Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-13
STAGE IS SET FOR
M|KADO'S FUNERAL
Elaborate Obsequies Today
Follow Six Weeks of
Mourning

TOXIC. Sept I2.-Af;er six
weeks OF mourning. which have
given rise TO demonstrations of pa
triotism almost without parallel in
the history of Japan. the funeral GER
emory of the Emperor Mutsuhito,
who died on July 80. will be cele-
brated tomorrow evening on the
Aoyama parade ground. The inter
nient will follow at Motoyama Kyo-
to, where an estate has been pur-
chased by the imperial household as
the site of the imperial mausolea.
Tomorrow's obsequies will be
magnificent tribute from the people
of Japan and the powers of the
world TO the memory Of the late
emperor. II will be the most mum
I 1erous assemblage of eminent rep
resentatives OF foreign riders ever
brought together in this country.
The United States has sent Philand
er Knox, secretary of state. the
sending of whom on such a mission
| is understood 10 be without prece-
dent in the history of the great
American republic. That Japan full
ly appreciates the unusual courtesy
has been evidenced by the marked
cordially with which Secretary Knox
and his party have been everywhere
received since their arrival in the
country.
Two other foreign ENJOYS OF note
have shared equally with Secretary
Knox as the recipients Of official
courtesy and public attention. They
are Prince Arthur of Connaught,
/
| Britain, and Prince Henry of Prus-
I STA, representing the German EN-.
/ peTor. Neither Prince Arthur nor
Prince Henry is a stranger to ia
| pan. The former was sent here sew
eral years ago by the late King Ed
ward 10 bestow the insignia OF the
Order of the Garter upon the EN-
peror Mutsuhito, while Prince Henry
/ of Prussia has twice visited Japan
in his capacity as an officer OF the
| German navy.
| In addition to those named the
/ foreign ENJOYS include distinguished
/ representatives of the car of Rus
STA. the emperor of Austria-Hungary,
/ the king of Italy, the king Of Spain
and the president OF the French re-
4 public
| The foreign ENJOYS, as well as all
/ other participants in the funeral pro-
| cession, will march on foot Car
/ riages will be used only to convey
| the empress, the dowager empress
and the pTincesses of the blood.
| TOkiO's millions and great crowds
/ of visitors from the provinces viii
line the route of the procession,
which will start from the main en-
/ trance of the palace and proceed by
way of the new road, thence to the
right along the moat, through UchTi-
saiwaicho and thence through Omote-
MACH street and into the parade
ground where a large building has
/ been especially constructed in which
to hold the funeral services.
The order of the funeral process
sion will be as follows:
! Imperial body guards, mounted po-
lice in modern dress, representa-
tives of the old feudal nobility, spear
men in ancient costume, musicians
playing on native istruments, priests
carrying offerings of food to be
! presented at the grave Of the en-
peror, a solitary mourner attired as
a pilgrim, bearing a pair of high
wooden shoes for the weary feet OF
the emperor on his last long jour
ney. Imperial princes dressed in the
old mourning gaTb OF Japan, ShintO
IpTiests in white robes, funeral ca,
drawn by six white oxen, officers Of
the court, fayorite horses of the en-
/ peror, princesses and other ladies Of
the court, high officials in fun court
dress, members of the diplomatic
corps, foreign ENJOYS, officers OF the
army and navy, members Of the i'm
perial household, garrison OF Toxic,
sailors from the fleet.