El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-13
All Nations of Earth Pay
Homage to Dead Ruler;
United States Leading.

Toxic, Japan, Sept t3.-Ancient ira
ditions and religious rites mingled with
modern diplomatic pageantry today
when the ceremonies attending the bur
ial Of the late emperor Mutsuhito. who
died on July 80. were inaugurated. The
United States had a leading part in
the modern show, in which shared rep
resentativeS OF all powers of the world
but in the ancient rites Japan was
alone.
Funeral rites Of the Shinto religion
unknown to any other country and SO
old that their origin is lost in the mists
OF antiquity, marked tOday's ceremony
or until the final interment of the
Mikado in the ancient imperial Gene
terry near Kioto on Sunday.
These scenes present strange con-
trast TO the goth century spirit mani
tested by Japan in all else save in mat
ters of religion.
Nations OF Earth Represented.
The event is, however, more than an
expression of a great national grief 1t
is important in that it shows the high
ranking place OF Japan amongst ma
uons OF the earth Every power OF
consequence is represented here Sec
rotary of state Knox. Brig. Gen. ]. ].
Pershing, rear admiral A r. Reynolds,
Y. s ambassador O'Brien and RanSford
Miller, chief of the division of far
eastern affairs, represent the United
States and the various departments of
the American government.
OF the mourning empire of $4,000, 900
here in Toxic and expressed by the
depth of their emotion the sincerity of
their patriotic attachment to the reign
ing family.
Gorgeous ceremonials partaking OF
the quality Of state events as well as
religious pageantry make up the three
days Of public and private services Al
though $4,000 was appropriated by
faT h. e
the actual cost will go high above that
figure. It is hard to express the mag
nitude and grandeur of the event in
order to convey an impression of the
actual dimensions.
Not only has the capital city been
IN mourning since the emperor died but
the entire empire. Wherever the colors
OF the Land of the Rising Sun fly there
have been offered up prayers by priests
and laymen alike, from soldiers as wen
as civilians for the repoSe of Mutsu-
hito's soul and the guidance of the pres
ent ruler emperor YoShihito, who PLAYS
so important part in the obsequies
No Crepe, But Much Sorrow.
There was no flying of crepe for
black means nothing to Japanese.
White is the symbol of sorrow through
out the Nipponese country and the
public buildings were thus draped.
Inside a sacred chamber in the i'm
perial palace rested until today the
body of the dead robed in a white
shroud and lying in a white casket
nine feet long. This casket is enclosed
within another upon a bier around
which members of the household have
watched night and day since the spark
of life was extinguished-
Inside the inner casket the remains
of the dead have been embalmed by
Shinto priests, the fluid used was a
costly and beautiful scarlet pigment
derived from cinnebar.
The Funeral Program.
Today's program was as follows:
Prayers by priests and Iaymen IN
the temples; foreign representatives
pay the tribute of their various gov
ernments to the memory of the dead
ruler; funeral cortege to Aoyama Gene
terry where public services were held
and food given 10 the multitude; eulo-
gies pronounced by emperor Yoshihito
and the empress dowager; departure of
the funeral train bearing Mutsuhitos
body to the imperial cemetery near
KiOto
All arrangements for the funeral
have been in charge of prince Fushini
At the appointed hour of s o'clock this
morning the first ceremonies of the fu-
neral began. The representatives of
the foreign governments, including Mr.
Knox and his aides. assembled in the
principal audience chamber of the i'm
perial palace. There they were met
by the elder statesmen, the members of