Show will attend funeral of mikado washington for the iret first time in the history of the united states the secretary of state has been designated a as a a special ambassador to a foreign power president tatt taft on saturday assigned secretary of oc state knox as special ambassador to japan to attend the funeral 0 of tho the late emperor mut buelto on september 1 with thy tha statement met t that the mission was given to the premier ot of the cabinet as an evi dence of american friendship for japan |