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Theeight vessels cast anchor off Hyogo in November, 1866, and it seemedto the nation that the problem of foreign intercourse had beenrevived in an aggravated form. In civil cases the jurisdiction is divided, the question at issuebeing adjudicated by a tribunal of the defendant's nationality;but in criminal cases jurisdiction is wholly reserved. Great pomp and elaborate organization attendedthe outgoing of a nobleman, and to interrupt a procession was counteda deadly crime, while all pe vice of thekwanryo, Shiba Yoshimasa, and to decline the rank of Dajo Tenno, aswell as to break off relations with the Ming ruler.