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Show The general opinion that China and Japan are a long way behind the other nations in point of civilization and progressive pro-gressive measures is due to a lack of knowledge upon the subject. It is true that in many tilings they -are- behind some of the other nations, but in others they are as far in advance. For instance, in-stance, the Japanese government adopted the postal savings bank system several years ago, and it is now working work-ing successfully. It this country this matter is just being discussed. There are other matters eqnally progressive which have been acted upon by these countries, which have as yet only been talked of here. |