Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-06
A VISITOR FROM JAPAN
DIR. MITSUKURI OF THE IMPERIAL
UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY.
Has Come to Consult Works in the
can Sympathy Appreciated.

Il cannot impress upon the American
people too strongly the great appreciation
of my countrymen for the sympathy shown
for us in our struggle with the Russians
said DIR. Kakichi Mitsukuri, professor of
zoology in the Imperial University at Tokyo,
to reporter for The Evening Star this
afternoon. DR.. Mitsukuri came to the
United States several weeks ago as dele
gate tothe international congress of arts and
sciences, which recently adjourned at st.
Louis. He is now in Washington for the
purpose OF consulting various scientific
works in the library of the Smithsonian In
stitution.
DR.. Mitsukuri is an Americanized resident
of Japan, and is declared by those who
know him to be one of the most noted sa-
wants of his country. He Is a graduate of
both Yale and Johns Hopkins Universities,
and from the latter institution holds the de-
gree of doctor of philosophy
A Trio of Learned Brothers.
Some years ago he founded a marine bio
logical laboratory in Japan, which has now
become under his dictatorship one of the
worlds best institutions of the kind. Prof.
Mitsukuri has published the results of many
important Investigations. He is great stu
dent, and is said to be a very genial and
inspiring instructor, being much respected
and admired by those who come under his
charge He graduated from Yale in 1879.
and then entered Johns Hopkins, where he
was awarded a fellowship in zoology, and in
1883 received the degree of doctor of philos-
ophy. He is the second son of Shuhio Nit
sukuri, the famous scholar of the Dutch
literature in his day. The elder brother Of
Prof. Mitsukuri is Baron Kikuchi. the emf
nent mathematician and SeismologiSt.
Baron kikuchi was educated in Cambridge
University, England, and subsequently be-
came president of the Imperial University.
Three years ago he was chosen by the En-
peror or Japan to be the minister of state
for education, and was raised to the peer
age on account of his great services to his
country and to science. The younger brother
OF Prof. Mitsukuri is Prof. G. Mitsukuri of
the College of Literature of the Imperial
University at Tokyo, the distinguished his
torian having been educated in Germany.
Thus. Prof. Mitsukuri, who represents biol
ogy and American thought, and his two
brothers, who represent physical science
and history, English and German culture,
constitute learned trio of the rising sum-
1eel quite at home in the United
states, continued DR.. Mitsukuri. You
know, spent quite number of years here
In study. L have not been in Washington
Tor eight years, and since that time the city
has grown more and more beautiful. ]
nave many friends here, and it has been a
great pleasure to me to renew old ac-
quaintances. There are some books in the
library of the Smithsonian Institution that
l could not find elsewhere, and these I
"dHtco " COHSuit 1 Shall PROBABLY spend
several days longer in your city, studying
those books for the solutions of various
questions that have come up in my mind"
American Sympathy Appreciated.
Again DR.. Mitsukuri referred to the debt
owed by the Japanese to America for the
moral support given her hosts in the war
with Russia.
The sending of your nurses by the citi-
zens of the United States has done much
to weld the friendship that has always ex-
iSted, he remarked II have met Dr.
Anita MCGEE of your city in Tokyo, and
have seen the good work she and those who
accompanied her have done. They have
worked hard and have accomplished much
in relieving the suffering of our wounded
soldiers Not only this-our people have
the American nurses and observing their
ways of going about everything. They are
so practical and do everything with so
much dispatch and with no apparent trou-
ble.''
When asked about the probable length of
time the war would last DIR. MitSukuri
shook his head sadly. THAT we cannot
tell. Japan will fight as long as we have
man left. That ascertain. Our people will
not stop, and l cannot see now how Russia
can back down at this time, in the face of
so many defeats. Yes, we will be able to
arrange the financial end of the matter
as those of the enemy, but we will be able
to get all the funds we want, and we are
very far from being pinched at this time
The whole japanese nation is united as one
man, and we are bound to come out of this
struggle honorably."