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ing powerful enough topierce two or three thicknesses of armour at a time, and they neverfail to hit the mark. It is most regrettablethat the nation's treasure should thus be squandered upon foreignluxuries. It meant, also,that General Nogi's army would now be free to join their comradesbeyond the Liao River, and that Kuropatkin would find his opponents'strength increased by four divisions. The Emperor,naturally much offended, declared that he would no longer occupy thethrone, and in 1629, the year of the two priests' tra

The fall of Weihaiwei ended the war. That topic need not be furtherdiscussed. In 1626, when the campaign of persecution was at itsheight, more than three thousand converts were baptized by thesebrave pri Ittended rather to accentuate the differences between the variousschools, and a petition was presented to the Bakufu urging that theinvidious veto should be rescinded.