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JAPAN TOKYO

SWITZERLAND (LEGATION)-23, Hiraka

wa-cho, 6-chome, Kojimachi-kir

Minister-H. E. E. Traversini Chancellor W. Spycher

TURKEY

(EMBASSY)-47, Kamiyama, Shibuyamachi, Tokyo.

Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary-Nebil Bey Counsellor M. Telaat Réouf Bey

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (EMBASSY)-1, Mamianacho, Azabu- ku Tokyo; Teleph. Akasaka 0139; Cable Ad: Polpred

Ambassador Alexandre Troia-

novsky

Comm'l Counsellor-Paul Anikeieff Military Attaché-Peter Panoff Naval Attaché-Comdr. N. Bolo-

goff

Consul General and 1st Secretary

-Boris Podolsky

1st Secretary-Moise Galkovitch 2nd do. Vladimir Jelezniakofl Japanese do. Engene Spalwingk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (EMBASSY) -1, Enokizaka-machi, Akasaka-ku; Telephs. Akasaka 421-4 and 525

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary-Joseph Clark

Grew

Counsellor Edwin L. Neville First Secretary-Erle R. Dickover Third Secretaries-Wm. T. Turn- er, S. W. Washington and H. Bingham, jr.

Naval Attaché Capt. I. C. John-

son

Military Attaché-Col. J. G. Mc-

Ilroy

Commercial Attaché-Halleck A.

Butts

Assist. Commercial Attaché-W. S.

Dowd

Assistant Naval Attaché-Lieut.

N. A. Roberts

Assist. Military Attaché----Lieut.

Thomas G. Cranford Language Attachés Maj. R. S. Bratton, U.S.A., Capt. M. W. Pettigrew, U.S.A., Lt. J. J. Rochefort, U.S.N., J. M. Allison, 1st. Lt. J. J. Twitty, U.S.A., 1st Lt. C. C. Dusenburg, U.S.A., J. R. Sherr, U.S.A., Lts. E. T. Lay- ton, U.S.N., D. J. McCallum, U.S.N., R. Mason, t.s.N., A. D. Kramer, U.S.N., H. B. Clair- borne, U.S.N., K. H. Cornell, U.S.M.C. and 1st Lt. H. Doud.

U.S.A.

TOKYO

The capital of Japan until the Restoration called Yedo] is situated at the north of the Bay of Yedo, has a circumference of 27 miles, and covers a surface of 40 square miles. The river Sumida runs through the city, the larger part lying to the west of this waterway, while on the east lie the two wards named Honjo and Fukagawa.

Tokyo as viewed from the bay is a pleasant-looking city, being well situated on undulating ground, and possessing abundant foliage. The city is divided into 15 ward divisions, and its suburbs into six divisions. It was, in fact, until recently more like an aggregation of towns than one great city, but every year has seen greater congestion and conditions more approximating to the crowded cities of the West. The ancient Castle of Yedo, now trans- formed into the Imperial Palace, or Gosho, occupies a commanding position on a hill in the centre of the city. It is enclosed in double walls and sur- rounded by a fine broad moat. Within the Castle formerly stood the Shogun's Palace and several public offices, but the destructive fire of the 3rd of April, 1872, levelled these ancient and massive buildings, leaving only the lofty turrets and walls. A new palace on the old site has been constructed, and