Deseret Evening News | 1904-11-30 | Page 7 | "Gladstone of Japan"

GLADSTONE OF JAPAN I Count Okuma li Is the tho grand old man of ot the Lh I stand island umpire empire I He lie 11 is I the l Nader oder of ot the t party III and Is t a 1 of t whom any anyn Y n might bo be proud He Ile 11 In is extreme extremely ly Iy conservative In hl hi his opinions con 1 r r t 1 t tI I I I fw i COUNT cou r OKUMA corning the close of oC the war Will and In a recent address he warned lute his too son Ban Bulno guine countrymen against a aln t tho the fallacy of ot believing that pence peace was Will Imminent He Is III confident that hI country will win will ultimately but Lut he lie does docs not expect in early settlement of ot ho the quarrel He 11 has bas always b bean n an ardent and con eon reformer and was 18 Instrumental In the abolition of ot tho the feudal system He tie hUll hue always been n a powerful rate of oC educational reforms was irai premier of ot Japan In I SOS 1108 and ns os inch uel put the finances of ot the tha empire on ona l a sound basis buls An n attempted nation resulted In the loss lota of ot n IL It leg ler but the old statesman man recovered and andro resumed ro um d his aggressive career