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Show EMPEROR WORSHIP DECLINESJN JAPAN Survey Shows Orientals Become Be-come More Practical BY HKW O. KI.fWK . K. As Staff Cerrvependeat. TOKIO. Feb. J. A survey of the mental outlook of the factory laborer of Japan has upset a few accepted and ancient views of the attltud of the Japanese toward self, religion and the eniperor. The "cross section" was taken by the social welfare bureau of the Toklo municipal mu-nicipal office by means of a questionnaire, question-naire, the following three questions being be-ing asked: 1. Which Is of the most Importsnce to you nation, society or yourself? 2. Who Is the person you most highly esteem or reverence? 3. What is your religion? A thousand workmen in a large number of trades were asked the three questions. tie If waa placed first by 2ui persons, the nation by 199 and society by IS. The conception of "society" of the average Japanese factory laborer Is very indefinite, but the great importance impor-tance of the nation compared with self la drilled Into the individual from vouth. 1 J The replies to the second question, i however, are the most startling In r- 'vealing a decline in reverence for the emperor. The emperor was placed first in respect or reverence by 73; General Nogl hero of the Kusso-Japaneae wan or some other such military leader lead-er rv 47 ; some present day political leader by 4; soma great person In Japanese Ja-panese history hy 42. some commercial man by 39; some friend by 37; a relative rela-tive by 14; a religious leader by 14. and an educational lvader by 6. One hundred hun-dred and twenty-four had no especially high r'-spert or esteem for anyone. To the question aa to religion, tS answers were received, which reveal not only a large scattering of religious beliefs, but also -lf-worship, sun-worship sun-worship and agnosticism. An indication indica-tion f t tn strength of Christianity is also given. Hud'lhtsrn Ud, 191 giving that aa their religion. Hhlntoism, the indigenous religion to Japan, which is almost as much cus-to cus-to mas It is religion, was claimed by 143 aa 'heir rWiarion. Christians numbered num-bered 12. self-worshipers 8, snd sun-worshipers sun-worshipers 2. Four were worshipers of Auaraino-no-kami-Bama. a local goxl of Tokio. who ia supposed to Ilv in a cave In the Kugamo district of the city and worshiped by the people in that district. |