The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-09-20

NE of Japan he found him
E3 self In n position com.
parable to that Of no
emperor on earth. 9th
A or emperors. western
and eastern, are bat
bfliW human. Yoshihito in the
LBiW eyes OF his subjects Ii
EH divine.
EtNW The succession OF 9th.
NA er emperors Is clouded
and disconnected; that
I%,shihito IL complete and self-suf-
h. one hundred and twenty.
sovereign OF his line, he traces
roval descent back to the mists
h. world, back six hundred years
more. before the time OF Christ.
in fact. to the great heroic age
.rqn. when two gods were called
20 create a land from the liquid
H. OF the air-and they created
b.
these gods he claims de-
and not even the most highly
4 and scientifically minded
So will dispute II. That Is the
III OF belief which no modern SO
kucation can pierce. The dead
Ssghito has taken his harborage
\ his fellow gods. and Yoshlhito.
hing. is of his blood.
h. in part, explains the attitude
k,ueration In which the Japanese
I nd their ruler. explains the senti.
\, which marks him forth from
Ahcr s~oyerelgns. II Is n sentiment
|ch few Japanese will discuss.
IS n sentiment" said one to the
h.. which II Is impossible for a
bngsc 10 analyZe, and which II an
H. no foreign mind could compre.
b, springs partly from the intense
hli,m Of the people and IL really
Secular form OF patriotism. II is
h. The Japanese nation were rev.
h,'ug itself, for Il believes that II,
snrarg from the gods and that
5 0' the family OF the emperor. To
ba,iou which reverence It's ances.
the emperor represents a link
fcCn the present Japan and every
BE- that has gone bcfore-a link
thaps. between the material and
spirit VIC e.. He is at once an
hcut Of mysticism and the embodi-
b. OF material national strength.
Is az if"-the Japanese gentleman
hsod-"vou could merge the senti-
ht OF n Roman Catholic for the
p a'd he affection OF n people for
rea. hing"
|Nill the present emperor preserve
himself The full sentiment which
1 people had for his father was
he japanese shrugged.
ln a Measure. perhaps. Wholly.
fhcps .ut," he answered.
TTtat he win command a peculiar
||erence Is certain from the reasons
pave given which are inherent In
nation That the affection OF the
fnic will he as great as that given
tHe late emperor Is doubtful. You
IN" last sovereign inspired and con.
pea Japan from Its growth from a
dM land TO a world wide nation.
Pr The time the great princes or
'iios surrendered their powers and
a'es to the granting Of a modern and
uhtary constitution In 1889. his was
initiative OF each successive ad.
pee tie lad done more even than
nation expected-certainly more
y ever had been accomplished for a
'un before. That record was per.
fa''o him and Is responsible for the
$"nai love with which he Is regard.
we hoHor and reverence the new
f'''Hh yes. lie Is emperor, he is
'"Dodied spirit OF japan. But,
II E'"n an emperor must earn
2 Tor himself"
enters foshihito, the new EN-.
u Japan. upon his kingdom
~''''pl'nt, In western eyes. OF
"st marks OF Japanese respect.
tue race follows the precedcnts
% Mutsuhito, Yoshlhito's
VIII not be pronounced by any
subjects. THE sovereign
,,'p'For." he will be: never
n''''o To call the name Of 70.
.o VIII be sacrilege. II would be
d shrine had been assailed.
lU'a' IA only a small indication OF
Spe'i which the Japanese will
,a "' rs a sovereign. No man or
WI sit before him. None. II
ec,I, ''oh be maintained, will speak
10 him. for II is the custom
kopsh The emperor OF Japan only
HE members of his household
mesehce even the greatest will
bor III me ground. unless the en-.
|en placed at some elevation.
ro;s permissible that the eyes
h 70 and even this Is q conces.
bar '"e new world OF things In