The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13

the outbreak of the war has thrown
on the representative of the Japanese
emperor in the capital of an allied
power. An English butler receives the
visitor benevolent1y in the somewhat
primitively furnished hall, and for
wards his card to one of the secretaries.
A message comes back that his excel
lency will receive the visitor with the
| least possible delay, and he is ushered
| into the minister's study In the win
dow stands the minister's writing ta-
BILE piled with newly opened CORE
spondence, and one or two of the
drawers stand agape. This again is
the new diplomacy that savors little of
the secret of the courts of Europe. You
are an Englishman, and it is against
the national code of ethics to inspect
your hosts writing table surreptitious-
| ly. The capabilities are you would
learn precious little If you did, but in
voluntarily you take the mark of con-
fdenee as a compliment. Nor does the
| room in which of late years a good deal
of the history of the far East must
have been made suggest the Orient.
There are couple Of roomy armchairs
drawn up before the fire; there are a
couple of carved oak bookcases against
the walls. On their shelves parliament
tary blue books rub shoulders with
other works of reference, and an occa-
sional Japanese volume is sandwiched
between the latest works on naval sub
jects. Their tops are piled high with
maps and more blue books, and among
the litter you may notice a camera
which serves to remind you that his
I excellency. in his leisure moments, is a
very ardent photographer of more than
amateur skill and member of the
Camera club, whose work has been ex-
hibited and has won many distinctions.
| Yiscount Tadasu Hayashi whether in
| the ordinary garb of frock-coated hui
| mainly or in his handsome diplomatic
uniform, is always a striking figure,
| though the dark blue uniform with
| epaulettes ne wears on state occasions
! is not, by the way, diplomatic dress.
| for which it is usually mistaken, but
! the full dress uniform of the peerage
| of Japan, and corresponds to the robes
worn by our house of lords. The
| wearer's rank is denoted by the color
| of the facings on the cellar and cuffs,
as is that of British peers by the rows
| of ermine on their capes. With his dec
orations, which include the Order of
! the White Eagle, conferred upon him
| by the emperor of Russia when he left
| st. Petersburg four years ago, festoon-
| ing his handsome uniform the Japa-
nese minister is always conspicuous
figure in the most respondent con-
| course of the diplomatic corps But
l nUQ1, without thpca aduoptitia,,c odnr,,
| ments, Viscount Tadasu Hayashi is a
striking figure of a man. For one thing,
| he is tall, considerably above the av-
erage inches of his countrymen. and
| broad-shouldered, and, unlike most of
| his countrymen, wears a beard, now
rapidly turning gray. There is nothing
| of the little Jap in the personality of
| the representative of his majesty of
| Japan, at the court of st. James. His
| grave, massive features have little
| trace of the Asiatic type; only the set
| ting of the dark, Watchful eyes, per-
| haps. betrays nom European stock.
| 1t is difficult to realize that the grave,
| dignified gentleman, in his immaculate
frock coat, with the polished courtesy of
| his manner, must in his youth have
| seen some of the fiercest cut-and-
come-again fighting of theplater nine
| teenth century.
| 1t came about in this way When
| the war that ended with the restora-
ton of the imperial dynasty broke out
in 1868 young Hayashi was attending
| lectures at University college. Return
/ ing to his own country as a cadet in
| the Shotgun navy, he fought obedient
/ to the traditions of his family, on the
| losing side. AS a midshipman he sailed
with Admiral Enomoto's fleet in it's
! 70 Oft IaI dot I'm, O
northern island, recently putatively
| bombarded by a hypothetical Vladivo-
stok squadron), in the hare-brained
| attempt to found a curious hybrid re-
| public. 1t was-,the last kick of the
| ancien regime in Japan, and it meant
| hard hand-to -hand fighting before the
/ blaze was got under. Hayashi was in
the thick of it, and, after Admiral Emo
moto's defeat, was, with his chief, am
| nestled.
AS Mr.. Arthur Diosy has pointed out
it speaks eloquently for the wisdom
and enlightenment of the imperial gov
eminent that such men as the late Adj
miral Enomoto and Viscount Tadasu
Hayashi were retained for the service
! of their country, for the amnesty was
without after thought. The admiral
| became Japan's first foreign minister
and the midShipman was given an ap-
| pointment at the foreign office in
! Tokyo. Four years later Hayashi re-
visited England as second secretary in
the suite of M. Iwakura, the first steI
| in his brilliant diplomatic career. His
| short naval career is not generally
known even among his own country
| men, but Mr. Diosy has a characteris-
tic Renaissance to tell of it. A few
| years ago he was going over a battle
| ship in the minister's company. Haya-
shi commented on her armament, using
terms her officers were at loss to IN
| derstand Mr.. Diosy recognized the
| uncouth words as Dutch. The Shogur
| navy was, of course, trained by Dutch
officers, the only foreigners admitted
to the country before the Restoration
| Viscount Hayashi had learnt his nava
| terrninology, and even to give his nava
! orders, in Dutch.
| There are in the main two diplo-
matte manners. There is the sphinxlike
| which suggests impenetrability and {
| safeguarding of vital secrets as its
keynote. 1t is commoner in f1ctioT
than in real life. There is the frank
and absolutely communicative. I would
gladly tell you anything you ike &C
ask" it suggests, Aif only knew my
/ self" The affectations Of the one the
japanese minister eschews altogether;
nor does he overdo the other. Wher
he can convey any information he does
/ so with absolute frankness and IN Inc
| plainest possible terms. His directness
/ it is said of him. has been one OF the
| DISTINGUISHING features in his diplo-
matte career, and has occasiOned as
constituent in very exalted quarters
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