The Washington herald., 1922-02-05
JAP TOTS TRAIN
ON ANTHEM FOR
BRITISH PRINCE
God Save the King Hard
to Learn, Their Teacher
Says, Hopefully.

children how to sing God Save the
King is no easy matter, but much
progress is being made. and when
the Prince of Wales reaches Japan
in April hundreds of juvenile
throats will give voice to the Brit
ish national anthem.
Japan 10 laying itself out TO give
a royal welcome to the British heir.
He viii reach here at the cherry
blossom season, when all Japan is
in an .exuberant mood. The battle
cruiser Renown, on which he is
travelling. will reach Kobe April II,
but the official entry to Japan viii
be at Yokohama Apri IL. The
prince regent will meet the British
heir when the Renown comes to
anchorage in Yokohama harbor. It
will be their second meeting, for
they first met in England last year.
when the Japanese crown prince
made his tour abroad. After well
coming the British heir apparent
the prince regent will accompany
his visitor to Toxic. where the
Prince Of Wales will be quartered
In the Akasska detached palace,
which has been renovated and put
in condition for the housing Of the
royal visitor during his stay.
idea Of Singing Anthem.
The universal singing Of the
British national anthem is an idea
Of the Young Mems Association.
This association Is composed Of
those men who have finished their
two years' compulsory service in
the army and form the first line of
reserve. 1t is, OF course. a highly
patriotic organization, strongly un-
der the sway OF the militarists, as
evidenced by the many mass meet
ings held to protest against the
naval agreement reached in wash
ingtop as being unworthy OF Japan
The members Of this association
have designed . special uniform for
the occasion and will be in evil
dence at all points visited by the
Prince Of wales. assembling from
every section of Japan. The naval
band at Kure made Photographic
records of the British national an
them, and these records have been
sent to all the schools and to all
the prefectural headquarters Of the
Young Mems Association. Records
also have been made OF the words
in English, and these words are
now being learned. Even in the
remote country districts the records
are being employed.
Another busy lot Of people these
February days are the nag makers,
for nearly every house Is to fiy the
Union Jack alongside the Rising Sun.
aud the fiags will be crossed along
all the important streets through
which the royal visitor will pass in
his tour of Japan.
Mathematician In Charge.
The nag ceremonial Is In the
hands Of DIR. Rikitaro Fujisawa, a
mathematician. He ordered from
England fve British nags and from
these i've samples as many nag
makers began turning out Union
Jacks. both large and small, from
the little ones that will be waved
by the school children to the larger
ones that will float from standards
along the streets.
1t was viscount Futara who sug
gested the sea OF flags as a well
come to the British visitor. Wis.,
count Futara accompanied the
japanese crown prince on his world
tour and was impressed by the
fact that on nearly every important
building in London the Rising Sun
was swaying in the breeze.
In many other ways Japan is lay
ing itself out to welcome the Prince
Of Wales. The department Of rail-
ways is building two special coaches
at an estimated cost Of 100000 yen
for the use Of the British royal heir
in his travels through Japan. One OF
the cars will contain a dining saloon
and lounge and sleeping compart-
ment for the royal visitor and the
other car Is for the members of his
suite. At odawara, at the foot OF the
Hakone mountains, and not far from
the villa of Prince Yamagata, one OF
the last of the Genro, a special house
Is being built for the accommodation
of the Prince Of Wales. 1t will be
a composite OF the Japanese and Eu-
ropean styles. This mansion is the
property OF Prince Kan-in. and will
be occupied by him after the depart
ure Of the British heir.
Gotenbs Trip Planned.
In addition to the visit to the
Hakone mountains. there will be
trip to Gotemba for a visit to Full
at closer range than that from Lake
Hakone. for often In April the clouds
hang low about the snowclad cone.
but there will be no clearer view
than a tour OF the base Of the noun
tain. The cormorant fishing at Gifu
will be another incident Of the royal
visit. where the Prince of Wales will
occupy q recently completed villa that
cost about 2s0,ooo yen. A tour by
canoe down the rapids Of the Tenyru
River Is also on the itinerary, while,
Of course. the usual visits to Nikko,
kamakura, Nagoya- Kyoto, and Nara
will be made.
The social functions will be numer-
Gus and will include a dinner by the
prince regent and another by the en-
press. The British colony will give a
ball In Yokohama, at which 500 per
sons will be present. Limiting the
number to 500 will shut out many OF
the British subjects in eastern Japan,
Tor the British adults number more
than 700. It will be necessary also
to provide for the princes suite, the
British Ambassador and the embassy
staff, the officers of the battle cruiser
Renown. and Japanese high oficials.
The selection OF the guests Is Civ
ing the committee no end Of trouble,
and. whatever the result. will cause
many heart burnings, for IL will
create q British -four hundred" In
Japan. since only that number of
British residents can be accommo-
dated. all efforts to increase the total
number at the ball to 1000 1having
been defeated Saturday.
Piuekisg Connittee Head
E. Hamilton Holmes, British
consul general at Yokohama, is