Show THE GIANT IS YAWNING I 1 the united states and japan have agreed on an open door policy tor for the far east that means china is to I 1 be free to bargain with the world without suffering the restrictions which ich other nations might inflict it they divided the empire into spheres of influence protectorates protect orates or othor other obstructions to free and fair trade china is about to enjoy an awakening slumbering for or centuries while other countries were growing and developing ve china at last Is stretching and yawning and preparing to rise and walk when the orientals Orient als become keenly alive to the advantages of modern civilization inviting factories cs and encouraging western education then america and europe must bo be on their good behavior or the orient will ret retaliate allate for the indignities of untold years inflicted by the caucasian races the orient then shall have acorne become d mighty factor in world affairs how insignificant was japan prior to the sinking of the chinese fleet in the war with china and before the big battles on land and sea with the forces of russia proved japan to be a nation of heroes when sullivan and ier z wrote the mikado opera they lial had in mind a japan of lunny funny little men and women who lived in a fairy land and dreaded the presence of a from out of the west suddenly the land of the mild man inoffensive benighted odd little jap became tile the home of the cultured fierce unconquerable whose grim visage in war drove terror to tho the heart of the entrenched e nemy enemy japan had aroused itself from its lackadaisical dreamy life and japan commanded respect what japan has done china can accomplish on a larger scale and with more inore surprising strength and power the next twenty years will witness a great transformation in the celes thil kingdom |