Hearing the report of the demise of the Emperor of Japan, Captain D. Lo Mottée, the Commander of the Despatch' and British Senior Officer; Rear Admiral Basire, Commander of the French Far Eastern Commander J. H. May-Captain of the Sacramento and' American Senior Officer, today visited Rear Admiral Araki, the Commander of the Japanese 1st Squadron stationed abroad, on board the flagship Ataka and expressed their condolences over the death of the Emperor of Japan in the names of their respective Navies, The Italian Senior Officer, Captain L. Meraglia, Commander of the L'bia, addressed a letter to Rear Admiral Araki, expressing his deep regret over the sad event—Toho.
The new Emperor held his first! formal audience this morning, receiving about 300 prominent Court and Government officials, to whom he delivered gri Imperial message, in which he enunciated the' following principles to guide their] actions: firstly, simplicity instead of vain display: secondly, originality jead of blind imitation; thirdly, progressiveness; fourthly, national harmony; fifthly, beneficence to all classes; sixthly, international friendship—Reuter.
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