reasury, except those thatare provided in the Budget, shall require the consent of the ImperialDiet. This coronation oath, as it was subsequently called, came to occupy animportant place in political appreciation, and to be interpreted as apromise of a national assembly. ese sanguinary encounters that the Tokugawa set strict limits tothe number of samurai accompanying a military chief. They were not, however, absolutely unitedas to policy.
Port Arthur, where the bulk of the Russian Pacific squadron lay, issomewhat difficult of ingress and egress. Tadayoshi escaped to Izu, where hetook poison, or was given it. A fewhours brought them to Kyoto, where they made small account of thefeeble resistance that Yoshinaka was able to offer. It was at this time (1658), also, that the city of Yedo obtained itsfirst supply of good water.
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