The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-06-16
TOURISTS.
People Who Remained
and Passed Through.
Col. Buck. American Minister to
Japan-Japanese Newspaper
Men Returning to Tokyo.

The P. VI. 5. S. Peru, Friele com
mander, arrived in port and hauled
| alongside the Pacific Mail wharf at
about 1920 a. IN. yesterday, about
seven days from San Francisco. The
purser brought reports of extremely
pleasant weather throughout the trip
Among the passengers for Honolulu
was Paul Isenberg, Jr., who returned
home, after a four months trip to San
Francisco, in company with his wife
who was quite i'll upon leaving Homo
lulu, but who has nearly recovered.
Mr.. Isenberg states that his wife will
be back very soon. In speaking of Mr..
Isenberg himself, the purser said: 1--WE
are sorry TO have to drop Mr.. Isenberg
much as we do. Why, he was the life
of the whole ship on the trip from
San Francisco. He kept us all in good
spirits by his own buoyancy of spirit,
and gave us unalloyed pleasure by
singing as Paul Isenberg alone can"
Mr.. and Mrs. z. A. Jones were also
among the passengers. Both are look
ing extremely well, after their three
Ilonths' trip in and about San Fran
cisco.
Lieut-Com John B. Briggs. L. S. N.
and Medical Inspector J. c. Wise, who
come to take the places of Mr.. Inger-
soil and Mr.. Hawks. respectively, of
the L. S. S. Philadelphia.
Among the through passengers were
the following:
Colonel Buck and wife. of Atlanta
Ga. Colonel Buck has been appointed
American Minister to Japan, in place
of Mr.. Dun. and is now on his way to
headquarters in Tokyo. In an inter
view. Colonel Buck said: This is my
first experience as a diplomat, being
the first time l have ever-been appoint
ed to a position under the Government.
My wife ana I should have passed
through here on the Belgic of June 18th,
but unavoidable circumstances pre-
vented. It was my intention to remain
over in Honolulu until the Peru not
only to see the beauties of your so
much talked-of home. but to study
somewhat into the situation between
Hawaii and Japan-a situation which
as being very grave.
''In regard to your chances for an
nexation and other questions which I
know you all to be interested in, I can
say nothing. as I have not studied
deeply enough into the matter"
Colonel Buck is accompanied by Col
onel Rice. military attache to the Am
erican Legation in Japan, and his wife;
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States Minister. and Huntington Will
son. Secretary of the Legation.
Iichiro Tokutomi, editOr-in-chief Of
the Kokumin Shimbun and proprietor
OF the Nations Friend Publishing Com
pany. of Japan. from which the follow
ing are issued: Kokumin-No-TOmo
CThe Nations Friend). a weekly: Ko-
kumin Shimbun (The Nation), daily;
The Far East. an English edition of
The Kokumin-NO-TOmo monthly; and
Katei Zasshi (The Home Magazine),
fortnightly. In company with T. Flu
kai. an editor of The KOkumin Shin
bun. Mr.. TokutOmi has been all over
Europe, spending nearly nine months
in London. ST. Petersburg, Paris, Ber-
lin and Constantinople. Three months
were spent in the United States. An
interview with Mr.. TOkutomi will he
found in another column.
T. Yoshikawa, son of the Niscount
Yoshikawa. who has been Minister OF
Justice and Minister of Education un-
der the Japanese Government. Mr.. Yo-
shikawa has been studying in Ger
many. and returns to his native coun-
try. after having passed a most sue
cessful course.
Rev. Masakazu Tai, pastor of the
Episcopal Church in Tokyo, who has
been on a tour through Europe and
America.
Nicholas de Perlequine, a Russian
Judge. who goes on business in con-
nection with his Government in the
Northern part of China.