JAPANESE CEREMONY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 292, 7 November 1928, Page 7

JAPANESE CEREMONY.

PICTURESQUE PAGEANT

(Australian Press Association.) TOKIO, Nov. 6. Nothing marred the splendidlystaged pageant in connection with the enthronement of the Emperor. The Emperor departed for Kyoto (from 784 A.D. to 1868 the capital of Japan) promptly at the appointed hour. The bugles signalled the start from the Palace, the procession, which was a magnificent spectacle, proceeding along the broad avenue leading to the station. Attention was concentrated on the wonderful pnlanquin containing tilts regalia, which was carried on the shoulders of bearers garbed in ancient historical style. The Emperor was in the uniform of a generalissimo. His coach, which was surmounted by a golden Phoenix, was drawn by six horses nnd was followed by tho coaches of the Empress, Prince and Princess Chichibu, and others of the family. The gathering of notables received Their Majesties at the station. They are resting at Nagoya Palace to-night, and are continuing to Kyoto to-morrow for the enthronement ceremony.

KING GEORGE’S WISHES,

ANGLO-JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP.

(British Official Wireless.) Received November 7, 10.40 a.m. RUGIJY, Nov. 6. Referring to the coronation of tho Emperor of Japan in his speech at the opening of Parliament,. His Majesty takes the opportunity of wishing His Imperial Majesty a long and glorious reign. The speech says that the historic Anglo-Japaneso friendship lias always been- a potent factor for the maintenance of peace in the Far East, and welcomes the efforts of China to establish a Central Government and cope with the forces of disorder. “I regard the progress of these endeavours as tho highest importance not only for the safety and prosperity of my subjects resident in China, but also for the peace of world,” His Majesty adds.”