The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-05-17
Gen. KUROKI
NATIONS GUEST
Best at The White House For
His Entertainment.
Whisky interests Still are Still
Trying to Work on De-
partment of Justice.
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Washington, May 22.-Kuroh, the
hero of the Russo-Japanese war, has
come to Washington as the guest of
the nation. II is the most important
military visit that has ever been made
by a foreign commander TO the Unit
ed States, and he is being given the
best sort of "a time that official and
social Washington can provide foI
him. Possibly he will like il, bu,
more probably he will not, and the
chances are that he will go home as
have a great many distinguished Wis
itors before him and tell his associate:
how much he was bored by the at
tentions the Americans lavished upon
him. OF course this may be doing the
distinguished visitor an injustice, bur
the thing has happened before in 50
many cases that one is rather shy of
pressing too much attention on the
DISTINGUISHED foreigners who honor the
United States with a visit.
Gen. Kurci is a Samuri, that is
one Of the hereditary arm bearing
men of Japan. but h. has never had
an ancestor who was AZ al distin-
guished IN military command. lie is
the first Of his name 10 gain military
renown. aud when one sees him they
are surprised That such mild look
ing person should be ranked, and just
~ so as perhaps the foremost of liv-
ing tacticians and straJegists. The
General has been Stopping at the finest
hotel in the city, occupying a suite Of
expensive rooms. He is accompanied
by seven other distinguished Japanese
military commanders and TWO Japan
ese orderlies who spend most OF their
time standing around the hotel lobby.
smoking cigarettes and looking bor-
ed. All of the military party are
small men, but Gen. Kuroki is the
smallest of the whole party. He is a
quiet li.tle brown man with decidedly
gray hair, very long. dropping gray
mustache, and the mildest possible
dark eyes, Just the sort of man in
fact who looks as though he has
never been out Of reach of trolley
car in mis- life and would not know
a high powered rifle from sewing
machine. That is just how reliable
appearances are in the most cases.
Gen. Kuroki is just as mild Of speech
as he is IN appearance, and is very
fond of children. That is The only
point about him where appearance are
not deceptive. He understands Eng
lish and can talk it. but will not, al
ways having an official Interpreter
with him and using the Interpreter
as a buffer state between him and the
average outsider. He talked English
with the President at the White House
however for a while and then they
drifted into German in which both
Of them are thoroughly az home.
There was a reception to Gen. kuro-
XII and his staff at the Whit House
at the end of the week. lie and the
visiting officers had gone TO NJ. Yer
non in the morning, being accompanied
by the Secretary OF the Navy and a
number OF the visiting naval officers
from the foreign warships az James
town. They paid the usual tribu,e Of
respect by putting a wreath on the
tomb of Washington and Gen. kurok!
was given a piece OF ivy from the
vault which he said he would take
back 10 Japan and plant a. his coun-
try place OUTSIDE If Yokohama.
The visitors hurried back from NJ.
Vernon 10 b. present AZ The r-cep-
ton at the White House. and N -an-
time the Prlsiden, had 10 BE- hus.ling
to get back for The reception too. H.
had done the usual unconventional
thing ana given Inc Cabiret tn slip
and Went off for q cross country ride
in the morning. l. was a fine day.
one of a., first OF The fine spring
DAYS in Washington, and as ther- was
nothing particularly pressing for The
cabinet meeting. Friday being a caDi-
net day, he President sent word 20
his official family that there was
nothing doing in The cabinet line,
called on his mil. airy aid, young F!tz
Lee, and king horses. the TWO with
some of the foreign military officers
galloped off for a cross counry run
and did a little fence jumping when
far enough away from Washington not
to attrac attention. Secretary Gar
field did uot get the message cancell-
ing tine c.liuet meeting and he came
all the way 10 the White House TO find
the Cabinet table deserted.
Strong efforts are being made by
the whisky interests of the coun-
try to force the Department Of Justice
to reopen the case Of blended VS. bot
tled-in-boud whiskey which was r.
Gently settled by the Attorney Gener-
al. The Attorney Generals decision
was that under the Pure Food Law
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