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Japan under Emperor Hirohito has much in common with England under Queen Victoria. Last week every Japanese read with pride a state-of-the-nation speech delivered to the 73rd session of the Imperial Parliament by Foreign Minister Koki Hirota. It might have been Lord Palmerston speaking, it might have been years ago, but it was actually Mr. Hirota voicing the aspirations of Japan in terms as serene as those used by Queen Victoria's ministers to express their gratification at the progress of Imperialism...
Whenever, in Queen Victoria's day. a recalcitrant Maharaja showed himself as "blind," "unrepentant" and "desperate", as Chiang Kai-shek is now (to use Mr. Hirota's adjectives), British subjects had to discharge their duty by recognizing some other Indian as his rightful successor, and Mr. Hirota indicated that this is exactly what Japan is in course of doing in China: "Our Government now look forward to the establishment and growth of the new Chinese regime capable of genuine co-operation with Japan which it is our intention to assist in the building...
...people, of whom 2,000,000 last week took advantage of fare reductions to journey to Cairo by train, steamer, felucca, autobus, camel and donkey. They went to celebrate the wedding of Farouk, their 18-year-old king, to Farida, meaning "unique," his 17-year-old Queen...
Traditionally Queen Farida should have remained in her father's house in the suburbs throughout this ceremony, but "unique" is a young woman of advanced ideas. She not only peeked at her own wedding through a carved grill but afterward posed for her photograph as Queen, a shocking breach of Moslem custom, doubly shocking because Her Majesty not only was photographed but posed unveiled! The moment she was married she should have heavily veiled herself, and Court officials desperately maintained that she did, but Chicago Tribune's, Alex Small was among those who saw otherwise, cabled: "Farida wore...
...French Republic: a dinner service and hand mirror for Queen Farida...