Word: takahira
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stay in Washington President Taft, at a private interview, offered him the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. This offer President Eliot declined to accept on account of his unwillingness to undertake new and important responsibilities. Another honor was conferred on President Eliot by the Japanese ambassador; Mr. Takahira, who presented him, in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, with the first class order of the Rising...
This announcement was made to President Eliot yesterday by Ambassador Takahira of Japan. The decoration is on its way to this country and will be conferred with appropriate ceremony as soon as it arrives...