Mr. Karel Pergler, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-tertiary to Japan from the Republic of Czecho-Slovakia, arrived in Shanghai last Wednesday and jis staying here for a few days prior to his departure to California, where he will remain during his three fhonths' leave of absence from his duties in Japan. Mr. Pergler represents very well the fine type of man whom other nationals have learned to expect to; come out of Czecho-Slovakia. Born there in 1882, he went to America at the age of right and received his carly education there. He went to Prague to study law when he was 16, remained there six years, went back to Chicago and became editor-in-chief of Czech daily. He continued.working in Chicago for some years doing Czech publicity work and about that time wrote a book on} civics for Czech immigrants arrived in America. He also wrote a short history of the life of Wendell Philipps. In 1908, Mr. Pergler began the practice of law in Towa and remained there until the outbreak of the war. Then he became the delegate of the Czpcho-Slovak National Council in the United States and secretary to President Masaryk. Later he was commissioner of the Republic in} the United States and something over a year ago he returned to his native country. It was after a very short stay there that Mr. Pergler received the appointment of Minister to Japan, where he has been for approximately a year.
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