Word: china
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...Spain, Germany and the West Indies. He represented the United States in the Behring Sea arbitration at Paris in 1893, was a member of the Anglo-Canadian Commission in 1898, and presided at the conference of the National Arbitration Committee held in Washington last January. At the invitation of China and Japan he participated in the peace negotiations which closed the recent war between these countries. Mr. Foster studied for one year in the Harvard Law School. He served in the Civil War with the rank of colonel, and was brevetted brigadier-general for bravery. He is the author...
...this address, which will be essentially on the subject of foreign missions, Mr. Foster will speak from information gathered during his extended diplomatic services abroad. Mr. Foster, who was Secretary of State during the administration of President Harrison, has been United States ambassador to China, Mexico and Russia; and, at the invitation of both Japan and China, concluded the treaty which closed the recent war between these countries. He was United States consul before the arbitration board in London which settled in our favor the late Alaskan boundary dispute...
...Indies. In the year 1892 to 1893 he was Secretary of State under President Harrison. He acted as the United States agent in the Behring Sea Arbitration at Paris in 1893 and was a member of the Anglo-Canadian Commission in 1898. At the invitation of the Emperor of China he participated in the peace negotiations with Japan. Mr. Foster is the author of "A Century of American Diplomacy" and "American Diplomacy in the Orient." He is a graduate of the Indiana State University and studied for one year in the Harvard Law School...
...meeting under the auspices of the St. Paul's Society will be held in the Noble Room, Phillips Brooks House, this evening at 7 o'clock. Short addresses will be made by Rev. Henry McNulty, of Princeton, on "The Call to Christian Service in the Philippines, Japan and China," and by Rev. A. D. Gring, on "A Comparison of the Introduction of Christianity and Buddhism into Japan, and their Present Status There...
There will be a meeting under the auspices of the St. Paul's Society in Phillips Brooks House, Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Short addresses will be made by Rev. Henry McNulty, of Princeton, on "The Call to Christian Service in the Philippines, Japan, and China," and by Rev. A. D. Gring, on "The Comparison of the Introduction of Christianity and Buddhism into Japan, and its Present Status There...