Word: ambassador
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual dinner of the Cosmopolitan Club will be held in the Trophy Room of the Union on Wednesday evening, May 12. President Eliot and Count Takahira, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, will speak at the dinner. Count Takahira will decorate President Eliot with the order of the Rising Sun during his visit...
During his 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...
...Roberts, speaking in the English House of Commons yesterday, quoted President Eliot's opinion in the matter of the closing of drinking places, and added "we hope to see Dr. Eliot as United States ambassador to this country." The remark was greeted with hearty cheering...
...CRIMSON deeply regrets the obligation imposed upon it of publishing today the definitive refusal of President Eliot to accept the post of Ambassador to the Court of St. James. While forced to concur with the President in his desire for retirement from responsible duties, we cannot help echoing the disappointment felt by his admirers in both countries. No one could have upheld better than he the honor of Harvard and of the American nation, and no one could have been found more worthy of representing their noblest aspirations and ideals...
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...