Show I j Japanese Government It is now quite well established that r- r the Japanese government continued F ifor for over 2500 years exactly the same y in form torm as that of the caliph and of ot modern Rome The chiefs of ot religion among the Japanese have b been en the chiefs of ot the kingdom much longer than in any other nation I The succession of the pontiff kings o. o may be traced with for more than years before our era I The ecclesiastical emperor was wasI I called a name now used b by bythe bythe the people for the royal residence of the mikado or for the court itself UntIl Until Until Un Un- til recently the mikado was was regarded as as too sacred to be called by his right name After the overthrow of ot the pon pontiffs the dalri was kept in honorable honorable honor honor- fP able confinement by the mikado and treated with the utmost respect for forthe forthe 7 the people revered him as If he were an idol New New York Press |