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The article reports on the progress of the electric telegraph in the world. It reports on the rapid extension of the electric telegraph from Europe to Africa and Asia. It However states the extension of the electric telegraph is destined to show greater advancement in the future. It reports on the project carried out by the Western Union Extension Telegraph Co., which embraces the construction of a line of telegraph.

This article discusses the book "The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia, and North America," by Henry Fairfield Osborn. According to the preface of the book, the special purpose of the work is to spread the knowledge of paleontology in the U.S. The author has wisely employed unusual abilities, means and opportunities for the advancement arid dissemination of a science which constitutes one of the three sources of our knowledge as to how living beings, including mankind, came to exist paleontology has therefore a profound intellectual value, but lacks the material incentive pertaining to the study of mainly groups of recent animals and plants.

The article presents information about the book "Les Documents Chinois découverts par Aurel Stein dans les Sables du Turkestan Oriental." A great many of those remarkable discoveries made by Sir Aurel Stein during his celebrated journeys in Central Asia would be dead material but for the interpretation of philological experts. This is especially the case with the Chinese documents obtained from the desert, dating, as far as could be ascertained, from the beginning of the first century B.C. to some time during the Tang dynasty.

The article focuses on one hundred and twenty-ninth meeting of the American Oriental Society which was held on April 10-11, 1919 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in Boston. As a result of the growing interest in Oriental studies in the U.S., a Western branch of the Society has been formed in Chicago, Illinois with the approval of the directors, in order that those living at too great a distance to attend the annual sessions, which are necessarily limited to cities on the Eastern seaboard, may also have an opportunity of coming together.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Comments on benevolent administration of the politically and socially immature peoples of Asia and Africa; Discussion on a chasm between the religion of Jesus and the Christian religion.

Focuses on social developments that took place in Asia. Claims that the Japanese government has been charged with cruelty and brutality in putting down the violence; Comments on a proclamation of independence that the Koreans have issued; Claims of Philippines for independence; Tale of death, disease and distress that comes from India; Announcement of total expenditure on the military in India; Reports that labor in India has in the last three months shown wonderful signs of awakening, signs undreamt of by anybody six months before.

This article presents information on the manifesto issued by the international communist congress after its meeting on 2 March, 1919. The said meeting was attended by thirty-two delegates representing eighteen Communist or Left Socialist parties, together with representatives of fifteen organizations of Europe and Asia who attended the meeting in an advisory capacity. The manifesto appeals to labor men and women to fight against imperialist barbarity, against monarchy, against the privileged classes, against the bourgeois state and bourgeois property, against all kinds and forms of social and national oppression.

The article focuses on the books "The New Map of Asia," by Herbert Adams Gibbons and "The Awakening of Asia," by H.M. Hyndman. Gibbon's study is a complete and neatly exhaustive survey of the entire situation in Asia, while Hyndman's book is confined to India, China, and Japan. Hyndman starts with a general sketch of the past and present relations of Europe and Asia, pointing out on excellent authority the debt which Europe, humanity, and civilization owe to Asia. The chief interest of these books, lies in the light they throw upon the progress and methods of Europe's eminent domain in Asia.

Silver, during the past few years, has run the gamut of appreciation from the lowest to the highest price of modern record. In fact, in certain divisions of the international exchange situation silver is dominating gold, as in the pouring of the yellow metal into India and China to relieve the world-wide drain on silver. Silver, in the world's economic life, has two distinct jobs. It is both a commodity and a currency. Mined in America, its main destination is Asia. Asia, beloved of silver, has a population of at least 800,000,000 people.

The article comments on various political developments all round the world. By inviting Soviet Union to sign with them the convention establishing a new regime for the straits that separate Asia from Europe the Allies have taken one more step in the halting progress toward recognition which began with the trade agreements and continued at Genoa and Lausanne. Virtually every European government now maintains some sort of an official commission in Moscow, and their citizens have consular protection in doing business in Soviet Union. In Asia Soviet Union is even more' firmly established. The U.S. lags behind, most besotted of all the great nations.

This article presents information on the books "Mesopotamia: The Babylonian and Assyrian Civilization," by L. Delaporte, "The Aegean Civilization," by George Glotz, and "The Peoples of Asia," by L.H. Dudley Buxton. The third book named is an excellent justification of the Kahn system of fellowships, for that system gave Burton his first-hand acquaintance with Asia and enabled him to produce the best general book on the complex humanity of the continent which has yet appeared in any language. Delaporte has also produced a book of high quality, but the subject is much too large for even so large a canvas. Delaporte surmounts the difficulties by scamping those portions which have received most attention from his predecessors. His introduction gives a sketch of the processes of excavation and decipherment which is too thin to be intelligible to any reader not previously informed.

The article discusses the book "The Red Napoleon," by Floyd Gibbons. Conquer and breed is the motto of Karakhan of Kazan, Russia, who, according to Gibbons, will conquer Europe and Asia within five years and invade the United States in 1935. Readers gather that this Karakhan is a thoroughly unpleasant fellow. He is Red and yellow at the same time; he has squint eyes and belongs to the Third International, he has a white wife.

The article analyzes the economic conditions in Asian countries, as Japanese exports continues to rise, getting additional boost from the weakening of yen.

Focuses on policies of the U.S. towards South-East Asia. Effects of assassinations in Tokyo to paralyze Japanese military action in Asia; Comment on crisis in Japan's relations with China, the Soviet Union and the Western Powers; Requirement of base in Manila for the U.S. navy; Information that American fortifications west of Hawaii are forbidden by the Washington and London treaties; Comment on the future relations of Japan with the U.S.; Dependency of Japan upon the manufacture of cotton and rayon textiles.

This section offers world news briefs related to business as of May 1936. Japan is continuing with its plans for economic penetration on mainland Asia, which include the operations of Japanese shipping companies in Chinese waters. Brazil has completed the shipment of its first cargo of iron ore to Cardiff, Wales. The Soviet Union will send out a commission to study the production of typewriters abroad.

In this article the editors offer comment on items current in the news during the week of April 6, 1938. A number of issues are covered including the magazine's position on American neutrality with regard to armed conflicts taking place in Asia and Spain, the possible defeat of the Japanese armed forces in China and the suggestion made by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain that Great Britain might come to the aid of Czechoslovakia if attacked by Germany.

The present phase of the Far Eastern war is marked by the incompatibility of two principles-- the Open Door and the New Order in Asia. In this conflict Japan does not have to face the armed resistance of Chinese soldiers. It has to turn around to face the violent reaction of Western powers, chiefly the U.S. and Great Britain, rallying in an eleventh-hour effort to save what is left of their positions in China. Despite Japanese assertions that the principle of a New Order does not necessarily conflict with foreign vested rights and privileges in China, the ideas behind this principle preclude a compromise.

The article reports on the plan of the Western Growers' Protective Association (WGPA) to offer refrigerated truck lines services for the eastern produce industry.

The author says that Japanese have always insisted that the Western nations do not understand the peculiar ways of the East, and that a system of world organization which might keep the peace in Europe and America would not work in the Orient. All Oriental peoples have suffered sufficiently from the white man's imperialism to distrust a system of world organization that appears to give white men continued domination. Fortunately Japan can be destroyed militarily without imposing fresh burdens on Japanese people.

The Japanese have long since surpassed the Nazis in the science of manipulating Quislings. They have established some form of collaborationist government. In sections of Asia occupied since 1937 the Japanese puppets are having more trouble. In November, six of the leading puppets or their representatives were summoned to Tokyo for a Greater East Asia Conference. But despite all Japan's efforts, its prestige has been steadily declining as a result of official arrogance, economic chaos in occupied Asia and Allied victories in the Pacific. The whole puppet show in eastern Asia, cleverly conceived as it was, is being disrupted by Japan's military defeats and its unkept promises.

The article offers world news briefs for the week of August 13, 1945. The article discusses the treatment of Jews in Europe by the U.S. military following World War II, the return of imperialism in Asia following the war, and the possible end to civil war in China. Further article topics include the full-employment bill being revised in the U.S. Congress and the success of the Socialist Party in French politics.

Focuses on the problems faced by the United Nations (UN) to reach an agreement among nations, on a common policy or line of action. Problems faced by the UN in formulating measures for the care and resettlement of refugees and displaced persons in Europe and Asia; Difficulty faced by the UN in finding ways in which the UN could assist economic reconstruction of the war-devastated countries; Recommendation for the creation of an overall Economic Commission for Europe.

The Asian conference held here last week, with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru presiding, was the first "of its kind," as Carlos P. Romulo, the Filipino leader, reminded it. However, it was not a strictly Asian conference: the presence of delegates from Ethiopia, Egypt, Australia, and New Zealand-the last country being merely an observer denied it that character. Siam, China, and Nepal were others which those to attend as observers. Nehru referred to the Dutch aggression in Indonesia as an expression of a colonialism which should disappear from all Asia.

This article focuses on the colonial empires of Western European Allies. The empire now consists largely of the British sections of Africa. Four-fifths of Britain's seventy million remaining colonial peoples live there. Its importance is further emphasized by the fact that the rest of Britain's colonies consist largely of islands and coastal settlements scattered broadcast over the world's seaways. Those in the Caribbean area are within sight of self-governing status. Those in South-East Asia may at any time be engulfed by the rising tide of Communism.

This article presents information on the socio-political environment of Siam. It is informed that Siam is one of the most prosperous and tranquil countries in Asia. Its immediate problems are of a petty domestic character, very different from the violent conflicts shaking Burma, Indo-China, and Malaya. But few feel that Siam's jungle-shrouded, mountainous borders can insulate it for long against the coming thunder out of China. Corruption is being talked about in Siam but nobody seems to do anything about it. When the author was there last November the chief subject of conversation was Major General Luang Kach's alleged misappropriation of eighteen million ticals of army funds.

The article focuses on the significant news stories covered by the periodical "Time" in January 1950. The editor of the publication has reported the decision of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to dispatch a military mission to Formosa and President Harry Truman to order his cabinet members to produce a clear Asia policy for a meeting of the National Security Council. Another news story is the rejection of the JCS proposal for Formosa by Truman. The scoops are attributed to traditional reporting.

This article focuses on foreign policy of the U.S. government. The U.S. find itself crucially involved in bloody and difficult hostilities on another small peninsula far across on the other side of Eurasia, a conflict for which the U.S. was unprepared militarily and politically. Americans are quite convinced of their own virtue and good intentions in the world, particularly in Korea, where the fact of Communist aggression is plain, and where American unpreparedness offers it own costly refutation of the Russian charge of American aggression.

This article focuses on the issues related to war against China. In the instant at which aggression strikes, the policies of any nation may move out of control. The swiftness with which control is restored is a test for any democracy. In defining the United States' actions and its aims in Korea and Formosa, they have not yet met that test. Within the United States government, and between the United States and the United Nations, there is no political direction of the military efforts. A war between China and the United States could force India into the Communist camp; break up the growing unity of the Western nations; rend apart the United Nations; and lead to a general revolt against the West throughout Asia.

This article focuses on U.S. General Commander in Chief, Douglas MacArthur's views on U.S. foreign policy towards Asian nations. It seems clear that MacArthur's insubordination was a well calculated gesture in an attempt to capture the leadership in American policy, on the theory that U.S. President Harry S. Truman would be too weak to fight back. Moments of crisis like the present are always those chosen by the military, in any country, to take over. No doubt MacArthur will get the support of the Hearst papers, the Luce magazines, the China lobby and the right-wing republicans who have always wanted a military-imperialist policy in Asia, a policy called strength but actually committed to the weakest and rottenest elements in recent far Eastern history.

The article reports on various issues discussed by U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech he gave at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California in 1950. The President discussed the situation in the Far East with General Douglas MacArthur but gave no added outline to the administration's Asia policy. He expressed his hope for a partnership for peace with the people of Asia. Apart from proclaiming November 23, 1950 as Thanksgiving Day, he also tackled U.S. security and gave the Coast Guard the authority to search vessels.

This article focuses on the political issues in Asia. The majority of Asian nations have burst the bonds of colonialism in five short years. Jawahar Lal Nehru sees in their common background the basis of their future unity. They have all suffered foreign domination. They all desire independence today. They have all been left behind in the sweep of economic progress. They all want to become industrialized nations overnight. They have all suffered from oppression by village landlords and money lenders. They are all moving toward land reform. Democracy must always contain an element of self-doubt. In Asia, the self-doubt of democratic leaders approaches dangerous indecision.

This article presents information related to international relations. The revolution that is tormenting Asia was aimed at economic misery. Today these two aspects of the revolution are in conflict with each other. Formerly, economic misery was blamed on the imperialist power; national independence would end it once and for all. Now, increasing misery is the responsibility of the new governments of Asia. They must turn to the imperialists for aid. The need for aid starts with technical assistance to maintain the services established in colonial days and to do all that the colonial powers failed to do.

This article focuses on the need for the U.S. to provide assistance to Asia. In its long flight toward a free world victory, the U.S. is none the less following different courses in Europe and in Asia. In Europe it may need to re-examine the future of European federation and its relation to the U.N. In Asia in contrast, there is no comparable work in progress in economic and military programs in which the U.S. is directly involved. Asia is the historic area of concern of the Republican Party. And Asia is where a re-examination of U.S. policy can lead to a new start. In response to Communist pressures, America has sent economic aid to South Asia and military aid to Indo-China.

The article emphasizes that a defeat in Asia poses a threat to the U.S. foreign policy in 1950. It states the capability of the Chinese Communists to expel the Western forces out of Asian countries such as Korea, Indo-China and Burma. It explains the different stance of the U.S. and the British governments on the strategies to use in addressing such threat. Also explored is a program called the Colombo Plan initiated by the British government and the Commonwealth countries to solve economic crisis in Asia.

The article looks at the impact of the ouster of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur as commander for Asia on U.S.-Japanese relations and on the fight against Communism in Asia in 1951. The administration of President Harry Truman however assured Japan that the ouster was related to efforts of limiting the war in Asia and initiating the peace treaty. Changes in Supreme Commander Allied Powers (SCAP) policies after MacArthur's ouster are described.

The article reports on the failure of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's speech before Congress on winning the Korean war to win support from abroad. Russia's "Literary Gazette" and Great Britain's "Daily Mirror" criticized MacArthur's recommendations. France's "Le Monde" accused MacArthur as more attached to Asia than his own country. The only supporters of the general's recommendations were Filipinos, Japanese and the Chinese on Formosa.

The article discusses United States foreign policy with a focus on America's economic policy in Asia. The lack of knowledge about conserving natural resources and distributing products, as well as efficient farming methods and farmers' resistance to change, are contributing to poverty and economic unrest in Asia. The U.S. can assist agricultural development by encouraging cooperatives as a follow-up to land reform, offering technical assistance for building roads, and teaching the use of better food storage and processing procedures. Topics include U.S. influence on South Korea and the Philippines, examples of Soviet failure in rural or economic development, and three reasons why mechanization of agriculture in Asia will not work.

The article focuses on the position of Russia and U.S. in the cold war. It states that Russia's move to make peace with the West is questionable despite efforts to end the conflict in Korea. Experts believe that peace conference in San Francisco, California would be Russia's venue to influence Asian countries not to sign the treaty. The U.S. military is demanding an increase in armor as seen in the Wilson program to include boosting of ground forces and additional aircraft.

There is much talk these days of war. The author, of course, is not in a position to know, but he has a feeling that fears of the U.S. are often misplaced. He has a feeling that one has misinterpreted and misjudged some of the forces in the world. The battle for Asia is at the political level, and in that sense, the author thinks everybody in the U.S. has misinterpreted signs of the times. The situation cannot be stabilized with all the wealth of the world, with all of the guns of the world. Revolutions are in the making.

The article chronicles the world tour of Canadian Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent and presents a profile on "Time" magazine Associate Editor Edwin Copps. In covering Prime Minister's first trip to Asia, Copps describes the 72-year-old Prime Minister as an energetic traveller. The prime Minister was impressed by the antiquities of countries like Colombo and India, where he spent more than five hours at the Taj Mahal. Copps was born in Ontario, and previously wrote the cover story on the prime minister in the September 12, 1949 issue.