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| GENERAL JAPANESE SITUATION- | | ¥ @2 TF A a &£ 2 UY wee a leg lo it Ip tes JaP SOHOOLS REQUIRED TO TRACH U,8.0ONSTITUTION-Conta, | | Teaching ef the Nation's history in the public shocols and to develop | the spirit ef Americanian it also etrikes directly at the Japanese ne Nipponese propdanta an and sponsoring allegiance to the Mikade. Wood's ukase, however, demands strict observation of the dew by ell school efficials, both public and private, and makes 1+ plain ‘that inculoation of un-American theories of government in the younger | generation will not be tolerated by the State Department of Education. The erder ealle for study and @isoussion of American ideals during the first two years of high achool training. In the third year | at least six months must be given over to detailed study of gmerioan his- tory. The sonstitaution and the theory eof American democracy must be. | plaeed elearly in the mind of every student before his fourth and final year at high eoheol is emmpleted./. we fhe NEW WRRLD, a d ene vernacular paper, in eanmenting editorially en the gupreme Ocurt ruling ef teaching ef foreign languages | in public sbheels . After pointing eut the wakness of America in deal- ! | Pm dee with the ahfinese amaatio basa of ameriean ipnereanse o Ghie nese lemguage, gaye: | | "Rver sines the Boxer trouble dmorica has been greatly perplexed about Ghine, not knewing what sort of a country it is. It is fine thet she ie at lest eming te mow, but in erder to know China a | knowledge of Ohinese letters (ideogra he) ip indispensable. and 71169