BARON KANEKO'S LECTURE

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 and agriculture, and when Ito again became prime minister, he was chosen minister of justice. At the same time the Emperor made him a baron and a life members of the House of Peers for his distinguished services. Since then he has been mayor of Tokio until he resigned about a year ago.

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.

The lecture will be given under the auspices of the Law School, and will be open to members of the University.