The call of China and the Islands ; report of the foreign deputation, 1911-1912, for every member of the United Brethren Church . litary strength. The population of Japan fifty years ago wasthirty milHons. It is now fifty-one millions, andis still increasing rapidly. Her people cannot gaina livelihood by opening up new agricultural dis-tricts, for only from twelve to fourteen per cent,of the entire area of Japan is susceptible of cul-tivation. So the Japanese have been forced toenter upon a period of industrial and commercialactivity. New industries are being fostered inmany places, and a most
The call of China and the Islands ; report of the foreign deputation, 1911-1912, for every member of the United Brethren Church . litary strength. The population of Japan fifty years ago wasthirty milHons. It is now fifty-one millions, andis still increasing rapidly. Her people cannot gaina livelihood by opening up new agricultural dis-tricts, for only from twelve to fourteen per cent,of the entire area of Japan is susceptible of cul-tivation. So the Japanese have been forced toenter upon a period of industrial and commercialactivity. New industries are being fostered inmany places, and a most aggressive commercialpolicy has been adopted. Already Japanesefreight and passenger steamships dominate theOrient, and their lines run out to Australia, SouthAfrica, and South America, as well as to India,Great Britain, and the United States. Japan has caught a vision of her possibilitiesin commerce; she has discovered her intellectualability, as her splendid schools testify; she hasbecome proud and ambitious on account of hermilitary achievements; but the great discovery,namely, that Jesus Christ and his kingdom should 48. The New Emperor of Yoshihito has officially announced TaishoGreat Righteousness as the motto of his reign. or-
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