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Of course, all these events did not move exactly as planned, but themain feature of the great fight was that Kuropatkin, deceived byKawamura's mo istence a new class of manor-holders, who were at once owners andjito, and who were designated shimpo-jit Still Fernandez with his broken Japanese was the only medium forcommunicating the profound doctrines of Christianity. o theassault of the Taira, who were taken wholly by surprise, neverimagining that any forces could have essayed such an enterprise insuch a tempest.