THE MIKADO'S DEATH.
The news of the death of the Emperor of Japan was- not unexpected. For d,.iys ho had been on the border line, and when it was announced yesterday that Lis family had 'been sumimnocd to his bedsidq, it was known tllvat the climax was only a question of a few hours. Tlu< death of the Mikado will create widcl'sp'read" mourning throughout the land which ho has trailed with mich. conspcuouß ability for many years. It is not ibnly in Ja.> an, however, which be has assisted by big diplomacy amd c.o'wrage. te bring to tho forefront of t'ho nations 'of tho world, that his lws wild be felt. The influence he h,as laxorcised with the Powers, particularly in recent years, has h,ul a salutary effect in maintaining jnternation'al peace, and it may fair'ty bo said that by his death the world ifi .the poorer. It is unlikey that international coniipliostionis will fallow thi,'s calamity, for the lato Mikaclo, with .rChiwkablo prescience,, had .established a Constitutional CSpvernment which .relieved tlio Crt>wni cf munch of its parson a<l responsibility in tho administration of State affairs.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10682, 31 July 1912, Page 4
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186THE MIKADO'S DEATH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10682, 31 July 1912, Page 4
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