CI ,K. '.L.',. W JATUMUTrjMfVA pWH Vt I ' THE EVEM1NJS HIJIALd, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON .Sw v. 11 - T . I 1 I KJ rzyyWjFi W - . "3 4 ??"alfc Puzzle J ir- aH MONUMENT TO CHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP Tbll pinllt rcb, nf,f Chtfoo, Cblni, txri th following Inscription i "DEDICATED TO AND ElECTtD IN HONOR Of the cimuu or the united statu or amuica OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE SEA MAT TRUE IE ETERNAL fEACE BETWEEN THE TWO KOMIS" ThelfChinese ! of 400,000,000 Mortals "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. "yiTH SEVENTY THOUSAND -Chineso studying and working among us; with "tha Open Door" ta China standing as the great, dominant American policy in the Far East; with the traditional friendship between China and the United States constantly finding now 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 confcrenco 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 Whole Story of China A HOARY HISTORY Countless aft beck, lost in the mists of antiquity, thou una of years before th Christian Era. tha Chinese people began. no ont know how. Did they spring. from tha sou, or migrate from ancient Turkey, or Syria, i or did they actually deacend from Noah, after tha Flood? Their many centuries of known history k full of won- derful happenings. An outlino of it is given in this special number of THE DICIEST. THE WHITE RAIDS ON CHINA "The itory of China for the past hundred yean haa bean largely tha story of her spoliation by the white races." To all who are accustomed to think of Japan's "extension of influence" a the chiefest of China's troubles, tha article describing "Europe's Encroachments oo 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 tha world has stood by her as her pro tector, and is her protector to-day. and that power is America. A splendid article teUs what America haa dona and is doing to maintain "the Open Door" and to protect China from voracious raids of foreign powers. SHANTUNG The cradle of Chinese Civilisatien: tha Holy Land of the Chinese People; tha birthplace of the silk industry, an Eden of agriculture; an Aladdin's Cava of precious metals and stones; tha heart that controls the interns! commerce, and communications of the entire Chineae Empire ; one of the richest and moat densely populated provinces of the earth; elf-governed for five thousand years There are many reasons "Why Thy Stragtl 'for Shantung," and the rack under that title is full of surpriiing information, Uostrattd with a specially-drawn map. JAPAN'S 21 DEMANDS Probably not five persons in every ten thousand Ameri cana could name even three of the famous "twenty-one demands'' imposed upon China by Japan. Yet theee demands have tha 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 DIGEST 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 OuaKdes of Chineae Art" $m instructively described. UNBINDING THE WOMEN Along with the crippling of Chineae women's feet and the custom of Idllirc or aeDing 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 telb how the transformation is being wrought SCIENCE IN CHINA While the people m Europe were going about dressed m the sldns of wild animals and using pieces of stone tied to sticks for tools and weapons, the Chinese -were a highly developed and skSful nation. They were the inventors of gunpowder, the mariner's compass, the art of printing, the making of porcelain; and the manufacture of sale. 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 erpreesiye sym bolism and piquant commentaries on soda! arid 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 "eon" 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 show 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 tha Divided Republic. Another valuable map shows the Province of Shantung, with to reJway. roads, cable Unas, and grand canal, as well as the location of its iron and coal fields and other mines. 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