Mr. Day to Mr. Bliss.

Sir: I have the honor, by direction of the Secretary of State, to inclose herewith, for your information, a copy of dispatch No. 95, of the 14th ultimo, from our minister at Tokyo, in relation to the refusal of the Japanese Government to allow graduates of the Laura Memorial Woman’s Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, to practice medicine in Japan without examination; and to request that you will furnish this Department, if practicable, with a statement from the Commissioner of Education showing the standing, etc., of this college, as indicated in the last paragraph of the minister’s report.

Respectfully, yours,

William E. Day,
Assistant Secretary.