Show NOGI SUICIDE A GREAT ACT OF PATRIOTIC DUTY JAPANESE J AP AN i SOLDIERS SO CONSIDER IT Military Hero Had Made Made- Car Careful Preparation for the Act FOLLOWED ANCIENT CUSTOM OF HIS PEOPLE PEOPLED Wife Desired to Die When Husband No Longer Lived TOKIO Sep Sept 14 The H.-The The dramatic death of Gen Count Cotuit l Nogi the soldier cro of Japan and that of his bis wife the Countess Nogi who vrho y coincidentally with the departure from the capital of the body of tho tile late Emperor Em Bin- for its final resting place at committed suicide suicide sui nut cide the general by slashing his Ills throat with a sw sword rd and the countess counteS by stabbing stabbing stabbing stab stab- bing herself in the abdomen is regarded regard regard- ed by great soldiers of ot Japan a magnificent magnificent mag mag- act of patriotic duty But the nation n being iu In the deepest mourning and the new emperor being forced into seclusion n by tho the death of his father rather it is impossible to confer confer the he usual posthumous honors and c consequently con con- n. n General Nogi Nog officially Innot ia In not dead The count last Thursday prior t to attending the funeral of or the tho emperor summoned a photographer to his home in Ak Akasaki saki a suburb of Tokio and and andin in inthe inthe th the garden arden of his re residence denee posed with witti his bis wife while white their picture was being taken A Afterward the count and ana co count ess sl the c early funeral ceremony ceremony- at at the imperial mp ri l 1 pat palace cc L Later V sit iii Uie the hami h mb f whore The body of or the emperor was lying in state the the soldier knelt before the bier several minutes minute offering homage to his bis departed sovereign sov soy n and friend Letter to Sovereign Returning homeward Count No Noi Nogi i called at the palace of Prince where he was a member of the reception committee When he be reached his home the general wrote a letter to his new I sovereign and then placed a band of crepe around a wall all picture of hun hito T e count and countess counte s then dress dressed d' d themselves s in full Japanese costume and drank from cups CUpEl which had bad been the gift ift of the emperor to the general a farewell fare drau draught ht of sake fake When the booming of a siJ single tA gun fired in the palace grounds to notify the populace that tho the emperors emperor's bod body was being moved mo towards its last resting place echoed through tho the No Nogi i home bome the be hero heo o of oC Port Arthur stood tood erect and plunged a 8 short sword into his bis throat The countess stabbed herself in the stomach Both were breathing when hen found by byan byan byan an inmate of th the Nogi home but before be fore aid could reach roach them they were ere dead I Letters left loft bj by General Nogi it ia is understood tood explain e his bis deed and also abo contain an apolo apology y to Prince Prinle Arthur of Conn ht t the e special ambassador to Great Britain at the imperial funeral funeral funeral fu fu- fu- fu to whom the Japanese soldier was specially attached No message e of condolence In in connection with the tho suicide of the count and countess counte 8 will willbe willbe be sent for several lSe days j Requests Envoys Not to Alter AItor Plans I Emperor Yo today expressed the wish t that none nono of the plans of the special envoys on be changed ed Philander C C. C Knox the tho special American emba- emba Rador and his suite will will visit Nikko this afternoon for sightseeing i ht amon among the temples ana mortuary shrines there Mr Knox will return to the capital on Sunday He lie will be received in farewell fare fare- well audience by the emperor and will attend a luncheon a at the Mon do day The general and his wife were in the thelong long Ions ong procession following the emperors emperor's body body- Count Nogi bore boro the tho titI of ru- ru promo preme councilor of the tho army Next to the ho emperor ho was the bi highest military commander of Japan and hi his bis P position in in tho procession to the new now emperor Yoshihito directly following the ho body The action of tho who belonged to the tho ancient Choshu elan clan of the Samurai was in accordance with withof one of the oldest traditions of ot Japan and even had anyone seen their preparations pro pre for the tho act it is doubtful Jre- Jre If it any attempt would have bave been made to prevent it More ore than thau Japanese have hac killed themselves in this manner known cnown as kari hari since sinco Emperor Mut- Mut died did Au August 13 IS last General Count Nogi Noi wa vas tho son Ion of ot Noci Nogi chief of the tho Samurai Samara of lagi lIaci province of Choshu To him his fathers father's at hers her's sword bad had descended and with this his ancient blade blado he slew dew himself It will bo be buried with him and h he be will re re- eive e honors scarcely less imposing than ban those accorded to Emperor Mut Mut- Noci Nogi followed precedent a as old as aslie the lie sacred mountain of FuU Yarns Yama for forit forit fort it t has always alas been prompted by the spirit of or that a man inan shall ball la lay aj down his big life for his bis emperor even it if f only t to show sho fealty to him bim by bv a see sec Nod Noci's Nogi's generation was that which h saw the passing of the Samurai but mt of the Samurai was Noci NOli and with I 1 them hem he ho saw fit to tot pass himself himsel b bs b. yond ond the portals of life lifo Tho Countess No Nogi i following the Continued on page 5 JC I NOGI SUICIDE Continued from irom page 1 first principles of the life of a Japanese Japan ese ere woman followed her hU husband band in death as in life General Count Nogi was a national hero horo in Japan He captured Port tort Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur from the he Russians in 1904 1004 and received re roo ro- ro the proposal of surrender of that fortress from G General StoesseL On the outbreak o Q th the Japanese Russo-Japanese war be he was put in commando command a of the Third army corps corp's and was in personal command when he be took Metre Metro bill hill after a terrible loss He commanded the First brigade of infantry in the Chino Japanese war and at all times distinguished himself by a brave bravery and ani anda ania anda a military skill which endeared him alike to emperor and people lIe He was probably the most intimate friend of Emperor outside of ot the rova royal roval family and his word of advice ic in army matters was practically In law w The The military career of ot this foremost of t Oriental soldiers b began an in tho the Saigon Sai Ron gon on rebellion where h bo ho won the batties bat bat- ties Un of a and d receiving ing serious wounds in the latter Thor Par For his efficiency in these battles Nogi was made maJe a lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant colonel and thereafter his rise was rapid The count was 63 years old and his hie wife only a few fow years his hie junior |