The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 6, 1922, Page 4

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THE SEATTLE STAR 4 = ai am if FOO Ke om) ec te ae tay ah ‘. test battleship, regarded as the popular symbol! of Japanese naval progress and rations. naval architects. Reported to have ben but lrtny’by'the pennies cf milion of Japanese children and’ the vo Sy cote ote ‘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 DO YOU KNOW 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 What our “Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Jepan tb? Wiese tae Sends of Comat Aintree, and New Zealand toward japan How much new territory Japan has annexed im the pest 26 yearn? How much Chinese territory is under Japanese “influence”? The age of Japan's “civilization” and how litle 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? What Japan's chief food product is? What is the family status of a mother-in-law in Japan? Who started Japan on the way to become a world power? How big an army Japan could raise on short notice? BUY IT TO-DAY That Jepan, which had no deslieg with the outside world before 1853, is now one of the world’s great commercial power, with the fourth freatest 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 tuch credit abroad that she has been able to borrow over $750,000,000 from foreigners? * DO YOU KNOW What Japan's naval strength is? Whnat are the qualifications to vote in Japan? What is the real business of the Regent? What restrictive laws has Japan against foreigners? About woman's rights movement in Japan? What are the major forces making for friction ichetann > United States and Japan? ‘What influences seek to increase this friction in both snmatina JANUARY 7TH ISSUE 1 hejiterary Diges FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Bictionary) NEW YORK 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 year old a Japanese child born on December 31st 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 how it is cultivated? In This Week’s Special Literary Digest, 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 inflcence 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 until they were returned to their ships. ‘Full information is FREE IN THIS NUMBER 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. A Fine Colored Map Showing the Actual Expansion of Japan, a Chart of Her World Trade Routes, and a Map Showing the Number of Japanese in America and Where Located ONLY 10 CENTS

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