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Show MAY BE "LAST OF EMPIRES" Distinction, In All Likelihood, Has Deen Reserved for the Realm of the Mikado. " "" Tho imporlal circle, us It might bo cnllod, Is norrowlng. Itussln, iGer-many, iGer-many, Austria, Turkey hnTO all passed Into tho twilight. Ordinarily you do not nssoclato tho emperor business with King Gaorgo, becauso ho Is tho ossenco of tho democratic spirit, nnd England Is to nil Intents nnd purposes a crowned republic. Hcsldcs, It Is not nmong tho Impossibilities thnt self dotormlnn-Hon dotormlnn-Hon will fiomo dny pluck tho Jowel thnt Beaconslleld plnccd upon tho dindem of Queen Victoria when ho mndo her empress of India. Jnpnn may bo the Inst of the empires. So fur ns It b humanly posslblo to predict anything in theso cataclysmic times, Japan will remain nn empire. Tho- zeal for tho roynl family It Is nlmoBt fanaticism leaves no doubt as to this contuallty. Thus, unlike some of his European colleagues, Prince lllrohlto is sure of his succession succes-sion It ho lives. Ho need never worry about radical Intrigue. Isaac F. Mar-cosson Mar-cosson In the Saturday Evening Post. |