Court of St. James; b. Sept., 1885, at Hyuga. Educ.: Harvard University, U.S.A. Appointed Secretary, Foreign Office, 1884; later Assistant Director of Transaltion Bureau, Foreign Office; Charge d'Affaires at Peking until outbreak of Chino-Japanese War; Civil Administrator of Aiituug during War; 1894-1895; later Director of Political Bureau; Minister at Seoul, until 189J; Vice-Minister of Foreign Affaiis, 1896-1898; Minister, at Washington, 1898; Minister, at St. Petersburg, 1900; transferred to Peking to represent Japan at Intcrnatiomil Conference in connection with Boxer trouble; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sept., 1901; created Baron, 1902, Senior Peace Plenipotentiary at Peace Conference, Portsmouth, 1905; signed Treaty of Peace, Sept., 1905; afterwards signed, at Peking, Treaty with China regarding ante-bellum settlement in Manchuria, 1906; appointed to Privy Council, 1906; appointed Minister to Great Britain, May, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KONDO, Rempei (TOKYO), President of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Co.); b. 1850. Upon formation of the Company was appointed a Director; became Vice-President during China-Japanese War, and finally became President. Decoration: 4th Order of the Rising Sun, granted for transport service. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KONO, Hironaka (TOKYO), M.P.; b. July, 1849, at Fukushima. Joined party which stiove for establishment of constitutional Government in 1881; has been M. P. without intermission since first session of Diet; President of Lower House, 1903; arrested as instigator of Anti-Peace Riots in Tokyo, Sept., 1905, but was acquitted. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KO PAO-HUA (PEKING), President, Board of Punishments; native of Chekiang; metropolitan graduate, 1883. Deputy Cominissioner, Office of Tansmission, Nov., 1895; sub-Director, Court of Sacrificial Worship, July, 1896;.sub-Director, Court Imperial Entertainments, 1898; Vice-Director, Imperial Clan Court, July, 1898; Vice-President, Censorate, Dec., 1898; senior Vice-President, Hoard of War, May, 1899; President, Board of Works Nov., 1901; do., Board of Punishments, Feb., 1902.
KORFF, A. ( SHANGHAI ), Merchant. Representative, Melchers and Co. Address: 1 French Bund, Shanghai, China.
KRANZ, Rev. Paul ( SHANGHAI), Pastor; b. Mar. 13, 1866: m. 1894; Educ.: Halberstadt, and Universities of Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Tubingen, Greisswald. Entered University in 1884; Pastor in Germany, 1890-91; came to China as Pastor of German Church in Shanghai in 1892 and devoted himself to literary work amongst Chinese. Publications: " Confucius and Christ, Friends," " A Christian Commentary to the Chinese Four Books," "Four thousand frequent
