EMPEROR OF JAPAN NOW BRITISH FIELD-MARSHAL
KING CONFERS HONOUR ON VISITING ROYALTY. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, June 27. The text is published of the messages exchanged between King George and the Emperor of Japan on the occasion of the visit to London of Prince Takamatsu, second brother to the Emperor, and Princess Takamatsu. King George, in a message to the Emperor, that was despatched yesterday, said: “ The Queen and I have this afternoon, welcomed as our guests with feelings of delight Prince and Princess Takamatsu, and we are glad to see them both in the best of health. It gives me the greatest pleasure to inform your Imperial Majesty that I have to-day promoted you to the rank of Field-Marshal in my Army. I have entrusted the baton to your brother to hand to your Imperial Majesty on his return home, when I
hope he will carry with him the renewed assurance of the lasting friendship between our two countries.”
The Emperor, in reply, said: “I hasten to express my cordial thanks for the warm reception extended to the Prince and Princess by your Majesties, by members of your Royal Family, and by your officers and people in every part of vour Emjjire which they have visited. Now that they have realised their ardent desire of forming this personal friendship with youi Majesties and with members of your family, I trust they will enjoy a pleasant sojourn in your country as I myself did when I visited it some years ago, conducing, I am confident, to a furtherance of the bonds of amity and friendship which so happily unite our two realms. “It affords me the greatest pleasure to learn that your Majesty has accorded me' the exalted rank of FieldMarshal in your Army and has entrusted the baton to the Prince to convey to me, also that your Majesty has graciously been pleased to confer the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on my brother. For these manifestations of your Majesty’s sincere friendship and goodwill I would ask you to accept my heartfelt thanks, together with my best wishes for the • welfare of your House and the prosperity of the British Empire.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19109, 30 June 1930, Page 1
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