Chinda
VISCOUNT SUTEMI, a Japanese diplomat; born at Hirosaki in 1856. He received his education at Depauw University, Indiana. He began his diplomatic career in the Japanese foreign office in 1886; was consul at San Francisco in 1890 and consul-general at Shanghai in 1895. His long diplomatic career has included ministries to Brazil, the Netherlands, and Russia. From 1908 to 1911 he was ambassador to Germany, from which post he was transferred to In the latter year he was made ambassador to Great Britain. He showed marked ability in the many positions he has held, and ranks high among diplomats. He was one of the representatives of Japan at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919.
CHINESE WALL. See CHINA.