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Show .- : , . i " ' 1 1 ' ' 1 i '. . X ! 1 ' v . . . r. i i I ! r . i - - t . U.. . -. v e.l In .1 re.n dre -i. 1 : i s. t.: . is i t viv" i i . ; rt, e'. i ! ro 1 : ; . s t -t J . ,- . I . . i t fi'Vct-i c -:.: ,i trl f r -ort eft i i;rr: -Tor, vtry f.e; i.'.Iy a :: -r.y-lrr Mm aboutvtr.e c.ty pni e:.: ; . ; e. "lhe conversiilci I l-.il the horor to hoKi vUh her tocic plice throui the meillum of a lay In wailing, and conducted in a whl-'T. fciie touch 1 4 upon Japanese horticulture and art, resides re-sides the care of the woundd In the war. Her apartments locked out upon. & charming: Japanese r&rden, but tr.'y lacked the :?ri;ty. t.e graciourr.r and tbe elemental ep lender cf the royal rcoms in the palace at Kioto. The audience chamber is beautif ul, a a well as a realization f perfect daintiness, dainti-ness, but as soon as the garish glare cf Western civilisation creeps into it the whole charm vanishes. The throne room at Toklo ia decorated deco-rated In lacquer and cold the latter being- solid as elsewhere in the palace. The walla are hung with claret-colored curtains. The two filled thrones are on a raised dais, Behind them Is panel of pale green silk upon which, is embroidered the royal crest the slx-teen-petalled chrysanthemum. The canopy over the thrones Is supported sup-ported by sloping' gilt poles crowned with ostrich plumes. The grand audience audi-ence chamber Is of red lacquer and gold.' Pictures of flowers on silk fill the sunken panels In the celling, while brilliant silks drape the wails. . Other apartments follow more or less on the same lines, and everywhere the furniture furni-ture and general arrangement ar European. Eu-ropean. ' . Now turn the lantern. Washlnf ton Is a picturesque city which, when the Improvements which are now In progress prog-ress are completed, will be, without doubt, one of the most stately capitals in the world. - I was presented to President Reose-velt Reose-velt by my friehd. Prof. J. William .White of Philadelphia, who had already al-ready made me agreeably acquainted ulth many of the charms of bis great country. As President Roosevelt burst into thi room It was impossible not to feel that he who had written the "Strenuaus Life" had written upon what he knew. Here was a man of Intense vlgorand activity, who looked every Inch ofKim what he Is a strong man.- He met me without formality of any kind, but with i a breezy heartiness. One" could hardly fail to be electrified by his Irrepressible energy. Those who know the President of the United States wilt agree that his face is neither expressionless nor habitually impassive, as with the Japanese Em peror. When . President Roosevelt smiles there can be no doubt In the mind of any that he is smiling. It is the smile of a determined and brilliant bril-liant man who had taken no uncertain position. among the great influences ot bis time as has the Mikado.. For the 'Japanese the latter - Is at once the inspiration snd supreme genius of the present war. Japan today ia a huge recruiting office.. Yet nowhere, during my recnt visit, were there evidences evi-dences of confusion or hurry. In the Urge towns' regiments were being mobilised, mob-ilised, from morning until night ranks of sturdy little men drilling on the many parade grounds. When the companies com-panies were disbanded for the ' day they strolled about the streets or flocked around the humbler tea, houses. In physique they appeared o" be splendid, splen-did, while in cheerfulness they could not be surpassed. They behaved like posse of schoolboys out of school. THE TWO GREATEST RULERS j Japan's Mikado, Descended Frorn. Heaven, and Our; - ' President. '' i subjects. He must be reverenced and is inviolable, concludes' the constitutional constitution-al passage. President Roosevelt was born in 1S5S and commenced his life la the study of law. partly at Columbia college and partly with an uncle. He soon aban- I doned the law for politics, and in but J few years his sturdiness of purpose and ' his high principles made him a marked man. The success with which he held successive Important offices is well known, as are also his gallant services in the war with Spain. Finally, recent events have shown that he has secured. In his position .as President of the United States, tha confidence of the Nation Na-tion to a degree which has never before been surpassed. Between the imperial palace at Toklo (New 'York American.), ' Sir Frederick Treves. the eminent English surgeon upon whom the eyes of both hemispheres were focused for weeks preceding and following- the famous fa-mous operation he performed on King Edward, recently had the unique expedience expe-dience of visiting- and conversing lntf-Imaely lntf-Imaely with the Mikado in the imperial. ! palace at Toklo. Shortlx afterward, ! while completlpg a tour of tha globe. Sir: Frederick was an honored guest of President Roosevelt at the White House. His impressions tt both the President and the Emperor, which also are a comparison, are here given by special permission of Cassell A Co. Hardly less Interesting than'his description de-scription of the Mikado and the seml- and the white House at Washington there is little In common. His Majesty is a being alone, the living liv-ing representative of the soul of the nation.' na-tion.' and here at Toklo the solemnity of this fact Is taught. No regal environment environ-ment could be more stately and dignified or more simple than the green, stilt moat around a pine-covered land, which to the common world has always remained re-mained unknowable. - ... I was presented to the Emperor by his Excellency. Sir Charles McDonald. Passing across the moat we entered the mysterious park with green lawns and many pine, matsu and maple trees. It Is encompassed by an Inner moat, with cyclopean walls of immense height and cliff-like steepness. The palace, of one story, covers a large area of groujid. . N His Majesty was dressed In a dark military uniform very like that of a French General. He is not tall, aa European Eu-ropean measurements go, being about 'S feet 7 Inches in height. His hair is coarse and of ebon blackness, excepting a tinge of gray at tbe temples, and was brushed well up from an expansive forehoad. His nose large, nostrils full, the lips thick without being sensuous, and the under Jaw heavy, conveyed an impression of stern determination and do-or-dle tenacity of purpose. He was wearing a heavy mustache and a square beard. - Last, but not least, were the ' eyes, lustrous, dark and of piercing keenness. His dignity had in it that seeming consciousness con-sciousness of having in his veins the bluest blood of any ruler on earth, judging judg-ing by the remoteness of ancestry run ning back to the gods. One must pause a moment to fully realise how tall the imperial Japanese ancestral tree Is. His face was immobile, and. if one may say so without disrespect, it is expressionless. Impassive and mask- like. As his Majesty does not speak English, bis questions and my answers were Interpreted by one of the little lords In waiting. The etiquette of the court requires that the conversation should be In so low a tone as to be practically whispered. whis-pered. The Emperor was good enough to. ask about my Journey and my Impression Im-pression of Japan. Being aware of my services on a critical occasion.' he made Inquiries as to the health of his Majesty, Ma-jesty, the King' of England, and asked me much as to my opinion of the Japanese Jap-anese military hospitals, medical .field equipment' and the -like.- . : Owing to the kindness of the Mlnls- sacred' imperial 'palaces at Toklo and Kioto are bis impressions and observa-tieYis observa-tieYis of Japan In the throes of war, the distinguished baronet-surgeon having been there while the Third army was being mobilized and transported for the front. Added interest also Is given the volume fancifully entitled the "Other Bide of the Lantern" by the fact that special translations have been made for the Kaiser and other crowned heads of Europe, the English edition being dedicated dedi-cated by special permission to his moet gracious Majesty. King Edward VII. When I was at Toklo I had the honor of being presented to his Majesty the Emperer of Japan, and when at Washington, Wash-ington, some weeks later, the like honor of being presented to the President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. ' There is only a sea .between the Islands Isl-ands of Japan and the continent of America, but there could be no contrasts con-trasts of nations more extreme If the wide world parted them.. On one side lies Jspan, Just emerged from feudalism, with Us ancient clviU-zstlon. clviU-zstlon. Its elaborately developed country: coun-try: on the other America, the newest of the great powers of the world, with its freedom from old prejudices,' its pushing commercial activity, its intense energy, and Its miles of yet undeveloped prairie and forest. Ref ore stating my Impressions of the Japanese sovereign H'may be of timely interest to briefly review hia most extraordinary ex-traordinary career. His Majesty wa born in 1852, or Just one year, before Commodore Perry anchored his black ' ships In Teddo bay. His father was the ! Mikad6 Komel. As the Japanese ruler he is the representative of the oldest dynasty In the world, a dynasty which, according to the words of a recent Imperial Im-perial decree, haa existed for 5500- years. r . ' t ' i -? ' - His mother was'a lady of the Imperial household, and the fact that the blood of the original Mikado Jtmmu has not ben thinned in being transmitted through 121 sovereigns in a dlreca line to the reigning Emperor Is a tribute to the mental and moral stamina of this dean of dynasties. The sacred throne, say the articles of the Constitution, was established at the time the heavens and the earth became separated. The Emperor Em-peror is heaven-descended, divine and sacred; he is pre-eminent above all hia v. . . |