"I am deeply pained by the thought of the people who have suffered and are suffering under the present circumstances. The more I think of the arduous struggles of the officers and men of Our Army and N…"

"I extend my deepest sympathies to those who suffered during the war."

"We must endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable."

"If the war were to begin while a member of the imperial house was prime minister, the imperial house would have to carry the responsibility and he was opposed to this."

"The thought of the people suffering under the present circumstances causes me great pain. How can I, as a ruler, possibly bear to see my subjects so distressed?"