The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-07
JAPAN LAYS PLANS FOR GRANDEST OF
 ITS ORDINATIONS
Emperor Yoshihito Will Be Crowned Ruler With Memorable Cere-
 monies.
(By the Associated Press }

Tokio. Feb. With the appointment of a coronation commission, plans are now well underway for the 'tgrandest ceremony in the history of the Japa- nese Empire" next autumn, when the Emperor Yoshihito will be crowned ruler Of the Japanese The date has been tentatively fixed for the early part of November. The festivities, which will be under the general sup ervision of Prince Fushirna. as chief of the coronation committee, will con tinue over several days, including the Daishosai or feast, after the corona ton rites have been observed
 The scene of the ceremonies will be in the sacred. ancestral halls of the Shishenden, located in the compound of the former Imperial palace of kio- to, the ancient capital or the Empire. Coincfdent with the coronation big naval review will be held either In Osaka Bay, off Kobe. or in Tokio Bay. near Yokohorna The city of Kioto will also open an industrial exhibi- ton to continue for a month
 Tn view Of the large number of vis- itors expected measures are being considered for Improvement of the sanitary conditions of Kfoto. includ- ing the widening Of streets and the reconstruction of hotel accommoda- tions The municipality will set an example by building a large hotel to accommodate foreigners. The police arrangements will also be extended.
 A military ball will probably be held in Tolkio in connection with the cere- monies. The whole Japanese people are looking forward to the November festivities. expecting that they will inaugurate an era of good business
 It Is doubtful that any foreign countries will despatch special con voys to the coronation, since the ac- ations for official guests at Kioto will be limited. but the repres- entatives of the powers regularly ac- credited to Japan will attend
 The Emperor's popularity has re- gently been attested by some thirty thousand poems written by his sub jects and dedicated to His Majesty It was one of the features of the New Year celebration, the contest being regarded as a medium through which the Emperor might learn the needs of his people
 This is how the ScornpetitionS was conducted, under the auspices of the Emperor himself: The poems were which first saw to the disinfection of the manuscripts This precaution having been taken, the verses were packed in bundles and passed on ta the poetry bureau Recording officials made copies and had them bound in three hundred volumes, each volume containing one hundred poems The selection committee reviewed this great stack of books. and selected two hundred Of the best efforts, and these were again copied for an edi- tion de luxe. To make the final se- lection most fair, the names of the composers were omitted After care ful perusal of the selected gems the authors of the best verses we're invi- ted to read them in the presence of His Majesty on the day of the Inn periaI poetry party.
 After eight years work the biggest dry-doc1 in Japan has been compile ted at the Ma1dzura naval station on the western coast. The dock will ac- commodate warships up to 35 900 tons displacement. and be an important addition to Japanese naval facilities.