Excerpt from A Political History of Japan During the Meiji Era: 1867 1912 In Part II, entitled The Parliamentary Regime, I have followed the history of the Japanese Diet from its establishment in 1890 until the beginning of 1913. The political parties, their internal diss'ensions as well as their struggles with the various oligarchic Cabinets, have occupied a large part of 'my space, as have also the rise and growth of the military faction in the oligarchy. Why. The brilliant exploits of arms have synchronized with the decline in the popular interest in domestic politics and the demoralization of the party politicians I have likewise attempted to explain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.