Coach Builders to the Imperial Court of China.
THE JAPANESE MINISTER.
Viscount Tadasu Hayashi, G.C.V.O., the head of the Japanese Legation at Peking, has, perhaps, a higher reputation in European diplomatic circles than any Japanese statesman living. He was educated in England, and represented his Emperor at the Court of St. James's from 1900 to 1905. He has been decorated with the insignia of many foreign orders, learned societies have vied with each other to do him honour, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have shown their highest mark of esteem by conferring upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. Viscount Hayashi was born at Sakura, Shimosa, on February 22, 1850, and the many important posts which he has held include those of Secretary to the Japanese Embassy to the Courts of Europe from 1872 to 1873; Governor of Kobe, 1889–90; Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1891–95; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China, 1895–96; and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, 1897–99. After returning from England in 1905 he was for some time Minister of State for Foreign Affairs before taking up his present duties in the capital of China. He was created a Baron in 1886 and promoted to the rank of Viscount six years later. His publications in English include "For his People," 1903, and several translations of English works on political economy and on politics into Japanese. He is a member of many English clubs, including the St. James's, United Services, Batchelors', Marlborough, Travellers, Camera, &c. He married, in 1875, Misao, daughter of Gaino.
DR. MORRISON.
Dr. George Ernest Morrison, the famous correspondent to the Times, has, probably, a more intimate acquaintance with the interior of China than any man living. Peking is his postal address, but there is only a modicum of truth in the statement that it is his home. Travel forms his sole recreation, and he has, at various times, accomplished the most
