Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-30
OF
 JAPAN IS DEAD Had Been Unconscious For 48 Hours When the
 End Came.
NEW HEAD OF NIPPON
Was Considered Ore of the Grpatest Men Japan Ever Produced
 Brief History of His Life.

Tok' o,Japan, July 29-Matsuhito, the l2lst emporer of Japan, and probably the greatest man the Isles Of Nippon have produced. died at 43 minutes past midnight this morn ing. The ailment which killed him was acute nephritis. When the end came he had been unconscious for AS hours.
 The Grown Prime of Japan Yos- h!hito became emperor Immediately on his fathers death.
 Sketch of His Life.
 His Imperial Majesty, Mutsuhito, was the 12lst Emperor of Japan. He was born at Kyoto on the '3rd of Mo- vember 1852 and was the second son of the Emperor Kennel. In 1S60 sev- en years before his fathers death, he was declared heir apparent. He ascended the throne as a boy of fif- teen, and nthat occasion gave his solemn promise to grant some form of representative government He fulfilled that promise in the most lib- eral manner and thus gave to his country, it's new birth. He is ac- claimed by the entire world as the father of modern Japan.
 Under the reign of the late Mikado Japan underwent almost miraculous changes. From the very first he dis played intuitiye genius in fashioning the political affairs of his people and in forging out fhe destiny of his en- pire.
 So deeply did he impress his own tIat o1, N,t with enc accord, proclaimed him the greatest man of his generation and some of them go so far as to say, of all time.
 V Although Mutsuhito did not at first impress his personality upon the outside world, he did evince rare acumen in calling around him group of the ablest men in his empire. These he called the "Elder States mem and under their wise council, the Mikado saw his country develop into world power almost in a night.
 The two most conspicuous events of his reign were the wars with China and Russia, both of which was all the world knows, terminatel hap oily for him.
 While Mutsuh to was liberal and constitutional. monarch who threw the doors of his country wide open to Western civilization, there never was time that his subjects regard ed him as less than a God. To him ard h,s virtues they attributed all their victories in war and triumphs in peace.
 The married life of the Mikado was said to have been exceptionally happy. He leaves enc child, a son, Prince Haru, who $ an officer ill the Japanese navy.
 This Prince is not the son of the Empress, but of secondary wife, just as his father was. But to the prince, the empress is his mother, and The woman who bore him is perfect stranger.
 This custom of secondary mar riages is no longer political neces- sity in Japan. The prince himself married a daughter of one of the princelv houses who has borne him several children.
 One of the most striking features of the M kados character, was his affection for the "Elder Statesmen, and particularly Marquis Ito and Count Inouye Il. is reported that he could refuse them nothing. And it is saii to their honor that they never abused his confidence.
 But notwiths anding his love for those venerable men who first point ed out the way to him he has always found opportunity to encourage the able young men.
 Throughout the negotiations pre- ceeding the war with Russia MT. Kcmura. Harvard graduate had charge of foreign office, while MT.