Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1922, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922." e 'Americans Must Know M ."‘ About Japan = e & UTSU ~ pan's newest and greatest battleship, regarded as the popular nymbol of Japanese naval progress and aspirations, J ‘The pride of Japanese naval architects. Repofled to have been built largely by the pennies of millions of Japanese children and the voluntary sacrifice of Japanese laborers. permitted to keep this battleship when the plan of naval reduction is carried into effect. Y amais THE GREAT EMPIRE OF THE PACIFIC Called into world life by an American Commodore, seizing with avidity upon many new things for its advancement from western civilization, protesting undying friendship for the United States, but strug- gling with seemingly irreconcilable differences, devel- oped by marvelous leaps into one of the five greatest naval and military powers of the world, and now to become a signatory partner with us and with Britain, DO YOU KNOW = ———="THE France, and Italy in preserving “‘peace on earth good will toward men,”---it is imperative for every Amer- ican to know more about this great Ocean Empire of the East, and to know what has happened in the Seventy Dazzling Years since Commodore Perry knocked at the Mikado’s fast-locked door and summoned Japan to take her place in the family of nations. Try to answer the following questions: DO YOU KNOW ' DO YOU KNOW wfi!‘h‘su P s v et SRS 1 BY: 2E0RL S0V T What our “Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Japan is? Wl?t is the attitude of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand toward apan ? How much new territory Japan has annexed in the past 2, years? How much Chinese territory is under Japanese “influence”? The age of Japan's “civilization” and how little she owes to Europe? How extensively the trade of the Pacific is in Japanese hands? Why the United States is Japan’s best customer? How much of the world’s silk is produced by Japan? DO YOU KNOW ‘What are the duties of children to parents in Japan? The average wage earned by Japanese workers? The extent to which modern labor unrest is permeating Japan? Whst Japan's chief food product is? What is the family status of 2 mother-inlaw in Japan? Who started Japen oa the way to become s world power? How big an army Japan could raise on short notice ? That Japan, which had no dealings with the outside world before 1853, is now one of the world’s great commercial powers, with the fourth greatest merchant fleet and a foreign trade of $2,000,000.000 a year? That Japan, which had no banks, no financial system, no credit, in 1868, now has a strong and elaborate financial system with great banks and stock exchanges, holds a billion dollars worth of gold and has such credit abroad that she has been able to borrow over $750,000,000 from foreigners? DO YOU KNOW What Japan's naval strength is? ; What are the qualifications to vote in Japan? | What is _lhe real business of the Regent? What restrictive laws has Japan against foreigners? About woman'’s rights movement in Japan? 3 7 What sre the major forces making for friction between~the “United States and Japan? ‘What influences seck $o0 increase this friction-in both-countries? How many Japanese there are in the United States? How rapidly they are increasing ? What percentage they form of the population of Hawaii? Their number in the Philippines? How the “Japanese problem"” has influenced legislation in California ? DO YOU KNOW How many years old a Japanese child born on December 3lst is considered to be on the next day (New Year's)? Why a Japanese woman is very much concerned as to whether her horoscope casts her as a cow. rabbit, snake, monkey, or tiger? What you will see checked, instead of hats or coats, in the check rooms of Japanese restaurants and theatres? DO YOU KNOW To what extent Japanese art has influenced Western art? How far Western education has been adopted in Japan? The size of the average Japanese farm, and bhow it is cultivated ? In This Week’s Special Literary Diéést, a Most Comprehensive Magazine Encyclopedia of Modern Japan, NOW ON THE NEWSSTANDS, All These Questions and Many More Are Answered “The relations of America and Japan are clearly explained. Her growth in com- merce and influence since Commodore Perry's memorable visit is set forth, together with a striking" colored picture of his visit to the then mysterious land where, at one time, strangers had been admitted only to an enclosure near the shore and kept blindfolded untdl they were returned to their ships. Full information is provided concerning Japan’s Army and Navy, her Government, parties, and politics. There are illuminative articles on Japanese literature, art, poetry, and drama, her life and customs, her psychology, religion, science, and history, and the condition of women, of labor, and of childhood, with scores of other subjects that make this number indispensable to all who wish to be correctly informed regarding Japan. 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