For 10 points, name this Republican statesman who, implementing the policy of John Hay, was able to gain Japan's assent to Chinese neutrality through a 1908 accord with Takahira Kogoro.
He sponsored the Central American Peace Conference in Washington, and he established a network of postgraduate education for the officer corps. He created the Army War College and wrote the Foraker Act, which established civilian government in Puerto Rico, and he served as the first president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. For 10 points, name this Republican statesman who, implementing the policy of John Hay, was able to gain Japan's assent to Chinese neutrality through a 1908 accord with Takahira Kogoro.
He sponsored the Central American Peace Conference in Washington, and he established a network of postgraduate education for the officer corps.
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