I am glad to give a little additional publicity to
what the Daily Mail describes as the " historic " reception of its special representative by the Emperor of Japan. The event was lavishly heralded in advance, and the descrip- tion of the audience given to Mr. Ward Price occupied close on half the Mail's chief news page and two-thirds of a column elsewhere, and of course formed the subject of its first leading article. And what, the world pants to know, were the Emperor's epoch-making words ? They occupy precisely two little paragraphs. I can quote them in extenso.
1. " I know that you are working to maintain the good relations which exist between Great Britain and Japan. I sincerely hope that you will continue to do so, for upon them depends the welfare of the whole world and the maintenanee of peace in the Far East."
2. " I hear you are going to Jehol. I wish you a safe return and trust you will write freely of what you see there, for the better Japan's cause is known the better will her motives be appreciated by the outside world."
Then " our famous special correspondent " came away.
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