Show WAR INFLUENCE ON literature all ot the leading periodicals at present are crowded with articles ot awa or less Inter cut dealing with japan russia korea manchuria and china that the average reader la not familiar with every phase ot the war question every detail ot those coun griea and every ot the people inhabiting them la not the ault ot either publishers or editors the knowledge 1 being spread broadcast la every possible form the interest la the far eastern affairs extends to all classes since japan and russia went to war the professional storyteller and abec baa had a famous cue tor his or her yarns when I 1 was in japan or the last time I 1 visited st petersburg li v favorite way ot beginning and prodigious indeed are bome ot the tales that follow eucha a preface japan is so country that almost any marvel may credibly be fathered bbott it while americans aa a rule f knew so mt ue of russia that one can adelly believe anything ot it some phrases are likely to through into common speech because et tle arar and already it la the tash tea vata larger cities ot this towery hi to say sa y abara they part this means it it must tte it ia what the little japanese doll to their aud eona aben dry foyed and very still they wafe them 0 to korea dealers in Ori orail il bric a brac aad curtla look SOT a of la luab things t baty bf ty tor rhth seems to have ut ted a 0 site and bobie ot them 0 o tw ae to predict a run on japan t bmw aad carved teak wod ma aad |