for Assistance to New State Yokohama, Apr. 6.
The first foreign ruler ever to visit Japan arrived here this morning in {he sho00.ton battleship Hive, when Emperor Kang-te of Manchoukuo set foot in Yokohama amid the boom of salutes, the cheers of tens of thousands "of spectators, and the waving of Innumerable small Japanese and 'Manchoukuo flags. All the ships in harbour were gaily decked with bunting, sirens were shrilling, and guns booming out a 2i-gun salute as the Hiyei moved majestically up Tokyo Bay, escorted by a destroyer flotilla and' a squadron of seaplanes, The weather was chilly and windy and the: skies overcast, but this did not lessen the enthusiasm of the great multitude who had congregated to watch the Pageant.
The Hiyel entered the harbour amid the thunder of salutes from the cruisers Nalea, Nachi, and Tsukuhima, while 180 aeroplanes belonging to the air arm of the Japanese Navy manguvred overhead. Among the ships dressed for the occasion were the CP... Empress of Canada, the Dollar liner President Grant, the Yasukuni Maru, and the Tsukuba Maru, Jof Emperor Meiji, father of modern Japan.
Immediately afterwards he pro ceeded to the nearby Omiya Palace, Fesidence of the Empress Dowager, whom he presented with a screen.
After concluding his visit there, Emperor Kang-te drove to the Yasuhunt Shrine, on Kudan Hill, where the souls of Japanese soldiers and sailors who fell in action are enshrined.
The Manchoukuo sovereign return-the Arasaka Palace at noon.
To-night Emperor Kang-te was host to. Prince Yasuhit Chichibu, brother of the Emperor, and Princess Chichibu and other" Princes and Princesses of the Blood.
9 pin. he appeared briefly on the balcony in front of Arasaka Detached Palace to watch the passage fof ten tramear floats built by the Bleetricity Department of the Tokyo Municipality.
Included among them was one named "Dragon on Heavenly Clouds." nother "Infinite Longevity," and third "Dancing Friendship."—Rengo,
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