CHINDA, Stemi (TOKYO), ex-Vice-Minister of F oreign Affairs; b. 1856, at Hirosaki. Educ.: American University; graduated 1881. Appointed clerk of Foreign Office, 1885; was appointed to the charge of telegraph section in same office; Consul at San Francisco, 1890; removed to Consulate at Ninsen; Consul-General at Shanghai, 1895; Minister Resident at Brazil; later at the Hague, 1899-1900; Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at St. Petersburg, 1900; recalled in 1901 to assist Baron Komura as his immediate subordinate; resigned from Foreign Office, Jan., 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.