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War’s Effect Upon Religious Conditions
Around the World A First-Hand Investigation
W.ir Prosperity and Politics Pro
mote Hemjiou* Reaction in J.in.in
Policy of Goverom'.it It Supped
rs Lhmtoism, with Worship of
the Imperial Line
By WILL'AM 7
( 'The Religious Rambler")
ARTICLE II
. < *r|. < rlu ht. 11» 1 7. lit I lir I .III* *. ri Ir* 1 1
I'oklo Si an h fur a vvni *’<>: n r>-
ligam- revival in Japan rev* ah Mu
contra: y. In In r deepci lif« Japan
I *.»- not h* i'll stirred hy thi* war
: lii has had no c* uubv 1 1 ■ to nil
ninth* r and wi\» s to the no
The v, ar him meant lor h*T chiefly
a material prosper:*) beyond a!! In r
i ulil> il dreams. Ah a nut|*>n, hi l~>
getting ri*h out of Mi** war, althn
t 1 • ■ w* nlfh dot's Ilof '..in tquilaijiv
distributed, nine*' tin- lor of the
pea-ants is harder, If itn> ‘ hinct Mian
it was before the war It is out in
the country district* that one be
hold' the pinch of the time- In
Mu* i itji's, the westernization of the
n:i*ion goes on apace Luxury, with
ail i• » attendant evils, the
upper class***
!’ tend of anew relirleus q .» st
ing I ijjti- t toning. under the Mini
11 1 11 -- of the world cataclysm, Japan
has been experiencing a real re**.-
i ion 'I hi* ii Je -■ of t':e will of sh •
than of K ivtrnment mtM.i
tise I.ike most other movement
in the country, thi* one is growing
from M.e top downward. I found
religion* leaders both foreign a to*
Jar lines*. freely admi'Mnr and de
ploring the condition. Incidentally.
If appears that the Christ Inn for
of Japan are achieving anew mild
nrl'e the former friction between
missionaries and Japanese mitii-'er
hat rr* afly ditniniHhed, and in tio*a
b!e instances |i has dl npp*ar.*d
Knitedly they face the r*-w \ .
Christian work, the governm*-: 'ai'y
inspired tendency to exalt Me »•; ?
god- of Shintoism.
Wher# the Emperor Is a Deity.
Perfect religious liberty i gu; •
anfeed in Japan, under the n
fution Os late, however, at: 1 * spe
idally since the beginning of Mie
war. there has been manifest .- red
tendency to put the ancient t M'n
al filth of Shintoism Into t
position It hns been der’are 1 that
Shintoism is not a religion t
cult of patriotism, to i-e nro- ■*«•!
* • i Ii p ’ "| i • •
•cal faith ni;tv tn Shinto f<-
vab nnd Shinto shrines ir>- to ».•
rei ojstii/.ed as ti r.atinna and f v
Shinto ancestral tablets ar»* t > i>
honored as a »oken of filial dev «moti
f’hrHMans are a-s-:ird Mid M-i*
should In no w|«e Interfere wo!
Mu it loyalty to t'hrisManftv
While | hav e not iffb ens » ■
dero •• »o declare M,-f the pi r • (*•,
i» g. *;*-ral th-to t J pat' • * * t
many places it in umpte -I -i. ihb
Ih * * the id'i . il- are rrq - r .Mu'
p< ip:, to do honor to S.• o;
,j and *' -a*. fee* *o the ]n. So:*o .
Good Cooking Is One of the Prime Requisites
I
• *...#.• *
**
N (> V E M HER 1917.
? no One Human 1 aMmllr priest
. • h. it en jihm in the land, and
v’ , j..irish, in the country, en
’ ii. 7,i mi members t-om* of them
m . • iidaiits of tite VrerH*' Chris
who for lieu years of per*>* * il
lion maintained the Christian faithl.
iv. tiled me that ilia church is meet
iii wit it Uttpt eeodented difficult lea,
Ii ui'i' of Mte Opposition of local
-iflUd tls, and tlieir active « fforts to
i tabli-'li Shintoism Ills members,
mostly 'vimple minded country lolk,
are unable to perceive th* Hip' dl*
uiuiion that Japan* se oilicialdom
dr i\v le-tweeri tin- patriotic and re
l:iou recognition of Shinto
hnm I liey i anont understand
how for a Christian to make an of
fi fin efnre a **er» aln shrln** is
only filial and patriotic loyalty,
wlu re,-is when a Shinto neighbor
makes the ratne offering before the
-am** shrine it is an set of religious
worship
Tlo-re (s the giH\< -*t ■ urt of po
litlcal strategy in this effort to re
establish Shintoism under the cloak
of natinnallam. For all Japanese
are r> an and to believe that the ein
peror himself is a divinity, nnd the
descendant of the sun goddess, who
is the chief figure in the Shinto
pantheon No other ruler on earth
today, evopt the Halai l.ama of
Thibet, claims divinity as an attri
hu'e This i she essential factor in
the unium ness of tie- Japanese Im
(.1 |I house If IS *he pivot Upon
which turns the whole system of
ti.* J a pane-e loyalty and national*
r in whi * h iiave i<ecn the admiration
"f M,*> world Apparently it is tiie
eonv|<t|on of the men who shape
the cii s'inles of Jap.ui that if Shin
• oisin go* s. then the Imperial house
will h* threatened For the honor
of th* emperor, and for »he preser
ivlon of the unlijue nat ion a 11-m of
!.i fi. if iii'- ■*-• tiled neee-asry to
ut.ike the present drive toward tb**
: stori'Mi-n of Shintoism to Its
at.i *n» prim i< > riiat i- why M *
government is making irrants for
M:* repair and Upkeep of the Shinto
«) rm** . and !•* Inculcating the idea
Mint Shintoism I not incompatible
wi !t tli* worvhip of other faith*
An Eminent Layman's Arrest
Ft* cent 1' there • appeared before
1 * -'il board of* a Reformed
church in Japan a candidate for
. • iii ' . | H* admitted, under
• Met'-ntr. that he tmii retained
* *• family':* Idols nnd ancestral tub
«*».-., -nd Mi.il h»* w'i al-o a men
bet of the local shrin*- This, h* v
>p ip ; V.ad noth ng to d*» with b
I- ■ -enal faith ChrlsUanifv is i
::i,it<* r of personal eonvlctlo:
wh'erea Sh ntoion Ia j>,« ll of i i
tri-'ti ni and of family »!l* mm •
f in* r markab!** tiling i- tha’ thi-*
at of i-b is 1.-o'dly proses ♦ and v
p.-* -in who - < ,<• ' sons 1 d* ■ r>- 1 ■- '- *
h* nniit. tto mh* r•< of tiie Christian
churl ii
Last • i-tin: More wa- t not tdc
< . . ,it -i • for*h th* to v »n
, -’ ■ nf till
MHj. FLORENCE AUSTIN CHAbE
All Women
Interested in
Good
Cooking
Invited
of it was permitted to g* t into ti.**
press, a fact significant in if *.*l l An
eminent ! J r« shyt**ri.;n lavr.im it
Tokio, Hon I# iugaw.i. i»u • vrral
years a nii'intu r of piirlmiiK-nt, long
vice mayor of Tokio, and under t}■ •
oktitna cabinet si- < ial i ounseiloi to
the minister of Justice, w.i- at re*!
»*d *m the charge "f having Im
paired the dignity <>; th* Imperial
house, lie had written th '•*• IIVI -I
/.inc articles upon the political -nu
-' ii -h, <rlf lets ti -.1 i 1 1 li* 1 - ■ . v • > : .
"* lder stiilesm* n." who .ir< tln-pow
er behind th** thrum* in Japan As
an effort to slide Mo gr- in K * mill
fancy of dennxTacy in Japan thiv
arrest and secret trial would h** of
interest, hut that i- oof tiie phase
Os tiie matter with wln h this ar
ti'l*' (ii tl - Mr 'l av iiga was ron*
vie ted arid sentenced to a fine and
live months* imprisonment, and it
Is the feeling of »minenf Japanese
Chris Mann that Mu* whole proeecu
flop had Its animus in an anM-
Christian as v. • M a- antidemocratic
bins Ti e editor of Mi*- inagarine.
Mr. Kavinwai, al-*> a CluisUan, was
likew|s*« s«’nt*nri 1.
In th** larger vi*-w, the present
critical situation in Japan is re
llgious as well as political There
Is a sense in which Mie officials art*
right in assuming that tin- western
td*-als promote democracy. If not
socialism There have been --- .
eral instances of Christian * suffer
lug because thev were ippo-*»d
espouse socialism, which is Mi* h**t*<
noir of Japanese ofTlnaidnm on**
missionary received *.v mail a s; m
pie copy <-f S*»c .distic pai*er, and
was thereafter shadowed for month*
On this pr*?“*nt trp to Japan I met
an alert young Christian win vou
leaving tie* country, on account of
ids advanced political v lew h's
father having :« • n arrived '*>tne
\ears ugo a** n radical. H" him e*/
would be rather p 1:• 1o it to tell
'vh.r* his Christian convict
l<*a\ *• off an l his democratic prin
eiple begin.
Waging the Old War.
I his struggle now raging in J tp
nn. l.itwi-n ii!ier.iji*m and n.iiiiui
wiih t* ligion as a vi'al factor in r.
is us c*i;.t «■*'-, th** old, old war i>*'
tween pri-gr* ' itli! « (ill ver VR 1 Til
The plight of the tntlon is one to
•v- i yin; tM.y ' ''-.*• v. i-rid
Her* 1 i*» an • , nci n* order nf nmn
apeby which ’ inwrought with
e\er> fib* : o: M ■ country s life and
r* ligioji No other emperor wlio
be- -i’ on a tbrnu- w- - bin '’ -
memory of living man. t.ot > \**n M •
•7iif or Mi * kais* r. has h- •' n deft
i ■ i iy and -act • - a--"rutted w • f
tli* rational religious i.i*
Now thi.- '»r of government
*■ * • - do* - - I *••.<•• • *
t ’ ..v*■ <i • - • • i .»- in;- Not
In o-t- of u;i> off* nd'tig or .- hof ♦
■ nnuiiit on t);i pai> <»t J:ip,-n* --
imp* rial lion •*. hut b*-i nn-r ih<*
trend of 'lie t :v,e* i • rr* -isib!y t<
w i*d r*-p: * - * t»t 111 *. * i;o\ *-n m*'ni. Mi*'
old order i- !* m 1 in pas- in
"Hotel Taller Roof Garden
ENTIRE COURSE FREE TO ALL
Sessions Open Monday November 5 at 2 R M.
Watch for Further Announcements
of iiitic ient Pood Conservation
To Encourage and Stimulate Interest and Pro
ficiency in This Essential of Our Modern Life
FLORENCE AUSTIN CHASE
FAMOUS FOOD AUTHORITY OF CHICAGO
Has Been Secured by the Times for the Third Time to
Lecture on Kitchen Science and Food Conservation
DETROIT TIMES
Japan Within ih** nation are ten
of thousands of ear* r slud**nts of
th* world tendencies. No other mi
Mon follows the march of modern
thought, /or the expression of th*>
win r.' *,j.i■ iio, nf :x idly as do the
educated Jap.»ne~e. There is/a real
passion til d'-riiM racy ' abroad in
th< land in will i-\plain many
••bang tn the government‘s for
**i, npil i > but this i* not the place
to Hlu.-lifv 1: it point. Representa
tives nf M.e nbj * -'.ibilshment nota
hiv tli*- "g*iii'u. nr ’'Klder States*
im n" who, in their d..\ w**re tin*
i* al progr* -.-! - -of Japan li»v**
- • t: ii f:- i,ii• I! nr a- un f tb*ft
new lend* ricle- Naturally, they ate
using the religious vehicle for ac
conipliHh.iu’ Modr puip"N«* There
lore it j- . 1 1>i• n1 \ (bulg'd that some,
if n**t ail of them, ire actively op
posed to Christianity, the rpiigion
that has ti* gotten democracy
When Christian* Go To War.
Much has been wrl''cn n Amen
can pMpel - about the effect upon
"Mie heathen" of th** -pcctacle of
great Clin-bian nations at war
Careful inquiry in Japan develops
tiie furl that in the early stages of
the war there was mote than a little
discus ion of thi-, but Japan's own
thinkert pointed out Mi** superficial
character of tiie criticism, and tiow
nutbin-g is heard of it. Peace ideals
have no* be* n so predominant in
Japanese history that any violation
of them is considered irreligious.
The real reason for tb * - religious
inaction which -ill Mie mi-sionari -
and other (hi -tian leaders wiM.
whom I talk<d ye*-,n to sh* in Japan
is primarily political Sortie call it
not so much a reaction a.- a depre*
ion In addition to the polM - ul con
Iderttions, and the .feviing till th®
highest authorities are at least not
i lithusiast jc over • 'hr > t ianit y, th*
(‘i onnniic conditions m utate against
a revival of any uinu *>! . e|.g’..,u
'l’lie people of th- * *rl *■ • gifting
rich, and the countrv full ar** undet
the lianov of 1 ~li j*r i* * . i’.oth of
then* conditions t* nd to material
engrossment
A- tot he war, M,. *, *,:. a a
whole, hav not bad il l>: iglit hotn*
to them Th* re an- and uie M ' prob
lems, of a mi; ;al, rnonil. and polifi
il nat er**, yy im ' ii" * r*-it tb* t.
more Should Japan *n'i-r th
struggle upon a t il>* that wou'd
• all for the ..orifice of many men.
th" case might he difr* rent
Christ ans and Moral Problems
The gist of m veral * ■ -nf*-r*-n*
that 1 held yy nh grot-ps of Am**ri
• an and J "ian* ** Cln l-Man N ader
whs well • xpri -'l • v on** n at:.
vbo -a i "All t * i- M - - licit' ’
- it. it ■ i!* a t that 11 •• b it' no and
o' Japan is for more Christians '
Th* tab :"n;m • Aiianon o a* one.
ii ’- diffi' 'il? and ru* r*- * • iplev and
ttioi. Ml •M* ’ aa’l il r- b* *. fl f<-r i
lottg tiia-- If the id* -I- of th*'
v* t are to di minute Japan, tin <
in* n reason; th* n then* must be
more Japan* . f ' Jit i-Mans of n vita!
i-i t to 1". • n the land A *•* rio i.-
nns’abe has h* • r t: i !«• m th* pa ■
> over **n); i.vsis a the in il*", (
lion's ci f<' hr. -•:an - •;.' ip the empt'e.
-nd !>v **". undet - Ir* - ng of ti edo
i* ii • •*• Kv.-ti Mo- t* • ir national
evarun-Ii Me campamti has been i
i r**dit* ■ * viiMi vr* it* i achievements j
11 an it* best friends deem cou H
int with careful discrimination
Summing uii the Japan** •
lion in a paragraph. ii.ma> 1"
that the war has affected i• • l
progress rather udyei v * >
« •*}• > yvnt- **, and 11 > '■ eu I
• l.annrls, Ktin• *1 to activity tv
‘preiui of and« mot t .r< > t en*! i,
u* ywttMj In the count!*) h>■ i
I little evident <• <’f it , m*.c :i ! ,ir
cunrcMi of any -wi Th -i
•pjH us th< life ol Japan :nt b*
mg stirred in th* ir <i*• p* v TV*
war hat* not drlv*n .th*- i * ;-'•* to
their altar* for the --.itisfj tlon »»t
:lie n* wly awakeri'- l ii* **d. v th'drl
-P'.ritK,
Fish Swallcwrd H n j
I>AWil l>F II! \. . 1. i ha»
truth Is stranger tli.ui fit tlon was
demonstrated a* Hoipe-*on the
other day when Hay Tilton, a young
farmer, receiv' and a !* tr**r from Ve>
oria saying a diamond ring, valued
at JLTih, had been found.in the t*f*»tn
ahof a fHh wbic had been < aught
in the Illinois river
In July Tilton was at Peoria, and
while rowing on the river the rine
1 Topped off hi- li ll l** r He never
expected to *ee it again, and was
much surprised to r* elve the let
ter
The writer sabl he caught the fish
and. while dtesvintr It, raw some
, t f
irh He also said he would be glad
to send th* ring to Hoopeston If Til
ton would send the reward offered
m a P*-oria newspaper. Tl •• o\ ner
' t ( heck sot $ i to '. • P* •: a
man.
Cirsr* Saves Her Life
HOUGHTON. Mich., No" 1 Th**
life of Mrs. Fr*-• rick I«androcho <>f
Hancock, was probably saved by ;t
corset stay. Her huaband, arraigned
court on a charge of non sup
port, a.- K**<i f**r prm *>ion to sp.-dc
*.> Id.- w if* This beinr grantc 1, h**
p illed a revolver and" fired twice,
ftp*- shot v.. n t wild, the other was
d' flo*.t* and by the corset stay. lle
fo. I.aialrorl-e could hie again fw
v as overpowered
_M) Pounds of l i'h
I'ot Kxer> Person
sin ft *!►«•<• l-i I
VV V IMMiTi *N I > <’ , ( let. -
1,. I C rI - ■•« produce
II all V I- • o ■ ft...- [ .1111.1- of
... I..Hi, in Li t n. !i.etlf!s|» in a
( i-.-n't it • "H Mn -U -i hita i
v.-iiilv oiitput of nloti* ?.»*'. di'ii iimi
, i;. -1 -f * ••■r.e.t, H.-.t in.:
I . . r\ . .1 r? dm rig
i- |-i' t -i *■ frsh w• gl.t l>.i
. . r i„ I ■ 1,1 " ■ vno ri
ii l» ’’-h. n. ( t« 2 rtnfl nnr. ftftft pmmd«
, Tl . totii 'll * ■ 111 <-f til.'
■ t, , . ~f I l,f 1 - led M;i!. .(
. i»I i. ini' t>t 111 *. n « annually.
11.. "I I*l ’r 1 |.| "Ut I. •( for
ill i; -T .■ ill tie- f •-1 «*UpPl> t'V
' • i He* - In * tilt * »-r* ■
Ind these thsl loi*.- ii *
•-'•.* to > it-He alt • r i o n,
- . • • !!•<•». ui< shark >. 1... * do. .
; -nut.is. f. Cl .-in, -l-.i'f*.
\ • a ki ;■ "I. I tire.a. lamj-fey
. .-Is ,ml menhaden.
I rn.'lne— th" iirat Unit —itm\
|* rtr ti»• T -.in tnti . <*.**'*
liions of T< ns of e Finest Food Can Be Gathered
From Ocean Bottom to Lower Hiffh Cost of Living
naiine ‘‘Fisherman” to Increase Man’s Food Suppl>
i ■ - - t ) • r t 'ff V
I*-.. - \ * ' W
faMESgs** “* — -- t t .J i
, 11Y t C. RODGERS,
(The Times' Food Expei-t.i
"Hat mot** *i command.*. Food
• Adniini-1 ra »r !i. .v. r
Tl'.ei* r<• < :ly follows -
>'atch Mini'*' * IF
Fishermen wt!i line jilus those
j profess.oral' wl.o - * .ri* ian never
I hope to keep up with the fish de*
* niand -t h» *.*. o- id t on. mo: • and
| moil from : • >*f, mut on, and pork
to tea food
J Food -tml* nts, v.-ho have watched
j the on Indlir : * ::;-?•!> of iea» anl
j 111f* 1 ■ rand;* m.d firms while
population figu.. iucreHi", bolleve
that the s< holds the ultiii. ite an
s v\
Mar*, of tlie f .iur*- may liave to
i row all ho. me,* in pond.- river.-,
j Ink**.* and ocean'
That w> Hid b iv. mdreds of mil
j lieu- of a > now ifding live stock
for the butcher . , <-n *.> eultivuTion
. ' , •ain. ; ml \. 'abb for human
i •.n ' mption.
Pur I ■ i'i r** ma a < • u ( tit raising
;;i-d 1 p la *nu f be
, eon,, uel. af, In r»r:iti - *h" world
lia* r<’ vt vet known. M * .n u ■ ■ is *. It
P-tl the ten** iflrVt*' 1 o' 11> the
t mind o' ai -and cluic by th**
■ carload ,e t, nj ot bv a man powet
-how I . nd <v* ry day must b* hsh
dav in sh- 1 w*.
S.ruon i • marine inv<utor.
. i p. h - .• answa r ft* the meat
: >,*.»' ..till 'lnt 1 ost SO t lie
' *u i*j*i*. o' s, f. I.id’
Ih. a . n !,* made to \ ield us
m ill. • < i ton ■< i nmi i diing food
w hi* ■. row w» • ' Lake sitys
• 1 . i,j | a•.. - . io do a t r*-
;m< nd< a *i \ a-. or u in kc ping
down the cost of living. i-'ish. .
j bivalor. mollu *. ar** tliere to be
had in abund.in, •• if we will go .c ir
I harvesting them in an efficient and j
up to da*e fashion.”
Just the other dav Lake launched
lat Hridgepoit. t'onn. two unusual
ft sel* desoigrvd to he pioneers 111
ihe greater fishing industry of the ;
future.
One resembles a large houseboat j
i vwtii ;i capuoity for hundreds of tons
if s. ,i food. The other Ia auhma
rine equipped with a light as bail
and a suction tube instead of hook.*
Ila Huiunarlue does the fishing, the
houseboat is the stockroom.
Lake -intends to employ the draw
ing power of electric lights to at
tract fish to Mr .submarine. Then
when they ate swarming about th<
bout he will bring into play the
pumping apparatus and draw th**
n h thru pipes. This will make It
a ttcable to harvest hundreds of
tons of li- h In a short while and to
trail port th* in alivt- to ports for
.list ributlon.
There ire v ast beds of oysters and
l ard dams absolutely untouched ou
'he mi bed They are beyond the
reach of ‘i.pgues and the ordinary
i dredge or dr. lr , outfits. The subinn
r ' fi-h.u could draw these tn by
• t< n It would revolut >niie tho
a l ,.ilon* le-lung industry of the F’a
Cifi. coast
V.ifuig beef chewers fish enters
will ' ike tfmr It will mean giving
everv person a fish education.
“\ gr«at saving will come,” «s
-. rts !>r H It Wjird. of th** T’nlted
:Sta?( ltureau of Fisheries, "when
I hoti-'ev I\e? reflllte the value of fish
urn now called ‘worthless.’ The
troubl i- that judginenta are color
d by flsheimors views that tho
o'i|\ g,.od eh r> tiro »• wt. 'ft are
good for sporting purposes tht'se
that ; it up u fight, (‘all carp
Sewan* e b t : and see how every one
will like it,"
Sin, ** the beginning of the war the
worbt'.s fishing industry has almost
doubl'd. Northern Europe is fish
ing more than ever, and * ating more
fl:,h. Lack if beef brought that
• r . : n ir. - *re
fish v ere cuught and eaten in the
I'nited States than in the same
months < f PHT It is estimated that
the worid this year will catcii and
cat. $1 .ui''rt.noo.OOO worth of sea food
a ag Inst I* ■ than half a billion in
19 Hi.
Fleet* of submarine fishers on all
«* as cusily could ob'ain enough sea
food to take the place of all beef,
mutton, pork, lamb aud veal now
produced
Man’s Irani can supply the neces
sar. mnehinery for getting th-e sen
food
I? remains for man's stomach to
g.-t hungry enough to demand tt.
Cut Off Own Finger. „
EAST ST LOUIS, 111., Nor, I.
An unldentir.ed man entered a cigar
store here the other day. and, re
marking that he had been drafted
into the National army, said ho
would try to evade service. He
then walked up to a tobacco cutter,
tl t i,-t th * Index finger of hi* right
hand into the machine and pulled
the lever. The finger was severed.
Better
Foods
Better
Homes
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