Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-02


 Prime Minister Ito-vanEuard of Japan's
 Enterprise-A Remarkable Man and His
 Grand Career.
 Baron Ito has the largest and most remarkable looking head of any man I have seen in Japan. He has soft and unctuous way of talking, and if he is not a shrewd worker in the cause of Ja- pan there is no such person in existence. If the present government holds togeth- CT, be will have still greater advance ment, seat in the cabinet being his when the opportunity comes. This 1 young mans career is fine example of l the field which opens before the youths of Japan, where baton is carried i'll every soldiers knapsack and an impe- rial councillors star is in every school room. He was born in Nagasaki in 1857, the son of Samurai retainer of the To- kugana dynasty. He showed great pro- ficiency as a schoolboy, especially in the study of the English language Incl dentally he learned telegraphy, and for awhile he was a government operator. h 1878 he was appointed interpreter to the prefectural office of Hiogo, where his diligence and ability attracted the attention of MT. Kanda Kohei, the pre- feet. Mir. Kanda is one of the lights of the meiji Japan tor new Japan) and an arehRologist of great reputation. His adopted son is an Amherst college man and professor today in the imperial university.
 Under this able man young Ito found advancement and time to study law as well as to perfect himself in English. In 1877 he went to Tokyo and was appoint ed a clerk i'll the department of public works, at the head of which stood Count Ito. At that time 150 foreigners were employed in the department, and young Japanese with ability and knowledge of the English language were much in de- mand. Mir Hyashi, the present minister to China, was then the leader of the young school of Japanese progression ists, and the young Ito, through him, came to the notice of Count Ito and was given high clerkship in the investiga- tion office, the most important bureau, the brains and the nerve center of the
  department.
 When the sanji-in, or privy council, was organized, with Count Ito at the head, the young Ito was appointed a submember, having the year before been made secretary to the dajokwan, or imperial cabinet In 1882, when Count Ito was sent to Europe to make inyesti- gations necessary to adjusting Japan to her new form of constitutional govern ment, he took Miyoji Ito with him. While there the young man attended the coronation of Alexander and received from him the decoration of the Second Order of Stanilaus. He returned to Ja- l pan i'll 1888 and was made private sec 1 retary to the privy council in addition | to his secretaryship of the cabinet. In l 1885 young Ito went to China with Count Ito on the mission which resulted in the Tien-tsin treaty. On his return he was decorated with the fourth class Order of the Rising Sun.
 He was the right hand of Count Ito in the preparation of Japan's constitu- tion, and when it was promulgated in 1889 he was given the third class Order l of the Sacred Mirror and given the rank 1 of a second class Cholzunia. In 1890 he was appointed member of the house of l peers. According to the constitution, the members of the house of peers are made | up as follows: Princes and marquises are members by virtue of rank, counts and yiscounts and barons elect their representatives, some are appointed by the emperor because of special erudition and fitness, and some are selected from the largest taxpayers of the empire | Miyoji Ito was especially named by the emperor because of his learning and his distinguished services. Three years ago he was made secretary general to the imperial cabinet which position hel holds today. His participation in the Simonoseki conference and his connec- tion with the ratification of treaties at Chefu have been referred to. He ren- dered distinguished service during the war, and his recognition at the hands of the emperor is we'll merited
 Baron Ito is in no way related to | Count Ito. The name of Ito is as com mon i'll Japan as is that of Jansen in 1 Scandinavia. have written thus fully [ of Baron Miyoji Ito because, in my opin- ion, be is pretty certain to occupy cen- tral place on Japan political stage. He Is credited with the directorship of the Nichi Nichi Shimbun, the semioficial organ of the ministry. This he carefully denies, but the fact has secured him the envious hostility of most journalists, as we'll as the opposition of scores of half baked, disappointed young politicians who are shocked to see his steady rise in the world. Baron Ito is unmarried. He I lives ill modest quarters in the district of Tokyo known as Nagatacho, near unto the official residence of Prince Ito He is poetic looking gentleman, and he is at all times accessible and affable. He is of the school of progressive and rising statesmen of Japan. New York l Herald.