DEATH OF EMPEROR OF JAPAN

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9

DEATH OF EMPEROR OF JAPAN

SUCCESSION OF PRINCE HIROHITO NOT LAWFUL FOR THRONE TO BE VACATED CEREMONY OF TRANSFER OF TREASURES . ... . The-Einperor ot Japan is dead and has been succeeded by his son, Prince Hirohito. • BY-TELEGBA PH:— PRESS ASSOCIATION. Copyright. • (Rec. December 26, 5.5 p.m.) Tokio, December 24. Official.—The Emperor is dead. Prince Hixphito. has succeeded his father Ypshihito as Emperor in prder tp observe the law which provides that the throne cannpt be vacant. The cerempny pf the transfer pf the three sacred treasures, pf which the Emperor is the custcdian, occurred .automatically immediately after the physicians’-final announcement, first tp the’ Regent, the Empress and the family gathered at the palace, and thereafter tp Baron Makino, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, and Privy Counsellors and Ministers of State, whose presence at the ceremony of-the transfer of the treasures is necessitated by the Imperial law. Fatal termination of the illness had so long been anticipated that minor details were prearranged for the removal of the royal body along the three miles of winding shore road through a succession' of fishing villages to the station, at Idzushi, whence it was entrained thirty-eight miles to Tokio station, fronting the Imperial Palace grounds. Within a reasonable time the new Emperor may command the attendance of the Imperial Counsellors, Governmental dignitaries and officials, probably' at the Imperial Palace) where with all ancient ceremony the Emperor and Empress will ascend the ancestral throne, and His Majesty will announce that he will strive to glorify the virtues and follow the example- of his illustrious ancestors. After that the Prime Minister will pledge the loyalty of the subjects to the Emperor Hirohito and the Empire. [The late Emperor Yoshihito Harunohia, was born at Tokio on August 31, 1879, and succeeded his father, Neutsuhito on July 30, 1912. The new Emperor, Hirohito, was bom on April 28, 1901, was married on January 26, 1924, to Princess Nogako, and has one daughter, bom last December.]

KING GEORGE’S SYMPATHY COURT MOURNING TO BE WORN (Rec. December 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 25. King. George has sent a message to Tokio conveying sympathy with the Japanese Royal Family and has commanded Court mourning to be worn for three weeks. Prince Chichibu, who is on the high seas, has been informed of the news of the Emperor’s death by wireless.