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From that time princes and nobleswho saw no prospect of secular distinction began to take the tonsure,and this retirement to the cloister was assiduously encouraged by theMuromachi shoguns. Nor did such an exchange seemunreasonable, for were Russia expelled from the northern part ofSaghalien, which commands the estuary of the Amur, her position inSiberia would have been compromised. Ihave already touched on the principles of statesmanship. This incident is remarkable as indicating the first potentappearance of a doctrine to the prevalence of which the fall of theTokugawa Bakufu was ultimately referable.

But,after a brief period of quiet, the Northern troops rallied andexpelled the Southern. But certainly they were either ignorant orindifferent. It has already been shown that theywelcomed the foreign priests as channels for obtaining informationabout the neighbouring e Inproportion as the Christian converts proved invincible, the severityof the repressive measures increased.