H. General Prince Fushimi, who has recently returned from the front, is said to be going tothe United States to see the St. Lou's World's Fair, by way of testifying to Japan's interest in the States and to the cordial relations existing between the two countries.
General Yamaguchi, commander of the Japanese troops in the Boxer affair in 1900, is dead. His career as a soldier dates back to the famous Restoration war. In 1896 he was raised to the rank of Lieut.-General and appointed the commander of the fifth (Hiroshima) Division, and it was during unre of this post that ho rendered distinguished services in North China and was invested with the Second Order of the Golden Kite. Having been promoted full General and appointed Imperial War Coun-oiller early this year, he came up to Tokio, where be succumbed to career in the stomach on Sunday morning, the 7th inst., in the 59th year of age. On the day before his death the General was advanced to the rank of Viscount, from that of Baron, and was raised to the Junior Second Court Rank. The funeral service took place on Tuesday morning, according to Buddhist rites, with full military honours.
The Death of Sadanj The Japanese theatrical world, which recently was concerned by the death of Ichikawa Danjuro and Onoye Kikugoro, loses one of its spectacular figures in the demise of Ichikawa Sadanji. The three were considered the foremost actors in Japan, Sadanji belonged to the old school of acting, and his principal roles wore the heroes of classical romance. On the Japanese stage female characters are almost entirely represented by male performers. Sadanji, however, rarely essayed feminine parts. He was.a master of the swash-buckler style of performing, and did not care much for the mere subtle stagecraft of which Danjuro was the chief exponent. Sadanji was sixty-three years at the time of his death on Sunday morning. The provisional funeral two place on Tuesday. ith August.
Kamimura Kantai Banzai.
The whole Tokio Press could not help waxing sentimental in its comment g on the heavy blow dealt at the enemy's! Viadivostock" fleet by Vice-Admiral Kamimura's squadron. "If the Kamimura Kantai has so far been made a butt for isms and very frequently for unjust strictures, the latest brilliant engagement on the north of Tsushima has completely re-established its ability and reputation, especially as the sinking of a warship of over ten thousand tons' @isplacement, as the result of fighting, had never taken place in the naval annals of the world. Altogether, the total discomfiture of the Viadivostock ornisers, on the heels of the irreparable crippling of the Port Arthur squadron, has closed one great act of the war so far as nova, fighting is concerned. On the other hand, some papers warn against over-sanguineness and urge that unless all Russian ships are annihilated they may continue to make harm or at least be a cause of danger.
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