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Show I JAPAN'S FOREMOST DIPLOMAT t Si5Zr Viscount Ilnj;tnlil, minister of toreigu ufTuIrs tk 53-!fc lu tho Japanese cabinet, who recently wont to -i?-4 Vv Seoul, the Korean capital, In tho Interests ot his j jJ fa country, which Is hopeful that tho emperor will 'fll ilfe twl (ibdlcato the throne as requested by tho premier, Wtf, v m! 18 11 man raup'1 f''urod by those who would havo Mr Rw5i7? IcjySS SM tho present government continue. Atter tho em- WfiS- J peror .had refused to relinquish his power Jnpan r;j U' ( k.x (fw 1,,al 110 tlln" B0,"1'"K Haynshl to tho scene ami; JWL Wwfir!& ( the news of his arrival spread dismay about tho' Y f-iwS JV 1,10 ''Ircunistnnces leading up to tho selection ft tif&JK of Huyashl for tho important olllco ho now holdrt XM !lro Jntorestlng. Marquis SalonJI, tho prime mln- mY Sk&ffltjy lator. In reorganizing his cablnot, gave tho port- W 1 KjSMStSS'iy- folio of foreign nffnlrs to Takaakl Kato, formerly R-I mlnlslor to England. After holding tho office only a row days Mr. Kato sud If! dnnly resigned, It Ih said, ror rpanons never mndo public. Thereupon Am- 'T'ji bussndor Hnynshl, then nt tho court or St. Jnmos, received nn unexpected' " Vkl call to return to Japan and ho wna placed lu tho cabinet. jE'i'i Viscount Hnyashl Ib only B7 years of ago, having been horn in 1850 lu y Sakura, a llttlo town neur Toklo. Ills rathor was a prominent scholar and '!: physician nnd tho son was ?lvon a careful education. In law and languages 'f.v His ability was'.early recognized and whllo yot very young ho was sent to 7UJ England to tamlllailzo hlnibelf with Anglo-Saxon civilization. In 1801 ho was Wt appointed vlco minister und begun his diplomatic llfo. As soon as tho wai WsT1 with China wns ovor ho was sent us minister to China und his biicccss nt TOK this post was brilliant. Ills chief iiqhovoiuent waB tho commercial treaty wk botweou China and Japan which was negotiated and signed by him In 1890 t9 It was ho, too, who signed tho final revision of tho Hrltlsh alliance treaty )H lie was created viscount for bringing ubout this treaty. Bj Admirers ot Hayashl say ho Ih- "U scrupulous and slnglo-mlndodfman. PJ Ho Is sagacious In his methods, sound lu Judgment, refined In his tnsto and H loyal to his duty. In sending Viscount Haynahl to Korea during tho present H dltllculty the Japanese people arc confident tholr Intero&ts will bo ably pr H toctod- BJ M |