FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922."
THE t OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON.
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MONUMENT TO CHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP
This granite arch, near Chefoo, China,
, bears the following inscription :
" DEDICATED TO AND ERECTED IN 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, ecorionucally,
and religiously, holds the key to the, world's politics for the
next five centuries." Former Secretary of State, JOHN HAY.
TTH 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 presentat&ia
of China, the Country, the People, their Industries, their Ideals, and their Relations with the Rest of the World.,
Americans Mow May ICmow Ae Whole Story of CMra
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 h is given in mis
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 oh 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 teQs 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 Holy 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 Straggle for Shantung," and the
article under that title is full of surprizing information,
illustrated with a specially-drawn map.
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 the 3e demands
have the most vital relationship to any settlement of the .
great "Problem of the Far East" They have been van-
ousty interpreted by the powers concerned. One of the
most important articles in this week's DIGEST reveals
"The Secret of the Twenty-One Demands."
CHINA'S RELIGIONS, CUSTOMS, ART
To know China it is necessary to know herv 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 Mariners in China" b another
colorful article, full of interesting incidents. The "Pecu
liar Qualities f 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 me transformation is
being wrought
SCIENCE EM 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, theV
making of porcelain, and the manufacture of siDc Read
about their casting of metals, their electrical industries;
Iheir medicine, their curious treatment oY fractures, and
many other marvels and oddities, "z.
A LANGUAGE OF PICTURES
Chinese written characters are full of expressive sym
bolism and piquant commentaries 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.
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Am ExclMsive Map, in Colors, of tine Divided .Repiufclc
No such map has been published in this country before, ft 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: Soil
another 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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