Tokio, Apr. 22.
This morning at 8.40 the Prince of Wales bade farewell to Tokio. The same enthusiastic crowds, including thousands of school-children, turned out, to show their appreciation of His Royal Highness' visit as filled the streets to welcome him when he arrived. The same galaxy of rank and nobility, including the Prince Regent and other members of the Imperial Family, assembled at the station to wish the Prince bon voyage.
Arriving at Yokohama. the Prince had a busy day. First, His Royal Highness proceeded to the Bluff to unveil the Allied War Memorial erected by the foreign residents of Yokohama "in honour a the men from the Foreign tom-munities in Japan who fell in the Allied Cause."
This memorial takes the form of a handsome granite gateway to the Foreign Cemetery on the Bluff, attached to which are two wing of the same material, to accommodate the bronze tablets of names to which the memorial is dedicated.
Of these names, 62 are Bri 15 are French and seven are American and appended to each is the rank and regiment and place, date and cause of death of each soldier.
The ceremony was of the simplest character. On one side of the memorial there was a stand for, the Royal party and distinguished visitors. the immediate relatives of those whose names are commemorated on the memorial.
Before unveiling the war memorial, the Prince of Wales delivered a short speech in which he said "T regard it as a special honour to have been asked to dedicate this memorial commemorating the gallant men of the Allied and Associated nations who left these shores to fight with their own kith and kin in the cause of liberty and justice. 1 am glad of the opportunity this ceremony affords me of expressing in some way my deepest sympathy with the bereaved.
"It is fitting that a memorial of such an international character should—be erected at this great port of call where it will serve as an inspiration to future generations. All coming here will find
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