FUNERAL OF THE MIKADO.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1547, 17 September 1912, Page 5

FUNERAL OF THE MIKADO.

CEREMONIES COMPLETEDJAPANESE PRESS ON NOUI'S SUICIDE. NOT JOFFICIALLF'DEAD. • By* Telegraph—Press AesociiUion— Copyright (Rec. ra:p;teinber 16, 11 p.m.) Tokio, September 16. The burial off the late. .Emperor Miitsuhito concluded, with an impressive ceremony at the Imperial mausoleum at Moinoyama, live miles cast of Kyoto. The coffin was homo by fifty young farmers, and was then conveyed by cable railway to the summit of tho steep hill, and interred in thel funeral hall in the presence of those who conducted the ritual and the. Imperial representatives. All the other Mourners remained at the foot of the hill.

The comcntin|g of the Mikado's grave occupied seven hours; when it was completed eighty doves were released, and the bells of the Buddhist temples sounded 108 times.for the Emperor and Conqueror and 10S for human passions.

GENERAL NOGt'S END. BIDS FABTiVItaL TO HIS FRIENDS. (Eec. September 16, 11 p.m.) Tokio, September 16. General Nogi'9 funeral will take place on Wednesday. The underlying note in the press comments condemns the suicide, while admiring the adherents to tradition. General Nogi left three sealed documents. He followed the ancient custom of first'cutting the iskin of the stomach before slashing, the filrroat. The General visited and bade farewell to his friends on Thursday. Among the number was Prince Yamagata, who, suspecting General Nogi's design, said, "I hope you are not going to die." General Nogi did not answer. His friends declaro that he had recently liecome depressed with memories of the Japanese losses at Port Arthur.

Owing to the mourning period the, Emperor, is in seclusion, and it is impossible to confer posthumous honours on the In te General Nbgi, who is consequently officially not dead.