Show 1 I Would Follow v j jIn I Japanese Turkey In Adopting Western Alphabet t Japan lan nn 6 AP- AP Kernels Kernel's suc ess In giving lurkey a. a to now alphabet has ilas awakened awa- awa the envious admiration or of Ja- Ja panEe who llO like to reform their own or of writing ThIs feeling fElIng is strongly expressed ed In an editorial In tile the Osaka one of tile the mot most Influential journals of Japan which declares that the Turkish Turkish Tur- Tur kish example should provide an impetus inn inn- petus for Jor In Japan After describing tile achievement of replacing tile the cumbersOme cum cum- Arable Arabic writing by an alphabet alphabet al- al ot of 29 the Main Main- chi supports President claim that this ibis reform is the greatest great great- pst est ever e attempted In hIs Ilis count country Acknowledging Japans Japan's debt to Chinese letters and culture tile the ed d- d dI I says sas times have changEd owing to Japans Japan's contact with tile the occident the nations of have ha tile the enjoyed nn an advantage nd over o ent because ot of their sImpler writing writ writ- ing systems whIch mAke learning and diffusion ot of ledge knowledge than In the past Japanese is n In a tion of Chinese ideographs and phonetic pub pub- I 1 syllables peculiar to Japan It ItIs Itis Is estimated that a knowledge of characters Is necessary to rend the newspapers ne' easily For many I there has b been n a movement I aimed at adopting the Roman alphabet al- al to be fitted lIY- lIY to 1 Jr ness se words Such Sud writing known as already has haJI very limited us use but owing o to general gen gen- oral ral In and cultural circles nUke alike there seems little prospect t of it Its general adoption |