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message from the emperor to the genroin, September 11, 1876
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
message from the emperor to the genroin.
[From the “Hochi Shimbem,” September 11, 1876.]
In connection with the national constitution which is now to be established, the fol-Uowing imperjyal message was on the 7th instant delivered to Arisugawa no Miya, president of the Genroin:
“It is our wish to consider extensively the laws of all foreign countries with reference to our national constitution, and thereby to determine our constitutional law. Do you, therefore, prepare a draft for this purpose and submit it to us. We will then make our choice.”
On the following day, the 8th instant, the president made the above known to all the members of the Genioin, and we hear that four of the latter, viz, Hosokawa, Fukuba, Yanagiwara, and Nakojima, were appointed to form a committee of investigation.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.