One Western institution, at least, does not seem to suit
Japan. The Government of the Mikado cannot get along with the Japanese representative body. They have disagreed from the first, and after one or two penal dissolutions, the Members recently sent up claim a right to overrule the Executive, and betray a dangerous amount of anti-foreign feeling. They expect censured Ministers to resign, as they do in England, and, it is said, use language and threats which render calm deliberation almost impossible. The Mikado has, therefore, ordered his Ministers to disregard a recent vote of "No Confidence," and has dissolved the Assembly once more. As it was never intended to limit the Imperial authority, except as regards legislation, and as an anti-foreign movement might ruin Japan, the Constitu- tion may possibly be revised. At present the idea seems to be that the Assembly shall meet and shall be tolerated as long as it is obedient, but when disobedient shall be dissolved until it becomes more tractable. Note that the electors, who ought to be all love and amity, betray much more dislike of foreigners than the Government does. Expe- rienced philanthropists tells us that this is also true of East London, where an order for the expulsion of foreigners would be welcomed as warmly as it would be in Japan.
