ABSTRACT
Of course there is more than one point of view. Japan-her Government, if not her people-is conscious that she is still * on trial' before the world. In the rare regions where that singular, that intangible, yet most real form of power, international prestige, is gained and lost, there the candidate, the accused, is presumed to be guilty-that is to say, weak-until he has proved himself innocent-that is to say, strong. Japan-her Government-is aware of and accepts these peculiar conditions. She is conscious that she is still ' on trial' before the greater part of the world, and her enemies may therefore, with a germ of truth in their allegation, accuse i her dignity, her calmness, and her resolution,' as if they were merely artificial. Japan and her friends might reply, if they cared, that she has but wished to defer to the opinion and to the standards of Europe, and then they might ask whether this be a fault.
