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Show JAPANESE ROYALTY AT GUTHRIE BIER Cabinet, High Military and Naval Officers Attend Funeral Services. WASHINGTON', March J 4-. A long :abler,im received itt tho staio depart- I iifnt today from Clwirgi; Whcuicr at Toluo fln.M'riberl the tfxtra ordinary hon- 'irs tai(t the Into Ambassador Guthrie by Japan. "No muck of honor, public or pri -vate; Jkis bi-cn withheld in all thse ceremonies," cere-monies," sh iii the charge, "and in tliis ablepra in I. r.-innot ad ufj irately express! Hie e.xtn-iiiii cuntddcration which tlio I a pa iii'hp t(ovprii incut, official and iinof-! I'icial, has shown in thin had event. Thti mi n ister of foreign affairs, i n a com-immirntiou com-immirntiou requesting me to tender my i;oveniimuit in the name of tlio imperial Covennncnt hi.s sincere .condolence, stated: " ' If given me high gratification that dnee lii.s excellency rame to tli is country coun-try in to represent hiw ronntry as its ainbaHHMdor tlie friendly relations between be-tween the two countries have grown either anil firmer than over.' " Air. Wheeler reported the orfor of the foreign minister, in testimony "to the sentiments of sincere Hympatby and attach at-tach men t en tertained by J upan toward the United States," to convey the body nf the Ambassador home in a Japanese varship. Th is tender has been nceont-ed, nceont-ed, and in accordance with the request of Japan, the warship will ho exempted from strict application of the neutrality Jaws, limiting the stay of belligerent, warships in American (torts and- restricting restrict-ing their provisioning. 1 TOKIO, March 13 (delayed) The presence of Prince and Princess Nashi-in Nashi-in o to, personally representing the emperor em-peror and empress, and several other pri n res and princesses of royal blood, at the funeral services today for the late George W. Guthrie, American ambassador ambassa-dor to Japan, added to the imposing tribute paid to the late diplomat by both court and government officials. The j isorvices were held at the Trinity Episcopal Episco-pal cathedral. A squadron of cavalry and a military band escorted tho bodv from the Amen-nn Amen-nn embassy to the church through the (Jreets lined on either side by several regiments of infantry, while tho side-jvvalks side-jvvalks were tilled with peoplo who stood lespect fully with uncovered heads as the 'procession passed. The cabinet members of the privy council and high military and naval officers attended the services. The cut ire diplomatic corps acted ae honorary pallbearers. The church overflowed over-flowed with delegations from Japanese and American organizations and also from the Masonic lodge. During the services, which were con- ducted by Bishop John Mc.Kim, Protestant Prot-estant episcopal bishop of Tokio, and on the march to the station, there were artillery salutes in honor of the dead. The Japanese government provided a special funeral train for the transportation transporta-tion of the body to Yokohama, pending the voyage to the United States on a Japanese man-of-war. |