Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — JAP RULER CONFERS HONORS [ARTICLE]

JAP RULER CONFERS HONORS

Many Dead Men, Including an American, Decorated by Emperor Yoahlhito, Following Coronation. Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 12.—Many honors were conferred by Emperor Yoshihito in connection -with the coronation ceremonies. A feature of the decorations was the large number of posthumous honors conferred upon men who have played a part in Japanese history in the past. Chief of the living who were honored was Count Okuma. the premier, who was elevated to be a marquis. Lafcadio Hearn, the American author, who lived and married in Japan, although long dead, was given the fourth grade of court rank. The shade of Hideyoshi, the six-teenth-century conqueror of Korea, and the spirits of the Japanese negotiators of the Townsend-Harris treatieswere also decorated.