Regret will be felt that the Emperor of Japan has been unable to bring himself*to permit the Crown Prince to visit England on the occasion of the! Coronation. Apart from the political importance that would attach to such a tour in Europe woald be of great value to the fature Emperor of Japan in view of the rising importance of that, country. In Prioce Higashi-Fushimi, however, the Emperor will be worthily represented. Prince Higashi-Fashimi is a son of Prince Hotobito and is thus a scion of one of the four families from which a successor to the Throne would be chosen in the event of there being no direct descendant of the reigning sovereign. He will be the third Prince of the Fushimi family to visit England
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