Word: baron
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Baron Kentaro Kaneko, 2nd, L.'78, h.'99, the distinguished Japanese statesman, will speak on the "Law and Constitution of Japan" at 8 o'clock this evening, in the Fogg Lecture Room...
...Baron Kaneko came to this country in 1871, and after reading law with Oliver Wendell Holmes '61, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, graduated from the Law School in 1878. Upon returning to Japan he entered the government service as secretary of the Senate, and was soon transferred to the Imperial Cabinet, where he was appointed one of the framers of the Japanese constitution. After the promulgation of the constitution he was sent by the Emperor to investigate the parliamentary systems of Europe. In the first cabinet organized by Marquis Ito Baron Kaneko held the portfolio of commerce...
...Baron Kaneko is an authority on constructional law, a well-known writer on economic and political subjects, and the foremost orator in the Japanese House of Peers. He is president of the "American Friends' Society," and a close student of American institutions. To him, perhaps, more than to any other one man, is due the credit of bringing about the present friendly relations between America and Japan...
...evening of Wednesday, April 27, Baron Kaneko will address the members of the Law School on "The Constitution and Law of Japan," and on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock the Japan Club will give a dinner in his honor in the Assembly Room of the Union...
...Baron Kaneko came to this country in the early seventies and graduated from the Law School in 1878. Upon returning to Japan he was made professor of English at the Imperial University of Tokio, and within a year was appointed secretary of the privy council. In the first cabinet organized by Marquis Ito the baron held the portfolio of commerce and agriculture, and when the marquis again became prime minister, he was chosen minister of justice. At the same time the Emperor made him a baron and a life member of the House of Peers. Since then he has been...