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Show B Hon. John Barrett. sH ssssE" fT- LH LLLBBHbu-sflB H rrom .t.rroirrtlh, ropjrUbt, h L'mt.rwootl A Uoil.rw.od, N Y. H Our former minister to Colombia, Just appointed director of the Interna' H tlonal Bureau of American Republic! to which Andrew Carnegie has donated H over a half million dollars for a new building to be erected in Washington. H Mr. Barrett has filled several Important diplomatic positions, among H them are: the position of Minister to Siam, settling by arbitration claims H Involving three million dollars and securing first exact interpretation foreign H extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Asiatic countries; undertook several diplomatic H commercial Investigations In Japan, Corea, Siberia and India; war corre- B spondent In the Philippines In 1898; was Minister to Argentina and Panama H prior to his appointment In Bogota, Colombia. |