| Show so LITTLE EX X al 1 CF FLAGS OF FOUR NATIONS the flag ot of greece Is blue and white showing alternating stripes the top stripes being blue the cross in the corner Is white upon a blue ground the crescent moon and star are signs of turkey they were adopted into disuse tor for other purposes the war flag of turkey Is red with the crescent and star white japan the land of the rising sun has adopted the rising sun as its em blem the very striking flag of that vm 4 by the turks on the capture ot of con stantin ople by mahomet II 11 in 1453 they were originally the symbol of diana who was the goddess ot of by cantlum the ancient name for con stantIn ople though the crescent was originally a pagan emblem it came to be used as a symbol ot of the chris tian church in constantinople in later years however it was the cial device of the mahometano Mahome tans and fell country shows a red sun with ray extended to the border of the flag the background is white the imperial standard of china Is yellow with a blue dragon the dragon being a favorite symbol with the chinese the flag here shown la Is the merchant ensign of china showing a red back ground in the center of which Is 1 a yellow circle paint the pictures |
