Show EXALTING YOSHIHITO J JAPAN TAPAN APAN is to witness a spectacle that V will be bo extraordinary to the tho Nipponese The Mika Mikado o is formally to o ascend ascend the thc throne in the tue presence i of the people Tho The expiration of the period of reverence for 1 0 during during- whoso whose reign the empire of the tho Rising Sun became one of the tho recognized powers of tho the world orld an and made its ts greatest progress will enable Yoshihito to put on tho the full panoply of authority he ho has been exercising as emperor de do e jure since the death of I I hi his lis father V Wo We 0 arc told tOll this will be the first time ime in tho tile 2300 years of Japans Japan's ex- ex i as an empire that representatives lives ives of tho the public will witness the tho solemn ceremonies of royal 10 accession is Devout out reverence for ancestry part of the religious rite litO nn and life of the he true son of Nippon and sizes izes filial regard ard Hence it ma may casy ens- ens ily y be understood that tho the ceremonials of f royal elevation cle have deep anco canco to the ruling family as s well as aso asto asto to o the subjects of tho Mikado just as ns there hero is something of or special anco canco in ill the coronation of every monarchical ruler in Europe and as ns there is in the tile democratic simplicity of f the official ceremony of inauguration ration of our Presidents The Mikado i first will pay most sacred acred devoirs to the spirits of his ancestors tors which is the religious religions rite thanksgiving ceremonies will follow paving laving the thc way for more general socia so- so cia ial functions followed b by military and ind naval demonstrations That there will be he great pomp and circumstance one ouo may expect for the thc occasion is of the tile highest import in lin I l' l The distinguishing feature that is sure sure to make the tho accession of Y Yoshi- Yoshi hito lito more elaborate to than ever over was known before is the dignity that willbe willbe will wille be been e given en it as ns a public function ascended the throne cx- cx exclusively elusively in the tho presence of tho the court His Us son except for the most sacred rite which he must observe in private will be bo clothed with royal power in inthe inthe the he presence of the tho court the tho diplomatic diplo lillo- matic matie representatives of foreign nations nations na- na ions members of tho the Japanese parliament par- par ment H civil governors and other representatives of the people all in brilliant array Japan truly is learning tile the ways of the tho lie world orld |