Tokio, Sept. 7.
Tokio is in a perfect whirl of activity in preparation for the cere-many of the 13th, The roadway from the palace to the parade ground is receiving such a repairing and relaying as it has never ex: perienced before. New fences are being erected, unsightly heaps of earth and old stones that have long) cumbered the ground have been carted away. At intervals of about twenty yards all long the route electric light standards have been set up; cart loads of iron baskets which will provide the cressets on the night of the funeral are seen passing along the street.
The unwonted spectacle of steam-rollers at work has delighted the youngsters of the city and even the heart of your correspondent has felt a glow of home when he saw Kentish horse ramping on the front of massive machine, One thing is unfortunately clear to the observer and that is the disastrous lack of good road me: tal in Japan. No amount of-rolling can cause the smooth water-worn pebbles, which form the road material in this country, to bind into a proper surface.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.