Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1913 — FOSTER IS A HISTORIC MAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOSTER IS A HISTORIC MAN

Former Secretary of 3tate Still Living Quietly at Washington City. Washington.—Gen. John W. Foster, the American, who was Invited by the emperor of China to participate in the peace treaty at the close of the wars, between China and the empire of

Japan, is still living, and though al most eighty years of age possesses a mind as keen as ever. The home of the former secretary of stale ts in Washington, though he was born ana reared in Indiana. As an international lawyer, both Mexico and China have availed themselves of his services His "Century of American Diplomacy’ is recognized as an Authority and is used in many institutions of learning

Gen. Jonn W. Foster.