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AMERICA, AUSTRALASIA, AFRICA, AND ASIA 397 without any prolonged and fierce civil war. The Mikado was supreme. Within three years the old feudal system had been wiped out altogether, and Japan set about a thorough reorganisa- tion which should place her on an equality with the western nations.