CHAPTER XVIII

In Memory of the Dead--A Shinto Service--Memories of Omdurman, Khartoum and Ladysmith--The Lost Origin of a Ritual--A Genuine Product of Japanese Soil--A Religion only in Name--The Essence of the Creed--The High Priest’s Allocution--General Nishi’s Eulogy--Tribute to the Fallen.

A Buddhist Ceremony--Japan’s Foreign Civilization but Indigenous Religion--“The sins of Russia have offended Buddha”--A Sermon instinct with Patriotism--The Offering of Incense.