Show GRAND OLD MAN OF JAPAN ito was the most remarkable states state man mail the kingdom produced in many years the lato late Dia rauls ito the grand 0 old ld man ot of japan was the most moat remarkable japanese I 1 ever saw sal said d florace G dunbar of alabama tor for many years scars proprietor ot of the gibson house in cincinnati and later of 0 a hotel in seattle at the willard Wll lard when I 1 w was s in seattle I 1 too was vaa a guest at my hotel it was la in 1902 II if I 1 am not wrong in my memory lie had come from japan as the special envoy of the japanese government and the japanese residents ot of the pa cicic coast outdid themselves in an effort to pay homage to their nations representative when ito arrived at I 1 tho he hotel the japanese had strewn towers flowers from tho the entrance up to his room and lie he literally walked on oa a bed of 0 roses but ito did not pay much attention to the homage paid him by his countrymen lie ile stopped to order from me a case of wine and a box of tho the best cigars and hardly had he arrived in hig room when he requested that the order be duplicated ile he did not want them for himself for ito did not drink ile he was preparing for hla his visitors this act of aitos prove proved to no me what hat I 1 had bad often heard beard be fofi that w the japanese abroad are the most moat hospitable people in the world ito was a wonderful man lie reminded mo me in face and figure of the virtuoso du who was celebrated some years yeara ngo age ile iio was slight of figure but hla his faco face was grave and strong I 1 spent a number of years in japan anti and know something of the grent men of that country but in my opinion ito was tia the most remarkable statesman the ri flowery lowery kingdom has produced in in many any years it was a severe loss to japan when ito was assassinated in corea the japanese are a wonderfully shrewd people but I 1 prefer tho the chinese A chinaman would go broke before he would tell a lie he or avoid an obligation |