12 DECEMBER 1941, page 6

The Foundation Of Modern Japan

By A. WILSON T HE Japanese were fortunate in coming into serious contact with China of the T'ang dynasty, when, in the opinion of many, Chinese civilisation was at its richest......

Rhe War Surveyed

JAPAN STRIKES By STRATEG ICUS T HE news that Japan had attacked. Pearl Harbour, the impor- tant naval station of the United States in Hawaii, took the world by surprise; but......