New-York tribune., 1909-09-06
COUSINS OF THE TENNO
Prince and Princess Kum Of Japan
Dae Here TO-mOrrosc.
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r~iuoe and Princess T<uni. who are due in this
,t-v on Tuesday from Europe. and who VIII rep
e,rf the Alikado and his consort at the Hudson
,-,on celebration, cousins OF the ruler Of ia
nan The prince is nor the latter's grandson as has
,en erroneously stated in the dispatches and al
.s,,ch he ranks member of the reigning fam
4, and IS such in the line OF succession to the
.r-ore he is not imperial highness," but only
.,.tled 70 he addressed as ''highness" He bore
l.nsen with great gallantry through the war with
Russia served on the staff OF Field Marshal oyams,
v;h the rank OF colonel OF cavalry, and has very
keen sense OF his own dignity and OF what is due
thereto.
Il nay be Just we'll 10 bear in mind that these
sc.ons ot Japans sovereign dynasty, which
show an unbroEen ancestry going back two thou
sand years and which claims seTni-divine origin.
while gracious and friendly in their manners are
extremely quick 70 resent anything that they can
constrlo as Intentional neglect of the regard
Que 20 their rank. Thus. at the opening OF the
Paris exhibition Of 1890 Prince Kuni's cousin,
Prince kinin, vas present in behalf OF Japan. The
French government mas in quandary, having been
Informed from St Petersburg that if Prince Kinin
we're accorded the same honors those accorded
the Russian princes and princesses OF the blood
neither the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Vladi
mir nor any other member of the House OF Ro-
r14uoh would attend the festivities The Court OF
s. Petersburg pointed out that according 10 the
showing OF the Japanese government. Prince Kinin.
Ike Prince kuni. did not enjoy the status Of an
President Loubet and his ministers were greatly
yed but said nothing. and. without warning
Prince kinn Of their intentions, waited Till the day
~ Lhe ceremony. and then, when he arrived upon
tae scene, had him conducted TO the tribune OF the
ofcial ladies and him seat between Nine
Faiercs, wife Of the President Of the Senate, and
Mae. Waldo Rousseau. wife of tie then Premier,
bis escorts mentioning that France the country par
excellence of chiyalry, could possibly honor him
more than by seating him beside these two ladies
Prince Kinin said 2othinC. but when he noticed
That ;lrce OF the Russian grand dukes and all the
other royal and imperial princes present were seat
- the platform beside the chair of state re-
servcd for tho President and from which he him
erf had thus been excluded, he waited till the
strains of the 'Marseillsise' announced the arri-
vi q the Chief Magistrate of France. and, bow
f7z low the ladies beside him, whom he per
f=s-ly well knew lad, strictly speaking, Official
rtetue. took his departure then and there. without
greeting or taking notice Of else, and went
~ by the first train - Calais and 70 England,
z--ro,lt bidding farewell 20 the President or 10
s-v Of the French authorities. by whom he
Considered thai not he himself alone. but likewise
t-e imperial family. had been grossly afronted-
TIE 1fksdo took the same view. and the bitter
-zss which vas dispIsyed for q considerable time
sfrsrvzrd IN japan agsinst the French. and which
= no small degree Influenced the relations Of the
two nations TO the Disadvantage Of Frances inter
ests in TIRE Orient. may he ascrhed 70 this episode