Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-21
Japanese Ambassador Displeased
President, is Social Failure
and Has German Wife
POTENT CAUSES RUIN HIM
Lack Of Tact in Handling Frisco
Trouble Responsible for Break With
President-Many Turn Faces to
Lands in West-Peope Want to Be
Shown.

Washington, June 21-Viscount Aokl,
the Japanese ambassador, has incurred
the strong displeasure of President
Roosevelt on account of his lack of
delicacy and discretion in conducting
the negotiations relating TO the attacks
on the Japanese in San Francisco.
His recall is due to his unpopularity
with President Roosevelt; the fact that
he married German woman, which
made him unpopular in his own coun-
try. and that he has not been accorded
full social hoonrs by the members of
the diplomatic corps In this city. These
three facts have resulted in dismal
failure of the mission to the United
States of viscount Aoki.
His fall from grace with President
Roosevelt grows out of the troubles on
the Pacific coast and the president was
so irritated with the viscount that he
directed him to conduct his business in
the future with the secretary of state.
When an ambassador is in good stand
ing he deals directly with the head of
the government to which he is accred-
tied, because he is the personal repre-
sentative of his sovereign.
Socially Viscount Aoki. has not been
success in Washington. this being due
partially to the fact that members of
the diplomatic corps have learned that
Aoki believes that he is superior to the
other ambassadors, as he represents
the sacred person of the Mikado of
Japan" while James Bryce and Baron
Won Sternberg represent Nsuch obscure
persons as King Edward and Emperor
william.
Another reason for the failure soci-
ally of Aoki is that he married a Ger
man woman. When their wedding took
place Emperor William was angry, and
he Invested yiscountess Aoki, who was
member of the German nobility. of
all her privileges and barred her from
the court. After her marriage she be-
came a subject of the emperor of ia
pan.
When Viscountess Aoki was barred
from the German court she was also
denied the privilege of attending any
official function given by a German in
any part of the world. If any German
official entertained Viscountess Aoki,
he would incur the displeasure of the
eminent service
For this reason the Baroness Speck
Won Sternberg. wife of the German ans
bassador to the United States. never
called on the viscountess Aoki, and
there has been no social intercourse
whatever between the two women. and
as social popularity is one of the chief
assets of diplomat, the usefulness of
Viscount Aoki has ben seriously i'm
paired.
'The intense interest taken turnout
the United States in the opening of the
Huntley irrigation project indicates
that veryslarge number of people will
go to Montana in order to get an OPP
portunity to draw for the $50 farms
which Uncle Sam will give every quail
flied entryman by an impartial public
drawing" said an official Of the re-
clamation service. ''The details of this
drawing have been published in the
press and can be obtained by address,
ing the local land office at Billings,
Mont, or the general land office at
Washington. The applicant must, how
ever, go to Montana to execute the
necessary papers, which must be in the
Billings office op or before June %.
''There is naturally great desire
to know something about the location
of these farms, which have been sub
divided by the government. aud which
must be entered in the exact form laid
out under the provisions of the. recla-
nation act.
.'Great care has been taken to sub
divide the lands so that all the farms
shall be as nearly as possible of the
same value. The farms will contain
as nearly as possible forty acres of
irrigable land. The total area. how
ever, will vary considerable on account
of the two lines of railroad passing
thru them and the canal system, which
necessarily must cut some of the farms
into irregular shapes The total area
of the farms will vary from 40 to 160
acres.
For this reason the reclamation SER
vice has printed a large number of
township plats, showing the arrange
ment and areas of the farm units.
There are seven Of these plats, each
the secretary of the inter-
Tor, and each showing township, part
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