The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
CLIPPINGS FOR The MIKADO.
STANFORD WHITE busy AGAIN
ANNOYING. SAYS CCHIDA.


ANNOYING, SAYS CCHIDA.
Daeker Of Cartoon Chow That wasn't
Aims TO Impress American Newspapers
q, .Jspan'a Rnic Especial Envoy. Gold
Cover and 100 Statesmen Embryo.
&. Uohida, Japanese Consul.General to
this city, heard yesterday that Mr.. siam
ford White has been sending out glowing
ktters booming a scheme to present 70
tho Mikado T. gold embellsbed book OF
clippings from American newspapers COW
sring tho Russo-Japanese War. At nrst
Mr.. Uchida was annoyed. then he laughed.
end appeared to regard Mr.. Stamford
White and his book Of clippings a. Joke.
sSone time ago. said Mr.. Uchida, u
caused an investigation OF this matter 70
BE- made. From report submitted to me-
md coming from an entirely reliable source,
have TO say once moro that tho enterprise
Of Mr.. Stamford White Is not one which
oss indorss. Il told, 1Hx Sun 30 about
I month ago. Then ! got an interesting
lettSr from Mr.. White on July ~
Mr. Uchida showed this letter addressed
10 him.
We observe that you are quoted In the
Eew York Sun Of this morning a. navhs
hyetttsa this proposition and that you
can not commend 1t. We are not SEEKING
nor have We sought commentator from
you, But wa do ihsist that you shall trnme-
diAtSly state In detail what II anything.
has led you to imply In your statement to
THH SON that this project Is not everything
II tdalmt to DO. II do not hear from you
within forty eight hours I shall turn the
whole matter ovpr to our attorneys.
IA Nj Very truly STANFORD WHITE,
Mr.. Uchida did not lose any sleep over
this communication. He didn't hear from
.our attorneys He stuck the letter in
pigeonhole and forgot about It until yes
terclay, whom q letter OF Mr.. Stamford White
TO The SUN was shown to him. This letter
vss decorated with the name OF Mr.. SIAM
ford White and the following head
'TSibute to His Imperial Majesty Inc
Emperor Of ;; Japan PAP From the lea"ns MOVIE
Il stated that a press clipping bureau
was preparing book OF newspaper cup.
pines for presentation to the Emperor OF
Japan, covering the Kusso-Japanese War.
The letter went on to say:
.na s S2s@ .s.s Ct ot IT, s'a a
e the osSg enSos
10 receive letter from you to be embodied
s =. oSo e ae any
Your letter need not neeessar,ly, indorS,ss
Sewapspers in dealing, with the strugsis
between Japan and huss r.. Every Ese ynri mem
q your paper viii be inserted IN the book
81 cilppln q! in the order Of publication &C
ely oredited. Tiffany vii! design and max
he eold enbsllIshments for the ooy n;s snd
the 6eok wiz rom os .Hsry pont
q 9 Sls@ Of the superistive energy and genius
q ths American press. Specimen letters
This va. siensd BY Stamford White.
Representatives OF the Japancee Gov.
ernnent know nothing about the scheme;
ssid Mr.. Uchida, and certainly the Mtkado
pose. The business 10 rather annoying.
the Mikaao wise to the power Of the press.
WAs not In the city yesterday. according
70, person at the clipping burean who
sSid he was Frank A. burrelle. Really,
ssid ne, Mr., White was the one to - about
The mater although he roS'd 90 the oes'
Who Are, the COMMITTEES OF 100 leading
etatesmen and other eminent citizensl
i Well, Mr.. Burrelle couldn't just remember.
No, he couldn't think OF any names right
OH the OaI. Inc WuOl6 ulditcT WoS ~
embryo, 10 to speak. He thought 100 lead.
10 stateamen might be rounded up Ct
To right time. Where did the Mikado'a
specially designated envoy come inf He
SAadn't come IN yet: The envoy wsS IN
to state things positively, Mr.. burreile
, thought. MI. White, be said thought
k would be nice to lot the. Mikado know
how powerful Is the American prees. That
ana advertising the clipping bureau wa
The basis ofthe scheme. How much money
had been received from letters3 Well, that
was nobody's business, said Mr. Burrelie.
Aho II wasn't an body's business how
much the tribute was going to cost. NO
Tiffany hadn't yet contracted to make
the cover. That seemed to be In embryo
also, although some correspondence had
passed. on the subject.
AS Tor Mr. Uchida," said Burrells, we
think We know why he Is objecting. When
Mr.. White wrote him letter asking him to
state in detail why be objected 70 the scheme
Didn't understand the law, that was all
men, Who have received letters from STAN.
ford White asking them TO contribute q
sentiment to be Included In the wonder
full book Of clippings, happened to rennemt q
0 Stamford White who was connected with
an enterprise that brought out considerable
rnfavorible comment In March, 1904
This enterprise was also boosted by meane
az verbose letterheads and was called The
Newspaper Cartoonists' Association" Ar
exhibition OF cartoons and things was tc
take place at the Fifth Avenue Hotel but
didn't. For from S25 to 500 you could eet
. friendly cartoon Of yourself hung In THU