Show Three Men Ken Combined in Marquis Ito haute e Heebl m hi SUMeet Arthur Twining Hadley president mt of Yale university said in a recent speech pee that Ito is one of the tile three UrH greatest wn t living men Melt We W Japanese are inclined to believe him to be the th greatest living man certainly the greatest gr living statesman The death of Li Hung Chang fee far years the rival of Marquis l Ito leaves Ieva the great creat Japanese absolutely alone in his rank with no one with whom h he e may be justly compared Even EVeR Li Rung Hung Chug Chang astute crafty and experienced as he be was found he was wu no match for the more moje thorough statesmanship and anel subtler diplomacy of Marquis Ito The long Joac struggle between the two Intellect t oil al I slants giants which involved the destinies or of China and Japan and aDd Indeed eed ht of ct the entire east cut t end eed eo dramatic tIc any alfy alty at eld in la UK 1 Japan Janan had gained Ined all aft her contentions contention with regard r r to Korea and had Just defeated China a in a magnificently war H to Ito who wIto represented Japan in the peace peN Negotiation tion tlell proved himself elf far superior to Li Hung Chang in the difficult work of diplomacy dl While walle carrying every point with marvelous adroitness Ito so 80 won the confidence of the Chinese eee that be laid the foundation for a mutual understand understanding ing which greatly aided China Chi in Is her re to recent recent cent troubles with the allied anted nations and which will yet prove the safeguard rd of ot the yellow race raC against the t tb armed en eo encroachments of its enemies Marquis Ito it be reman remembered bored is a constructive statesman the theman theman theman man who more than any other has bas made Japan what she abe is t I today He is the in introducer introducer introducer of western civilisation Into Japan and the draughtsman of ot its eon con constitution the creator of its lb constitutional government His H field of activity le wide te and to te form fonn an n estimate Ima te of him we weald have to compare him not with any he e statesman an but with several with Cavour with Bismarck with Jefferson Perhaps these three their men sum um up Marquis Ito to |