SERVED WITH CANADIANS
, PRINCE GREETS •; JAPANESE; - - ' 'T-S&lOjApril 24. A characteristic, incident., occurred at the reception given in-, honour, of thp Prince of Wales' in the British. Embassy. • - Among the guests was a .Japanese gentleman', .. Mr Morooka, in ’ther-uniform ■of a Canadian military officer. - He is a nephew of Count, Fukushima, and was ,in Canada whan the r war broke out, He.-.-at • once' enlisted, and-, went to the front. as a member of, the,,.Canadian army. ; ; He had ■ the misfortune ,-to- be- seriously -wounded* and- to suffer .the loss', of -one , leg.-- 1 - ■*- •-•- .’The-Prince noticed him, and-Was deeply atiected to.-hear his Story. He shook hands with ‘him,,and said ,ho .was:proud to meet a Japanese warrior who-had shed his blood side by side .with British -soldieW -fOr the sake of- ,thd , British ’Empire, - ■ ;:V.. -While-the--Prince was speaking the silence was proiound '•-everyone straining to hear what hw-said. T ißufair 'the* end '-the - great imptessiotv which he had' dreated was unmistakable. ’•* • 1
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18547, 6 May 1922, Page 9
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158SERVED WITH CANADIANS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18547, 6 May 1922, Page 9
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