THE PRINCE IN JAPAN.
TOKIO, April 13. The Prince of Wales, traversing two miles of streets closely lined with many thousands of school children, cheering and singing, visited the Imperial University and had an enthusiastic reception from five thousand students. He attended a number of brilliant official functions in the city. Warships are sumptuously illuminated at night. A special representative referring to the amazing sincerity of the reception, states that Tokio never within living memory, opened her arms or heart to a like degree to a national hero or august visitor. Even tradition so sacred in Japan has broken down under tremendous impulse, and crowds who took up the refrain “God Save the King’’ were shattering immemorial custom in Tokio, which is half buried beneath bunting and paper lanterns. Business as usual .is impossible during the Prince’s stay, and so all roads leading to Akaska palace are teeming with patient smiling crowds prepared to stand for hours to catch a glance of the Prince of Wales.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18458, 17 April 1922, Page 5
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166THE PRINCE IN JAPAN. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18458, 17 April 1922, Page 5
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