The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-09
PUESTDES OVER JAPAN PEERS
PRINCE TOKUGAWA INTER-
VIEWS HIMSELF FOR as.
Heard IN japan That u was Dlmeult 10
Ne Interviewed IN America and ToSA
Ills Measures Accordingly nevisitlnG
the Country After thirty three Years

Hls Measures Nee0Ftingly nevisitlnG
the Country After ThIrty three Years.
n il il true that Prince Tokugawa
Iyesato. sixteenth in descent from tbs
illustrious Shotgun iyeyasu and President
Of the House u Peers In Japan. gave out
numbered answers 20 his intervieWers
in Chicago on slips Of cherry tinted silk,
his Excellency must have run ont Of silk
before he reached New York yesterday.
lie had the specially prepared interview
ell ready Tor the newspapers. beyond
which be would not 60 a syllable. but the
Interview was In plain type on plain
paper.
4 heard before left Japan that IL was
very diiiicult 70 be interviewed In Amer
ica.' said the Prince. 1and that
would be better 10 have whatever J had
to say written out beforehand
Prince Tokngawa-that IL his surname
arrived from Washington late yesterday
afternoon and went 10 the Plaza Hotel
with his small suite Of secretaries and
servants He was met az the Pennsyl-
vania station by Kuhchi Midztmo.
japanese sul-General in New York.
and in his rooms at the hotel he received
a delegation Of some Of the prominent
japanese in New York. He viii remain
here until Wednesday. when he sails on the
Mauritania for England
His Excellency u travelling in no such
state a. does Prince Tsai Tao. who saw
New York through a whirlwind last week
/ Though he bears the title Prince II 10
honorinc aud not inherited from the
imperial blood Yet his is the blood of =
long line Of the actual rulers of japan.
the TokuRawa Shoguns who held sway
a. Lords Of the Palace under q succession
Of Emperors kept in holy seciusion. The
last Shotgun Of japan was driven from
power by the revolution Of 1893, Shen
/ Prince IyesatO was ] years old. Had
not the present Emperor taken away
/ from the Shogunate the actual governing
/ Of the realm Prince Tokugawa lyesato
would now be in the palace az Toxic
When the Emperor Of Japan overturned
the Shogunats Prince Tokugawa and his
family were pensi oDed with large hef
in Shizuoka province. which shortly
after Prince TOku Rawa returned 90 the
| imperial domain voluntarily and AZ an
act Of natriotism The Emperor made
| him Governor over Shizuoka and gave
/ him the title he now bears and court rank
Of the senior secopd grade. In 1871
the Prince went 10 England. where he
studied for five years. Upon his return
20 Janan he was appointed Chamberlain
Of the imperial court. and later. in 1880.
when the present Constitution 81 the
emrire was promulgated and the national
Diet was established he took his place
4 IN the House Of Peers. He has been the
/ presiding officer u that body since 1909.
The Prince - small IN stature. tending
to corpulency. lie has an unusunlly
I large head forehead high and eyes closely
set together His face wears the unemo-
/ tionnl mask II the japanese
According 20 that punied interview
which the Prince has been stnbuths
An tho way cost from Seattle he has no
Interior purpose in visiting this country.
H. was here once IN M. and he says
he wants to Sc 10 again and note the
the great changes that have occurred
anona rs There b. nothing oihcial
about bis coming. his personal enioyInent
/ being the only end sought here ~ an
extract from 'he Interview
-From time 20 time the newly coined
pbrnsp the Jluancse- American war APP
near in the fore On NEWSPAPERS IN japan
but / personally CANNOT imagine such
thing taking place I sincerely hOpe that
the friendly relations which so happily
exist between our TWO oountries may re
main unchanged for many years. and
indeed / am convinced that this viii he
s,omebodv asked tho Prince when
japan was going 10 annex Cnrea. He
didn't know anything about that An
other wanted 90 know " the foreign style
Of architecture vas bring adopted IN
Japan The Prime did not know any
thing about that either He said In hrs
studiously correct English that he Re
loved that everything he had 10 say was
down on thar printed slip u paper.
The Prince was the guest " Consul
General Midzuno a. hiz home AZ the har-
nard apartments Central Park West and
seven'y-hrsf street az dinner last night.
This morning he will visit tho Stock EN
change the Clearing House and some OF
the downtown hanks. The membets OF
the japan Society will entertain tho
Prince ava luncheon at the Railroad Club
and IN the afternoon he will So some ~
the tube wonders that NJ. McAdoO keeps
on top tor visitors from the Trent. The
japanese colony IN New York viii b the
Princes hosts AZ hherry's this evening
Tomorrow Melville stone will entertain
the Prince AZ luncheon az the LAWYERS
club and he will dine at the Nippon Club.