Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-12
MIKADO'S WELCOME.
How Tokyo Received Her Vic
 torious Ruler Home.
A GREAT oUTBURsT OF LOYALTY

A GREAT oUTBURST OF LOYALTY. The ConquerinE Monarch Returns to Ills
 Capital From His War Headquarters on
 the COast-A Gueer Epidemic of Anti
 qunted Silk Hats
 NEW YORK, June Ia.-The Herald to- day prints the following from the pen of Colonel John A. Cookerill, who is in To kyO:
 Once more the city of Tokyo is essen- tially the capital of the empire of Japan. The emperor returned after an absence of three months, and with him came the i'm perial court and general headquarters of army and navy.
 When he took up his abode in HiroShi- ma last March. tho emperor caused 1t to be given out that he had, as commander-in- chief, taken actual command of both army and navy. It facilitated matters to have him at headquarters, accessible to active commanders, and nothing was done with out his approval and usually after consul tation. He lived very plainly while there and the masses of the people believed that their sacred emperor was actually leading the armies After peace the government fell back to kioto where his majesty held high court in tho ancestral palace received and honored his victorious officers visited the exposition and enjoyed wcl~deserved rest.
 Yesterday he came homo in triumph. He entered his capital as conqueror, though he had not personally set foot up on the enemy's soil. The whole city was on fete. Splendid evergreen arches faced the emperor wherever he look cd, the one at the Shinbartu railway station being particularly imposing. The arches, being constructed of bamboo were of splendid height and proportion. Some of tho de- signs were superb
 The one drawback to an imperial prog ress here is the ancient theory, still main tained, that nobody can look down upon the emperor. One may view him from be- low or on the level, but not from an ele- vation. As a result the second and upper balconies of all houses and structures were closed along tho line of his majesty s tray els
 Bands Played Yankee Tunes. He Is practically, therefore, seen only from the street. For some time a debate went on in the diet here as to whether the gallery of the upper house should be closed on the occasions 0f the formal opening of l the session, his majesty being present in state, It was iinarly decided to leave the | gallery free and it is the only spot in Ja-
 
 scendant of Jimmi Tenno without fear of | hindrancs.
 But the blinds of the upper windows in the parliament house arc always drawn on the occasions of the emperor's visits and the people along the route from the palace are brought down to earth level. Yesterdays reception to the emperor was spontaneous It was in no sense an | official function. All Tokyo was afoot carly and thronging about the arches and along the route to the palace assigned to the em- | peror
 Uniformed societies school children, | political organizations and civic societies of all kinds marched to the places assigned, led by bands playing for the most part
 John Browns Body" and Marching | Through Georgia
 It was a matter of comment in Tokyo that the emperor. who had given such an impulse to civilization, could by his com l ing call for such a revival of antique top | hats A Japanese Gentleman's idea of | functional dress is a firmly huttoned frock | coat stovepipe and pair of white cot l ton gloves. As to the color and texture of trousers, that is left entirely to individ- | ual tastes, but the silk hat is essential, age l and style cutting no figure. l saw hun | dreds of hats of the Websterian cut which | were really cCmical when associated with the grave and dignified faces of the wear CTS, and not few moth eaten boil crowned coverings of what might be designated as the Commodore Perry period. These per, ennial hats are carefully laid away at the end of a ceremonial, and they do not sec light again until called forth by some sig, | nifcant event
 Right ROynlly Received.
 The homo coming of the emperor was -~E IL, -.f an Emperor William entering Berlin fresh from the conquest of Franco No at tempt was made at military display. The reception was that of loyal proud, faith. full and loving people tn an illustrious and | revered chief.
 observed along the line yesterday some | American snap shooters who were anxious for pictures of his majesty, but the lynx eyed constah hleS were too many for the camera hends. The imperial carriage was drawn hy Swo fine horses had expeoted four or six, with pustilions and Outrid. CTS. As the equipage swept by the trum. pets of tho regiments of the line rang out. There was no other music save that of the band which played at the station when the imperial train arrived. Close to tho enl- peror rode lrincc komatsi,- Lieutenant General OShimo and Prince kanin in gorgeous array.
 With the procession rode Marshals Oya- ma, Yamagatta and Nodzu. Admiral Ito, General Saigo and many other officers oi military fame.
 They were all received by roars of ap plause, none more than she Fighting De- mon Namaji, who sold his property and divided the proceeds among his troops be- fore going to the war last year. and who returns now homeless and poor. Far iu ha Af Rl NR.1l, -,t. rode NisoOunt Mutsu in a modest open vehicle, pale and sad faced and bearing mar ks of serious illness