Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28

closely followed by General LIE Gendre, who was
both a soldier and lawyer and filed high Offices
under the Japanese and later under the Korean
crown. Curiously enough, when the fate of the Far
East hung in the balance, when the Peace Com
missions met at Shmonoseki, a New England man,
Henry Dennison advised the Japanese, and Western
man. Mr.. Foster. performed the same services for
the defeated Chinese. Of course, long before this
day American advice had been sought and followed
in the Far East; but it will be only when the history
of the East is written up to the present it has
not been that the services of Mr. Bradley in Siam and
Mr. Judson in Burma, and of DIR. Verbeck in Japan
will be fully recognized
In Korea since the opening of that hermit king
dom by Admiral John Rodgers, American advice
has been respected, and American advisers of every
category received in honor. On the whole they have
labored to lnculcate respect for righteousness and
appreciation of the benefits of law and order.
General LIE Gendre and Lieutenant Foulke Ian ex-
naval officer pioneers in Korea, and
followed by Mr.. Greathouse, DR.. Allen, and Mr..
Sands DR.. Allen a young medical missionary
and one incidents of the thousand and One Nights
dear to the oriental storyteler. very powerful
minister of the day was assaied by his political
enemies in the streets of Seoul and left bleeding, it
is said from more than three score wounds. DR.
Allen CHANGED to be passing. and out of pity rather
than with any hope of saving life bandaged him up
To the surprise of everyone including his physician it
said that the Korean recovered and the
young missionary doctor awoke to find his fame great
throughout the land and his credit powerful at court
Dennison and Strobel
TN late days in the persons of Henry w. Dennison
adviser to the japanese foreign office, and of Ed
ward F. Strobel, the adviser to the crown in SIAM
American ideals have been exerting powerful in
fuence the reshaping of the Far East. Both
these diplomats educated in foreign service
and it thousand pites that they
allowed to leave it.
Since the appearance of Mr.. Dennison of
the principal figures in two of the great international
conferences all the world is less acquainted
with his work. Mr.. Strobel's achievements, though
highly considered, not well known He entered
diplomatic service in 1884, and has served
Secretary of Legation in Madrid, Assistant Sec
rotary Of State in Washington, and Minister to
Ecuador and later to Chile For various reasons. the
Chilean post is one of the most difficult to fill
Mr.. Strobel, however, so tactful in his mission
that he succeeded not only in disarming Chilean
suspicion, but in winning their respect and esteem
Indeed, several years after his term of office
over he retained in South America arbitrator,
and succeeded in settling to the satisfaction of all
concerned several frontier disputes between the
Andean Republics. Later he became professor of
international law at Harvard University, and there
he received the call that has carried him to the
other end of the world to protect the dwnding lands
of the yellow robed monks from the aggressions of
their neghbors. Seventy years ago the Kings of
Siam would not receive American envoy unless
he took his boots off. To-day they have to
an American international lawyer to save what is
left to them of their fatherland.