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ers. there would have bean outfower.
ing Of energies unspent.

sincere congratulations to his Maj.
esty YosHIHIro and tho New Japan.
which, since 1852, has doubled its
population, enlarged It's territory.
gained a foothold on the Asian CONT
nent and multiplied its wealth twenty
fold. 1t was u President, MILLARD
FILLMORE, who planned and des-
patched PERRY's peaceful armada,
which entered Japanese waters,
freighted with ploughs, agricultural
machinery, dictionaries sewing ma
chimes, improved live stock and the
equipment for a railway and tele.
graph. After the American peace
treaty, PERRY, on the strand at. Yoko-
hama, opened the first modern in
dustrial exposition in Asia. 1t was
TOWNSEND HARRIS. president Of our
city Board Of Education. Who won
trade and residence for foreigners.
After him followed d host Of American
missionaries, teachers, physicians and
experts in every line Of human
achievement, who armed Japan with
science, education and recuperating
power. Our mark on Nippon Is not
that of shrapnel and sword, but Of the
school, college, hospital and honorable
commerce. Profuse In their gratitude,
the japanese have reared monuments
to vERBEcK and DENrsoN. while at
PEgBY's landing place at Kurihama n
national obelisk, inscribed In colossal
letters Of gold by the Marquis Iro.
the Mikado being the initial subscrib-
er to the fund. fronts Yedo Bay.
The era Of Meiji. 1sGS-1012, Is
over. 1t was the most brilliant, Ger
tainly for Japan's cosmopolitanism
and territorial expansion, us we'll as
the most renowned in all japanese
history. MUTsrHITo MAN Of Peace.
I.ova6le Gentleman). abolisher Of feu-
dalism, uplifter to citizenship Of one
million outcasts. bestower Of the Con.
stitution and Parliament, wise, strong,
merciful ruler. true father Of his peO-
pie, one Of the great men Of all time,
rests from his labors. His only surviv-
ing son, YosulHITo Excellent MANI.
educated in modern ideas and ways,
and married May 10, 1900, to his ac-
complished consort, the Empress SABA,
likewise trained and alert to the NOR
row. began July 80, 1912, the era OF
Great Righteousness. Three prOmis.
Ing sons have blessed tho union. The
Crown Prince HIRouITo was born
April 30, 1901.
1t is often a handicap 10 he the son
Of Il famous father, yet It may he
made an inspiration. Through numer-
Gus Indications, including many Il
charming anecdote told Of his private
life, YosuIHIro shows a sincere pur-
pose to follow closely In his fathers
footsteps. Besides hope and promise,
there Is the unspotted record Of hlial
obedience. Of dlligent study. and Of
dignity and wisdom in counsel.
So far japan has preserved a happy
proportion that augurs we'll for the
future. Besides growth in representa-
tive government and ordered freedom.
all paths Of promotion have been
thrown open to merit, all Of which has
resulted in the increase in the po-
litical power and social influence OF
the educated commoncr. Besides all
that means liberty s~afeguarded by law
and the uplift Of the people. there
stands inviolate Japan's most sacred
institution. the Mikado, whose line is
"unbroken from ages eternal" Slowly
but surely the old dogmas are being
transformed, until-it Is Inevitable
the throne Of Japan will be "broad
based upon the peoples will"