A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that periodCHAPTER VIIChapter 112 wordsPublic domainDEMANDS FOR REPARATION--JAPANESE PROPOSALS TO CLOSE THE PORTS--PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITY 72