The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-21
MIKAD0 STILL ALIVE,
: BUT SLOWLY SINKING
Court Physicians Have Some
Hope. but End Undoubt-
edly Near.
CROWN PRINCE ALSO ILL
Condition Becomes Worse OH
News From Father-CrOwds
Outside Palace.

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Outside Palace.
special tdois DessascA to Tns Sun
, TOXIC, July 21. A. M.--The condi-
tion OF the Mikado remains unchanged.
He continues to be very drowsy.
The Mikado.'s temperature was l0a.s.
his pulse 10s and his respiration S2.
The condition of the Crown Prince,
Who Is said to be suffering from the
chickenpox. has not been 80 good since
he heard Of his fathers serious illness.
The throng outside the walls Of the
palace ground tried to make the most
of the few crumbs of encouragement
given them by the physicians. but the
esttsr informed few within knew that
the word hope" given out by the court
physician meant little in the present
case. His illness b mortal. ana although
he may linger in agony for q few days,
or even weeks. his recovery II I'm.
possible.
He Is an elderly man with little power
Of resistance or recuperation and . suf-
ferer from q chronic and incurable
disease Of the kidneys. which recently
developed into acute Inflammation and
is now complicated with grave intesti-
nal disorder. His fever was high last
night, and although he occasionally
murmured q few words he was never
moro than partly conscious and re-
mained most of the time in . state Of
stupefaction.
The physicians In attendance on the
ruler say he Is suffering from acute
nephritis. A bulletin was issued yes
terday afternoon reading as follows:
"The Emperor has been suffering
from diabetes since 1904 and in 1906
this developed into chronic kidney
trouble. since July II his Majesty has
been suffering from intestinal trouble.
and on July IS the Emperor was un-
conscious and his brain was affected.
On tho evening Of July 10 the fever
suddenly increased. showing a tempera-
,ure Of 1o47."
Although no Official announcement has
been made It is known that the EN-
peror has been unconscious since yes
terdAy.
At least ono Of the doctors remained
constantly at his Majesty's bedside ana
generally all three were within arms
reach Of him. The best nurses In TOXIC
relieved one another at short intervals.
The sufferer's wife was persuaded late
,ast night, however, to leave the sick
chamber for q few hours sleep
In an adjoining room the Crown Prin-
cess elected to pass the night. Until
a late hour she was in communication
by telephone every few minutes with
the Nikado's son and heir. the Crown
Prince himself but just recovering and
still confined to his bed from severe
attack OF chjckenpox.
The members Of the Cabinet spent
the night with their telephones at their
bedsides and carriages waiting at their
doors ready to rush them to the palace
at the first summons.
The Mikado Mutsuhito has never
teen much more than an ideal to MS
. people. To the elect ne appears for a
Jew moments twice yearly at cere-
monial garden party. but the masses
have not only never seen him but have
never seen his carriage roll past or 90
much as the streets cleared for ita
passage. The Crown Prince Is known
about Toxic as a man Of hesh and
blood. for he has ventured out and
shown himself. although always elabo-
rately surrounded by his attendants.
The dying Mikado has been widely
proclaimed a. the man who modernizet
Japan, who gave II a constitution and
made II a first class Power. In reality
he has had little to do with shaping III
destiny. The Ministers In fact are tho
zeal power.
When the Emperor Mutsuhito. sec
ond son Of Emperor Osahito. succeeded
his father to the throne of Japan II
January, 1867. his country was JUS
opening It's eyes to the wonders Of tn
Western world. Japai, was ye: to hav'
It's first complication with a foreigl
country. When the young Emperor wa
crowned at Osaka on October 81, 1855
Japan had no telegraph system. no rail
roads. no navy. no steamship lines
Feudalism had not pet been abolished
The first military school was founde
in the very year Of Mutsuhitos corona
lion.
Mutsuhito was born among the noun
tains Of Kioto on November 8. 1882. an
he was the second son of his predeces
sor and the l21st Of his line. accordin
70 japanese reckoning. which reckon
from the days when Jimmu ascende
the throne. in $50 b. c.. and on throug
ieigns more or less apocryphal unit
the written records, beginning aoou
A. d. 700.
In the face Of fierce popular oppositio
and actual bloodshed that followe
.Iapan's frst efforts to build a railroa
IL was tho young Emperor Mutsuhit
VINO brought calm and progress by per
sonally presiding at the ceremonies at
tending the opening OF the country
first railroad. During his reign thi
representative OF the Oldest rulin
dynasty on earth was to SEQ the installa
lion Of the railroad, the telegraph An
telephone. the installation Of the hri
steamship line running to . foreig
country. the building Of . modernize
ARMY and q great navy. tho abolitio
Of feudalism. the assembling OF the fri
japanese Diet, systemization In bankin
laws and tho merchant marine. . w
that ranks with the greatest In tn
worlds history. q postal service brOugf
IN TO Q system equal to any In Europ
and in fine q country lifted In his ow
lifetime bodily out Of the darkest