PRINCE OF WALES,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 April 1922, Page 8

PRINCE OF WALES,

UNPRECEDENTED SCENES. TOKIO'S MAGNIFICENT WELCOME. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT Received April 15, 9.20 a.m. TOKIO, April 13. The Prince of Wales, after traversing two miles of streets closely lined with many thousands of school children cheering and singing, visited the Imperial University, where he had an enthusiastic reception from 5000 students. The Prince attended a number of brilliant official •'functions in the city. The warships were sumptuously illuminated at night. Reuters special representative, referring to the amazing sincerity of the i reception, says that Tokio never within ! memory has opened its arms or its , heart to a like degree to hero lor an august visitor. Even tradition, so sacred in Japan, has broken down under the tremendous impulse, and the crowds who took up the refrain "God Save the King" were shattering immemorial custom. Tokio, which is half buried beneath bunting and paper lanterns, is clearly finding "business as usual" impossible during the Prince's stay, and so all roads leading to the Akaska Palace are teemnig with patient, smiling crowds, prepared to stand for hours to catch a glimpse of the Prince of Wales.