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ST33 WAsINGTON Tmn * The Neamd * * ATUDAY, Novrs, 19 ACE OR THE SWORD? 7he Nations Meet in Washington To-day! A World Looks On Anxious-Hopingm "Humanity with all its fears, With all the hope of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!" Washington Will Be the Capital of the World The Spirit of Japan is Rev During the Arms Congress. There the question will Native Press. Important transla be decided whether the civilized peoples of the world are to ab- the Japanese toward the Conference jure war, and whether the battleship and siege-gun are to become Chinese question, naval bases establish as obsolete as the Roman catapult. Hundreds of millions are the Pacific, disarmament of navies, n watching anxiously. The great Conference is being discust in Canal, and other troublesome problem. every civilized country on earth. What are they all saying about it? What are their popes, and fears, and criticisms, and demands? It is necessary not only to know our own mind but Popular Opinion which is gathered in to .know also the view-point of all other peoples, especially of those most vitally concerned in the outcome. Therefore The Literary Digest has gathered from all the four and her views are open for all the worn corners of the earth the opinions of statesmen and people as reflect- Literary Digest. ed in their press. This is one of the great features of the Novem- All Europe, from The Hague ber 12th issue, now on sale. The Composite Mind of the British Empire is dis- is rnd in thise Wold Fru asf c closed, as from that far-flung "dominion over palm and pine" gress and the issues to be decided the come evidences of a spontaneous entente between the English- Americans. Nowhere else can this b speaking peoples of the earth. The Literary Digest presents the know the real feeling of the world towa views of England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South of armaments now being made in Wa Africa, India,- and the British West Indies. this issue of THE LITERARY DIG e MANY STARTUNG FACTSt known to the Conference, will influence any action it may take. These facts are not easily heir opthh public.cWithoutTthemDintelligenttdiscusdioniisWimpossible.nsioere is one way to get a comprehensive grasp of the many facts which must I he ante tures, charts, and maps, in its ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 12th, which is A VERITABLE -MAGAZINE ENCYCLOPEDIA ON DISARMAMENT It has permanent value and you will want to keep it for frequent reference during the sessions of the Conference. The edition necesiarily Is limited and will be sold out quickly u your copy from your news-dealer at once. Every number of The Literary Digest during the next few months 'will keep you fully posted on the developments in n u fteCn ference, as one feature of its world-wide service which some five million Americans are now enjoying from week to week. The November 12th Issue Contains Accurate Information on Problems to be Attacked by the Conference Former Attempts at World Disarmament The Navies of the World-To-day and To-morrow The Fearful Inventions in War Six Million Men Under Arms To-day Comparative Air Navies of the What the World War Cost in Blood and Gold Army Discipline as Spiritual M The Burden's of War Taxation, and the Problems of Finance The Peace Crusade Uniting Cr What the World's Leaders and the Foreign Press Close-Up Glimpses of the Deleg are Saying About the Conference Explanatory Catechism of the Conference A Remarkable Double-Page Colored Map Showing the International Situation in the Pacific and Far East BUY IT TO-DAY NOVEMBER 12th ISSUE OF ONLY 10 CENTS he es 9. FUNK & WAGNALLS CONI'4M - (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary) NEW YORK