Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — OUR DIPLOMATS IN JAPAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR DIPLOMATS IN JAPAN.

They Live Much Better than Thoee In Europe—Salaries Good. Japan Is now considered quite as desirable a country by our diplomatic agents as England or the continent. The salaries*of the consuls are high, and our diplomats live much better in Japan than they do in Europe. Nearly every one of them has a large establishment, with plenty of servants, and they are, as a rule, of a higher grade than those appointed to the big cities of Europe. The Consul General at Yokohama is one of the ablest men who have ever been sent abroad in that capacity. His name is Nicholas W. Mclvor, and he is an lowa man of about 40 years of age. The Vice Consul General is Mr. George H. Scidmore, who has been for years connected with the service and who has considerable diplomatic ability. At Osaka and Hiogo, the great commercial centers of Western Japan, the United States is represented by Enoch J. Smitliers. who has been connected with our diplomatic sendee for a quarter of a <*?ntury and who did good work at Shanghai and Tien-Tsin. At Nagasaki we have J. H. Abercrombie, a rich American, who lias one of the finest houses in the

far East and who is a man of culture and brains. The consuls, however, have to do only with the business interests of the country and with thp furthering of American trade. All matters connected with this war are left to the legation at Tokyo, and this is in a better condition to-day than it has been for years. The minister is Mr. Edwin Dun, a relative of Senator Thurman and a man well fitted to deal with the Japanese from his residence of many years in the country. He speaks the Japanese as well as he does the English, and he has an intimate personal friendship with the greatest of the Japanese statesmen. Ho is a big, broad-shoulder-ed, red headed man of about 45. He is a thorough American, and lie has the nerve to demand and the diplomacy necessary to secure the best results for our people in the far East The position of a Minister to Japan is now worth about $35,000 a year in silver. The Minister has a fine, modern home in Tokyo, and he lives within a stone’s throw of half a dozen Japanese nobles and princes.

AMERICAN LEGATION, TOKYO.