Evening star., 1925-05-24
Japanese Secretary
and Nine. Kuwashima
Among Late Arrivals
First, Aide at Embassy. from
Long Service in This Coun-
try. Well Informed in Di-
plomacy.

The FIRST secretary of the Japanese
Embassy and Nine. Kazue Kuwashim
tre among the interesting newcomers
Dr. Washington.
In DR.. kazue Kuwashima, who ar
rived in Washington in the suite of
the new amba ssador, NJ. Matsudaira,
the Diplomatic Corps has been en-
riched by a Japanese diplomat long
resident in this country. and one en-
tlrsly familiar with it's affairs. For he
Nras for some time consul in Chicago,
and before that service had been vice
consul in San Francisco. He was in
the metropolis of the lake country
when, in 1921. President Harding in
kyited the world powers to convene and
'Tscuss disarmament. Having mas
tered many economic and political
phases relating to this theme applica-
hle to Japanese interests, DR.. Kuwa-
shlma was summoned to Washington
by the then ambassador, Baron Shi-
dehara, and remained for some time
al the conference. Since leaving Chi
CaGo, in 1922, the secretary has been
IN the foreign office at TOXIC, and was
transferred from the consular branch
" the foreign service into the dipIo-
matte
NJ. kuWashima was accompanied to
washington by his wife and three
sons, and they are living for the pres
ent at 1404 Twenty first street The
boys are s, 4 and years of age. re-
|spectively. John Kenichi. the eldest.
IS studying very diligently in the
kindergarten, and is ma stering Eng
lSh as 1t were on 7-league boots. and
MS parents hope this coming Autumn
|" enter him in the first grade of the
public school near their home NJ
kuwashima has high regard for the
|amerlcan public schools. and is glad
70 take advantage of his residence here
when his sons are just beginning their
|cducatlon. George Kazue, the second
boy. who is 4, still is with his gov
|erness, but he will attend a kinder
|gaften IN September. The youngest of
pms interesting group. Haruhiko,
/ years old, will naturally be in the
|hands OF nursery governeSs for some
PINE. Nine. washima who. like her
|husband, speaks English fiuently. is
2 charming young matron whom
|Washingtonians frequently have met
Pin the drawing rooms of Nine. MatsJ-
|dalra. She is native of Toxic, and
was before her marriage. which oc-
|curred in the japanese capital in 1915,
Nile. faeko A AJura. She has accom-
panied her husband to the various
posts to which he has been assigned
curing the past 10 years. and has set
[tleu INTO her niche in the scheme of
things at Washington with grace and
facility. Both the Japanese secretary
and Nine. kuwashima feel that thew
arrived in the American Capital at a
happy juncture of time, for within a
feW weeks after their arrival the
fnerry trees in Potomac Park burst in
full bloom and many times a day the
entire family made jaunts to the river
front and feasted their eyes on the
lovely blooms. NJ. Kuwashima is con-
vInced that in profusion and size of
bloom. in radiant coloring and in gen
tral contour the cherry trees OF Poto-
Inac Park surpass their parent trees in
Toxic, which to the deep sorrow of
hll were destroyed by the great earth
Iluake.
This Government furnished slips
from the trees along the Potomac to |
he civic authorities of Toxic, and |
these plants thrive we'll in the royal |
park, but they are young yet and it |
will be several years before they |
reach the glory of those which per
shed in the awful catastrophe 1t |
will be remembered that at the time |
The Japanese government presented |
Mrs. William Howard Taft with the |
I'herries, a group of public-spirited |
fitizenS sent several hundred red dog
wood trees to the municipal govern
nent of Toxic. These were planted |
in an inland park and happily escaped |
Injury. They bloom profusely and
have numerous admirers, especially
hmong the knndreds of Americans
who live in the islands of Japan, and
for whom these dogwoods mean home |
fnd its happy memories, just as the |
berry trees along the Potomac have
similar Significance for the citi- |
kens of Japan.
The new secretary of the Japanese |
Embassy was educated entirely in the |
venerable seat of learning at Toxic, |
Nasseda University. He is native |
bf that ancient part of the present |
Japanese empire, which more than |
! 500 years ago was the seat of au
hority of the great tribe, Yamato. |
he aborigines of the islands. He is |
b diligent student of Japan of the |
Pays which are almost prehistoric in