Touching Scenes at the Interment Tokyo, Mar. 9.
The remains of the late Princess Hisa are to be placed in a coffin to-day.
In spite of the many sleepless nights the Empress has spent in tending her daughter, Her Majesty kept a vigil with court attendants throughout last night at the bedside of the late Princess.
The Imperial Household authori ties, it is understood, have decided to conduct the funeral services for the late Princess in a simple manner in accordance with His Majesty's command. tion party) proposed to hold ani tional mass meeting in Ueno Park fon March 14 to protest against the Tanaka Ministry, the party decided to postpone the meeting in view of the death of Princess Hisa.
Mar. 10.
The funeral of the late Princess Hisa has been definitely fixed to! take place on March 13.
The hearse will leave the Akasaka Detached Palace at 12.30 pin. and the coffin will be com mitted to the earth at 1 o'clock.
understood that all the public entertainments are to be Stopped on that day—Toho.
Tokyo, Mar, 13.
Touching scones marked the interment of the mortal remains of th Princess Hisa, the Emperor's month old daughter, to-day.
After the funeral service at the Palace under Shinto rites, to the accompaniment of ancient Court musie, the coffin containing the body the infant Princess was placed fon a special carriage and conveyed to the cemetery escorted by two companies of Guardsmen. Amidst impressive silence the solemn corrige, headed by mounted police and Court officials in a motor-car, wound its way slowly through huge crowds, including several thousand school-children, Army reservists and" representatives of variant organizations, who lined the route.
The Emperor and Empress did not. accompany the corrige but bade a touching farewell to rheic youngest-born as the coffin was borne from the Palace.
As a mark of respect all primary schools, cinemas and theatres were closed" to-day, and crepe-draped were displayed everywhere. ter.
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