Show YOSHIHITO NEW JAPANESE EMPEROR the new emperor of japan the mikado yoshihito faces a gigantic task as he steps stepa into the place made vacant by his remarkable father the emperor Mutsu litto who died recently after a prolonged illness Yos yoshihito Is IB the third son eon of the deceased ased ruler and was proclaimed crown prince in 1888 he to Is a man of strong character and enviable attain ments menta in war and statecraft he Is an officer in the army and in the navy and has seen severe service ln in both branches lie he was married in 1900 and has three children with all the advantages of a modern education and in full accord with the advanced ideas of the late emperor he should prove a worthy successor to his father who R though an oriental was one of the truly great men of the age he Is the one hundred undred li and twenty second ruler rule r ai of japan in his line which according to japanese legend Is descended from the gods the late emperor who was only sixty when he passed away succeeded to 0 the he throne at sixteen and was married at seventeen lie he will go down in history as the ruler who brought the japanese out from the wilderness erness of slavery to ancient customs and established them as a nation governed by a constitutional assembly yoshihito who now comes to the throne was the only one of the mi near relatives who was unable from the first to be near to his father lie he was just recovering froom a severe illness and his doctors told him it would jq se for him to leave his bed ile he received bulletins from the sick room at brief intervals however both by telephone and by mes later lie helas was able to be at the palace in person arid and was at the bedside when the mikado passed away the belief in the divine divin e right of kings which so BO long ajas was used as an excuse for the tyranny of the rulers of europe is still prevalent in janan there the per person son of the mikado Is held he id sacred japan |