See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

MARQUESS TARO See also:

• MARQUESS TARO KATSURA (1847– )

KATSURA (1847– )  , See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese soldier and statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1847 in Choshu . He commenced his career by fighting under the Imperial banner in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of the Restoration, and he displayed such See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent that he was twice sent at public expense to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany (in 187o and 1884) to study See also:

• STRATEGY

strategy and See also:

• TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

tactics . In 1886 he was appointed See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war, and in 1891 the command of See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division devolved on him . He led the See also:

• LEFT

left wing of the Japanese See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1894–95 against See also:

• CHINA

China, and made a memorable See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march in the See also:

• DEPTH

depth of See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SHORE

shore of the Yellow See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea to Haicheng, finally occupying Niuchwang, and effecting a junction with the second army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps which moved up the Liaotung See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula . For these services he received the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

viscount . He held the See also:

• PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio of war from 1898 to 1901, when he became premier and retained See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for four and a See also:

• HALF

half years, a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record in See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . In 1902 his See also:

• CABINET

cabinet concluded the first entente with See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, which event procured for See also:

• KATSURA, TARO, MARQUESS (1847– )

Katsura the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count . He also directed See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state affairs throughout the war with See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and concluded the offensive and defensive treaty of 19o5 with See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, receiving from See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• EDWARD

Edward the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CROSS

cross of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael and St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, and being raised by the See also:

• MIKADO (Japanese for " exalted gate ")

mikado to the rank of See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess . He resigned the premiership in 1905 to Marquess Saionji, but was again invited to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a cabinet in 1908 . Marquess Katsura might be considered the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exponent of conservative views in Japan . Adhering strictly to the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine that ministries were responsible to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor alone and not at all to the See also:

• DIET

diet, he stood wholly aloof from See also:

• POLITICAL

political parties, only his remarkable See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of tact and conciliation enabling him to govern on such principles .