The Archive · 1928

Two Recent Appeals

The two latest direct appeals were by an unemployed man and a seaweed gatherer, respectively. In the first instance, the Emperor and Empress were motoring to a Tokyo temple to pay their respects to Princess Hisa, infant daughter of their Majesties who died last ear, when a man broke through the line of spectators and stood direct path of the car, a lotter hand, As the man did not move out of the way, the ear had to slow down and stop,

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