Show YOSHIHITO NEW JAPANESE EMPERO the now new emperor of japan the mikado faces a gigantic task as ho he steps stepa into tile the place indo vacant by tits his remarkable father tho emperor who died recently after a prolonged illness yo is 18 tho the third son of the dp ceased ceased ruler and was waa proclaimed crown prince in 1888 nela ilela a inan of strong character till mid R pa menta in war and statecraft ho la Is nn an vil 3 tn in tho the army and tit in tile the navy n 1 and has seen soye severe re L service in both F 2 branc branches bos ile ho was waa marr married ld in fit 1900 andian children with all the advantages a of a modern education and in full accord with tile tho advanced ideas of the lato late emperor lie he should provo prove a worthy successor to his father who though an oriental was one of tho the I 1 truly great men or of tho the ago lie ho Is the one hundred and twenty second ruler of japan in his line alno which according to japanese legend Is descended from tho the rods gods tho the late emperor who was wag only cisty when he passed away succeeded to 0 the h throne at axten and was married at seventeen he will so go down in III lil history story us as tho the ruler who brought the japanese out from the wilderness of slavery to ancient customs and established them ns as a nation governed by a constitutional assembly who now comes to the abo throne was the only oue one of th mika mi dols near relatives who was unable from tho the first to be near to life his father lie ho was lust just recovering froom a severe inness illness and his doctors told him it would bo be unwise for him to leave bed ile he received bulletins faoro tho the sick room at brief intervals however both by telephone and by mes song cr later lie he was ablo able to bo be at the palace in person and was at th tha bedelle when tile the mikado passed away the belief in the divine right of kings which so long was itis used as an excuse for tho the tyranny of tho the rulers of europe Is still prevalent tn in jauan japan there the person of at the mikado la Is held sacred |