English Sympathy For Ally.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 30, 1912:
London Papers Expect No Serious Change of Policy to Follow.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Tuesday, July 30.— By the death of the Mikado Great Britain has lost a faithful and trusted ally, who never deviated from the policy adopted ten years ago, when the first Anglo-Japanese treaty was signed.
    The London newspapers this morning unite in extending sympathy to the Japanese imperial family and the people of Japan and in paying tributes to the dead monarch. They declare that his reign will probably remain forever the most memorable in the history of Japan. Who, they ask, can ever hope to equal in so short a time the series of brilliant achievements which were accomplished under the late Emperor?
    The question of Anglo-Japanese relations under the new monarch is touched upon by several papers, and the conviction is unanimously expressed that the death of Mutsuhito will mean no change therein. The Daily Telegraph, voicing this conviction, says:
    "The passing of the Emperor is an event of world-wide significance, but will, of course, have no untoward influence on the relations of closest amity between the Japanese and British peoples. The treaty which unites them in defense of their common policy in the Far East is not an accidental expedient to meet temporary need."
    The Daily Express says it is thought probable that the British Court will go into mourning.
    Yoshio Markino, a talented Japanese artist, now in London, writing in quaint English of the new Japanese ruler, says:
    "Crown Prince Yoshihito has been educated at the peers' school and has received the most democratic education any Crown Prince ever had in Japan.
    "I remember that once when he was about 10 or 11 years old he went sea bathing near the Temple of Ise. He mixed with ordinary schoolboys in the country, among whom was my own nephew. He played throwing water to each other. The most loyal villagers wept for his frank democracy.
    "The sympathy between him and his people will always be as close. There is no doubt that he will make the best Mikado that Japan ever had."