan is the most alert nation of the earth. jH |