Show I lilt THE AWAKENING OF JAPAN 4 APAN has just found hermit Three t JAPAN ago the land of the chrysanthemum l chrys-anthemum was or was unlveraal I ly I considered n land of Urharlans To I I Ii dos Japan prepare lo atop acroaa the thretloll of the twentieth cenlury at y I r one of tie great low era of the world I a It = nation I of accomplished and progr aslvi e I people l the Utrtki of Ihe modern world y e y tit vV w W r < IOPC of to low d II 11 and the potential dominator of lhe des plates of the urgent I j For the test ten years the world h1 i been looking nt Japan through the I ll I wrong end of the teleeo > This balmy I eastern Ilia has been looked t upon chief e I r 0 01 IY gamboling ground for 1 l I thl remit opera I writer and the pistils I d II 1 traveler 01 the Sir IJdwln Arnold types In th I popular mind lla I people have If i been considered as made up of dear Ill tie lelilM girls who are perpetually dancing and drinking tea and I vlng I In delightful little ployhuu made of tinted cardboard while the mm mad braaa drhgoru and many slated fans The superficial traveler 1 from the west haa lop Ion I R peen I ntudlng the land lit cherry blrosumt and hoaxing ilia near rut costume or Ill I ounlry upon lie I shoulders an If I Ito I kimono were a bath towel and l he a clotheshorse For too long he ties looked about 0 town or two and taken the steamer Ir homo and Imaln1 le had found out all about Japan the lovely the picturesque Ihe Ideal Uut the time for all that Part of thing has haw passel away Japan shookth shackle u t mdlIIm front her graceful young ihoulders when her vigorous vig-orous and youthful navy all but Hew the antique Chinese fleet off the fare of the sea Pit has now llnr1 her claim to be classed aa one of the Ant nation of the world by the consummation of = rllh that greatly with the InlfW States I which has Just iwcntly coma Inlo ef fret This now treaty between I Japan and America la I one of try farraohlnjr Importance aa It recognise the subjects sub-jects of the mikado as enlllleU lo adopt the burinss practices and tlntlpll 01 up to del people and la I recognised by the United lota al a commercial < In every tIn t-In bringing about thin eowrtyts of tactic wllh the United Slated nM the other treat commercial countries of the world l Japan naturally feels 1 moil friendly lo the Anilo Kaxon because It has been l title 1 ran on both spa of the Atlantic with Canada Incited that hasalways taken a aY rlhl1 and generally quite unselfish iresl In 1 Japan Ja-pan a progress end her Wire lo adrift modern method of tenet and c < iii mere The rrsi ogee of several of our presidents hate air a1 ly tourh 1 on this matter amp now that America Is I a lta 1 factor In the history making that In I lot I take place > In the rot lo-t during oho hut IW Vista It le a matter 01 inch 11 a a r et u ist I e t Importance that tie preterit friendly re lalln between Washington and Tokyo should continue exlet This lent non Honed city has a slranit Pound still to American ears when used In a commit d1 and political connection but It Is I ordained that during the next few years there will be a change In this and Tokyo To-kyo will become one of the great poll tat and educational centers of the world |