The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-10
koMuRA THE LIVING SPHINX.

koMURA THE LIVING SPHINX.
.,n sop tati, IS Of the u i.guisl-
"a Y, sian ana japanese Peace En-
vas fem an s}ftele Of .ro"a iaan
as So, interest n SeptemHe; liHman
ls tie new Scent maga aae now
out Concern 'ng the JapaGese cavoys
it says:
One of the strangest sights IN
America is to see two Japanese ENJOYS
Baron Jutaro Komura AMI Minister
Kogoro Takahira. being whirled
through the streets of 'lsisursly Ports
mouth in one Of the latest examples
of the American Automobile.
If Witle ana Reese are Interesting
tyEe g. h.Eian nature. what shall We
4as thee Two remarkable men from
the Land of the Rising Sun
Place Komura alongs' de of White
and Fou have a constrast that would
cause broad smile. III il were nos for
your good breeding
The little man fiom the Far Eas, IS
almost absurlly small and slight. nut
you read IN his gave and thoightfas
mien and the CLINT of his black eyes
that his brain matter is far iispro-
portionate to his frame.
The Japanese newspaper men in at.
tendance on the conference say of
their idol: "Oh, Baron Komura is a
uriea raauf The p,ceiara x-{lI FipJ
him hard nut TO crack"
Baron Komura is difficult man 10
understand" said one OF these jour.
nalists Of my acquaintance. and most
of those who have been 'up against
the mikado's ambassador have been
incl ned to agree with him.
No craven image could be more OK
lpressionless Than the diplomatic ad
yersary Of M. Whites when 1t SUR;
his purpose to retire behind his ori
Iental reserve.
Like all Of hts staff. he dresses
lscrupulously and in public often wears
the tall hat SO much affected by ths
modern Japs. He is punctiIiously pc
4 lite, after the manner Of his country
men, but Is scarcely to be called al
fable In fact Baron Komnra seems
to live largely within himself. In ap
lpearance he is almost ascetic, and Ii,
/ is generally credited with being
living exponent of the philosophy o
Emerson.
There is, however, a gentleness o
manner that les behind this outward
seeming unsociability, and this is es
pecially manifested in his persona
contact with his associates and suboi
dinates.
Komura does not appear to hav
many pastimes. He is a follower {
the simple life, as well as disc pl
of Emerson.
If he enjoys his daily automobil
ride, he never gives any sign jof it.
the espionage Of the secret-seyvie
men. taken as a matter of course b
! the Russians, or the intrusions I
: newspaper photographers Is irkson
/ to him, no one but himself Is ever ar
the wiser
A fine example of the living sphii
, is Komura. It was to his influeat
L more than that Of any other connectt
!. with the peace parley that the 80
h of secrecy affixed to the doings
The conference was due.
For d man who says SO little In
I. social way, the brainy little Jap h
T. a wonderful facility of expressi'
Z when Ii comes to matters Of bushes
He Is master Of logic to a most !
markahle degree and an antagoni
r in debate and argument that the me
self-confdent might shrink from crot
ing swords with.
- Komura u.s. moreover, a very n
+ thodical man in the matter of detail
= and the systematic manner in whit
under bis direction, the business
fairs of the Japanese mission wt
n administered, was marvel 10 all "
We're knowing to Them.
he The Baron, though diminmtive
m stature, has generous soul AMI
TX, financial rewards 10 the servants
It? the various hotels where he and
nd suite have stopped. nave been exec
nc ingly hberal--so much 50 that Il
oil have brought dismay To the an'i.
SIN ping League. ftf
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