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Selection of a new Premier is usually a long, mysterious, behind-the-scenes intrigue, but last week the choice was made with curious dispatch. Immediately upon receiving Admiral Yonai's resignation, the Emperor summoned to his seaside resort Marquis Koichi Kido, his new Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, traditional adviser on choice of officials. Marquis Kido, who is barely five feet tall, weighs only 120 pounds, requires only two-thirds of the orthodox amount of silk for a kimono, and has such tiny feet that he has to buy children's shoes, humbly begged a short period...
...probably most of you are aware, our city of Kagoshima is the place where were born great Saigo, Kido, and Okubo, who with others helped to create New Japan, and Togo, Oyama, Kuroki, Nogi, and many other heroes and statesmen who took active part in the late RussoJapanese...