TIIE aOBMXG OREGOMAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY STl, 1922
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MONUMENT TO CHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
This granite arch, near Chefoo, China,
bears the following inscription :
"DEDICATED TO AND ERECTED W HONOR OF
THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE SEA
MAT THERE BE ETERNAL PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLES
"Whoever understands China socially, politically, economically;
and religiously, holds the key to the world's politics for the
next five centuries." Former Secretary of State, JOHN HAY.
JjyiTH SEVENTY THOUSAND Chinese studying and working: among us; with "the Open Door" in
China standing as the great, dominant American policy in the Far East; with the traditional friendship
between China and the United States constantly finding new expression, it still remains true -to-day that to
practically all Americans China, with her four hundred millions of human beings, is a vast unknown, a mystery
unfathomable. Never has so good an opportunity come to Americans to know and understand China as now,
when Japan and China have been brought together at a conference table of the world's great powers in the
Capital of the American Republic. Therefore THE LITERARY DIGEST has prepared a complete presentation
of China, the Country, the People, their Industries, their Ideals, and their Relations with the Rest of the World.
Americans Now May -Know-the wry oi UDina
A HOARY HISTORY
Countless ages back, lost in the mists of antiquity, thou
sands of years before the Christian Era, the Chinese
people began, no one " knows how. Did they spring
from the soil, or migrate from ancient Turkey, or Syria,
or did they actually descend from Noah, after the Flood?
Their many centuries of known history is full of won
derful happenings. An outline of it is given in this
special number of THE DIGEST.
THE WHITE RAIDS ON CHINA
"The story of China for the past hundred years has
been largely the story of her spoliation by the white
races." To all who are accustomed to think of Japan's
"extension of influence" as the chiefest of China's troubles,
the article describing "Europe's Encroachments on China's
Sovereignty will bring an astounding revelation.
AMERICA: FRIEND and PROTECTOR
During all the troublesome years of European and Japa
nese encroachments and demands on China, only one
great power in the world has stood by her as her pro
tector, and is her protector to-day, and that power is
America. A splendid article tells what America has
done and is doing to maintain "the Open Door" and to
protect China from voracious raids of foreign powers.
SHANTUNG
The cradle of Chinese Civilization, the Hoty Land of the
Chinese People; the birthplace of the silk industry, an
Eden of agriculture ; an' Aladdin's Cave of precious metals
and stones; the heart that controls the internal commerce,
. and communications of the entire Chinese Empire ; one of the
richest and most densely populated provinces of the earth;
self-governed for five thousand years There are many
reasons "Why They Struggle for Shantung,"- and the
article under that title is full of surprizing information,
illustrated with a specially-drawn map.
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JAPAN'S 21 DEMANDS
Probably not five persons in every ten thousand Ameri
cans could name even three of the famous "twenty-one
demands" imposed upon China by Japan. Yet these demands
have, the most vital relationship to any settlement of the
great "Problem of the-Far East" They have been vari
ously interpreted by the powers concerned. One of the
most important articles in this week's PIGEST reveals
"The Secret of the Twenty-One Demands."
CHINA'S RELIGIONS, CUSTOMS, ART
To know China it is necessary to know her religions.
A clear explanation of the part which Buddhism, Tao
ism, Confucianism, Ancestor Worship, and Christianity
play in Chinese life is contained in a special article on
the subject. "Men and Manners in China" is another
colorful article, full of interesting incidents. The "Pecu
liar Qualities of Chinese Art" are instructively described.
UNBINDING THE WOMEN
Along with the crippling of Chinese women's feet and the
custom of killing or selling girl-babies, has gone a general
subordination of the whole sex. But women in China are
being unbound, physically, mentally, morally, and socially.
A most instructive article tells how the . transformation is
being wrought. .
SCIENCE IN CHINA
While the people in Europe were going about dressed in
the skins of wild animals and using pieces of stone tied to
sticks for tools' and weapons, the Chinese were a highly
developed and skilful nation. They were the inventors of
gunpowder, the mariner's compass, the art of printing, the
making of porcelain, and the manufacture of silk. Read
about their casting of metals, their electrical industries,
their medicine, their curious treatment of fractures, and
many other marvels and oddities. .
A LANGUAGE OF PICTURES
Chinese written characters are full of expressive synv
bolism and piquant conimentaries on social and indus
trial life. There is a picture character for "man" and
another for "field." Both put together mean "farmer."
Combine the character which means "word" with "man"
and we have a man and his word, or "honesty." The
symbols for "woman" and "son" together mean "good."
Two of the symbols for "woman," together, mean "quar
rel." Three of them together stand for "gossip." An
interesting article reproduces and explains many of these
story characters of the Chinese language.
An Exclusive Map, in Colors, of the Divided Republic
No such map has been published in this country before. It shows at a glance the provinces
under the Peking Government, those under the Canton Government, and those which are
independent or neutral. The leading article tells the whole story of the Divided Republic.
Another valuable map shows the Province of Shantung, with its railways, roads, cable lines.
and grand canal, as well as the location of its iron and coal fields and other mines. SuU
aQbther map shows just where the zones of commercial influence of the various European
Powers in China are located. These maps are of infinite value in making plain the real situ
ation in China, The flag of the -Chinese Republic is reproduced in correct colors on the cover.
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