War of 1877; appointed Vice-Minister of War, 1892; Governor-General of Formosa with additional duty as Minister of War, Dee., 1900-Oct., 1902; Minister of Home Affairs. July-Oct., 1903; shortly before outbreak of last War appointed Vice-Chief of General Staff, retaining Governorship of Formosa, and Chief of Staff of Manchurian Army; promoted present post, 1906; created Viscount. 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
K'O FENG-SHIH ( KUEICHOU ), Governor; native of Hupeh; metropolitan graduate, 1882. Compiler at Hanlin; Literary Chancellor, Shuisi, Sept., 1838; I-Nan Tao, Yunnan, Dec., 1899; Salt Commissioner, Anhwei, May, 1900; Judge, K i.-mgsi, 1901; Treasurer, Yunnan. Oft., 1901; do., Kiangsi, Oct. 1901; Governor of Kwangsi, July, 1903; Governor of Kueichou, May, 1904.
KOKE, Matsuoka (TOKYO), Minister for Agriculture and Commerce; b. 1846. Entered Government service in 1870 as Secretary in Department of Justice, and became Chief Judge, officiating in that capacity at Tokyo and Kobe; was appointed assistant Chief Secretary in Department of Justice, 188O, and became President of the Hiroshima Appeal Court in the same year; sent to Europe to investigate judicial systems, 1836, and was absent from Japan two years; during absence was appointed Judge of Supreme Court and Director of the Civil and Criminal Affairs Bureau; upon return to Japan was also appointed a member of the Law Code Investigation Committee; President of the Tokyo Appeal Court, 1890; Attorney Ceneral in the Supreme Court, 1891; appointed member of House of Peers, 1S91; Vice-Minister for Home Affairs, 1894 and 1S8; President of the Court of Administrative Litigation. 1899-1906; given present portfolio. 1905. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KOMATSUBARA, Yeltaro (TOKYO). Member of the House of Peers; b. 1852, at Okayama. Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1881; afterwards Secretary of Legation at Berlin; Governor of Nagasaki-ken, &e.; Vice-Minister of Justice and Vice-Minister of Home Affairs, Nov., 1898-Sept., 1900; later joined the staff of the " Osaka Mainichi " Shimbun, but resigned in 1903. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
K'O MENG-O, Lieut-General (HSI-AN-FU). Chinese Baniieimau. Tartar-General, Shensi, l875; do., Kansu, May, 1876; do.. Shensi. 1878; Officer Guards; Taitar-General, Sui-yuan, Shensi, July, 1884; degraded three steps and transferred, Jan., 1895); Deputy Lieut.-General, Border White Banner Corps, 1900 do., Hsi-an-fu, Jan., 1901.
KOMOTO, Dr. Jujiro (TOKYO), Professor of Imperial University, Tokyo; b. Aug., 1859. Educ.: Germany and Austria, 1885-89. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KOMURA, Baron Jutaro (TOKYO), Minister Plenipotentiary to the
