246
Love of nature, Japanese, 27

Machinery, Asia's refusal to use, 183
Manchuria's fertility, 73-4
Manila, 154
Manufacturing, Japan, 31, 34-47
Marriage customs,
Japanese, 5-7, 139;
Korean, 63;
Chinese, 134;
Indian, 236-43
Missionary work, 59, 69;
Japan, 61;
Korea, 68;
Philippines, 164
Moral standards, 134, 136
Music, 5

Odd customs,
Japan, 3-6, 12;
Korean, 65
Okuma, Count, interviewed, 44-5; 266
Open door in Manchuria, The, 78-92
Opium, China's crusade against, 94-6; 108

Parcels post, 101
Peking, Glimpses of, 123-25
Perry's Expedition, 58
Persecution of Christians, 51-2, 125-6
Philippine government, 167-70
Philippine resources, 165-7
Philippine scenery, 155-6
"Pidgin English," 150-51
Politeness, Japanese, 12, 13
Postal savings banks, 169
Poverty of Oriental people, 175, 210, 252
Practical education, 99, 273
Punishments, Chinese, 145-6

Racial fertility, 7, 11, 270-71
Railways,
Manchurian, 83-6;
Chinese, 139-40
Rangoon, 190-91
Religions,
Shintoism, 49;
Buddhism, 49-50, 151, 122-3;
Confucianism, 130-31;
Hinduism, 198-208, 227
Roads, 74;
in Philippines, 171
Rubber speculation, 188

School term, Japan, 17-18
Size of farms,
Japan, 21;
China, 126
Slavery in China, 132
Social gradations, Japanese, 16
"Squeeze" system in China, 96, 112
Story, A Chinese, 146-7
Superstitions, 77, 128-9

Taj Mahal described, 244-5
Tariff--
Japanese, 30, 44-6;
Chinese, 112
Taxes in Japan, 30
Torren