The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-29
PEACE COMMISSION
Personnel Of the Japanese side Of II
Described BY a Fellow Country.
ntan--Abiiity, But Few Friiis.

The personnel OF the Nippon Peace
Commission is remarkable for the
lack OF ornamentatIons. Hlgh-sound.
Ing titles, men OF striking appearances
not only that but even the men
with historic embroiderles-- to
have little room In It. Ability-sober.
Woodworking abillty-seems to be the
keynote OF 1t all, says Adachi Kinno.
suke in the New York Tribune. The
head OF the mission. Baron Komura
Jutaro. does not tower many inches
above 1--WE feet: neither is he the
broadcast OF men. He makes one
think Of Alexander Stevens, OF Geor-
gla; and the men who would swallow
and digest hlm--or his brains, at
least-must have powerful stomach
indeed. His makeup. Ike his eoun.
try emphasizes the quality. He is u
living protest against quantity.
In his unknown days he had been
child Of adversely. Since the day
when fame made tardy acquaintance
with him he has always made you
think Of beacon upon a stormy
night. He rose from a modest place
in the diplomatic service. Remarlsa.
BILE II may seem to you, there were
days when the most prominent figure
In the, great diplomatic conference OF
the century was obliged to expend
all his talents In translating a few
Indifferent documents. of and ON. n
work good enough for any schoolboy.
And so It came to pass that late In
the day he made his first step In com.
Ing to his own. He was In Picking.
In Washington and In ST. Petersburg.
and in the trying days OF 1905 we
have seen the portfolio of the Minis.
ter of Foreign Affairs In his hands.
And as IL to crown the crown OF
thorns he is here In this country to
unSertake perhaps the most dificalt
duty Of his life.
II. w. Denison Is with the mission.
He is an American-on the nth day
of May, 1s47. he was born in Guild
Hall. vt-as IL the world needed to-
be reminded once again OF the never.
ceasing debt we OF Nippon owe to the
home land Of Commodore Perry. Like
Baron Komura. his American adviser
began his career from the modest
rounds OF the ladder. In the trouble.
some days OF '6f he was clerk In
the War Department In Washington.
and little later he was transferred
to the Treasury Department. At the
same time. We are told, he was stu.
dent In the law department Of Colum.
bfa College In Washington, d. G. In.
1863. when the Toxic government
was one year old, be came to Nippon
as the vice consul at sKanagawa. After
almost ten years in the consular ser.
vice of his own country he resigned
and practiced law in Yokohama.
In May. 1890, he accepted the inyi.
tation of acting as legal adviser to
the Foreign ONCE Of Nippon, and in
that capacity he saw the historic days
OF the shomonoseki treaty. Some.
times at his breast you can see the
souvenir of those days; 1t is the
Grand Gordon Of the Order Of the sa.
cred Treasure which HIS Majesty. the
Emperor OF Nippon, presented to him
as token of his appreciation for the
services TO the state. He had NO
small role to play in bringing about
the AngloNippon alliance. In 1eoel
he was one Of the men who repre-.
scented Nippon at The Hague.
sato Aimaro, like Baron Komura. is |
product of an American college; De |
Paw University is his alma mater.
He graduated there in the class OF i
81 at the age Of IS. He was born on |
April 20. 1856. He. too. started his
career in the Foreign once as clerk.
In 1887 he was sent to Washington
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