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to the personality of the man who was thefirst to make it thoroughly known to his fellow countrymen, NakayeToju. The Russians dare not takethat risk. REVIEW OF THE ASHIKAGAAmong the fifteen representatives of the Ashikaga, two were slain bytheir own vassals, five died in exile, and one had to commit suicide. In civil cases the jurisdiction is divided, the question at issuebeing adjudicated by a tribunal of the defendant's nationality;but in criminal cases jurisdiction is wholly reserved.

That crime had resulted in the fall of the Akamatsu family, thedirect agent of its overthrow being the united forces of Hosokawa,Takeda, and Yamana. It was purely accidental. It is easy to understand that a man of such methods had enemiessufficiently numerous and sufficiently resolute to compass his death. Thereafter, for some years, Hirado remainedoutside the pale of foreign trade.