Evening star., 1921-11-19
INTEREST IN FOREIGN FLAGS
SHOWN HERE ARMISTICE DAY
GEOGRAPHIC Society Bulletin Describes
Formation of the Display and Other
Features of Significance.

the tri-color with the three historic
flags of France-the blue of the Chape
de Martin. the red of the orifiamIn'.
and the white of the Bourbons. The
third account Of the tri-colors orI4Il
is tl,at il is copied from the shield
of the Orleans family. as it appeared
after Philippe Esalit. knocked off thr
neur d.. lis. During the first ana
second empires. the tri-color becan"
the imperial standard. but in the cen
the eagle. while all three stripes wer-
richly powdered with the golden be-
of the Napoleon family.
itaIy's National EmbI~m.
VIXEN Napoleon made tne northern
provinces of italy into a kingdom in
1905. he gave it a flag of three colors-
green next to the flagstaff. white in
the middle and red at the fly end.
This flag disa ppcared when Napoleon
was pverthrown. but was revived
when Victor Emmanuel King of
Sd rdii'ia and representative of the
house Of Savoy. became king. TodaE
ltaIyS ensign consist of the SAVOY
central white vertical stripe Of Ma
poieon's green. white and red.
Two Flags Of Japan.
'.'TL- japanese ensign consists "f
rising sun. slightly 10 the left at
The center of Il white field with rays
radial ting u, all points of the compass
Both the sun and the rays are red.
and the device is generally know II
as the sunburst. Equally familiar
however is the Japanese merchant
fag. which is -hite. or rectangular
form with rayless red sun in 1h-
center. its diameter approXimaT ell
half the width Of the field.
Royal Standard OF Belgium.
THE royal standard of B-gium con-
sists Of three verticle bars-black.
yellow and red--with black next Ia
staff. The national arms are imposed
upon the middle or yellow bar. Th..
black. yellow and red Of the Belgian
flag are the colors of the Duchy "i
Bra bant. and were adopted in 1881.
when the monarchy was founded Be-
gums merchant flag most often
seen. is a duplicate of the royal stand.
ard. except that the coat-of-arms j.
omitted
Flag OF Chinese Republic.
''China's national flag. which is ais"
used in the merchant service. consists
Of fVe broad horizontal stripes. th-
uppermost red. the next yellow. The
next blue. the next white and th..
one at the bottom black These coicr@
stand respectively for China. Manchri-
ria. Mongolia. Tibet and Turkestal.
National Flag Of Holland.
lands consists OF three horizontal
bars. red at the top. blue at the bot
tom and white between. 1t is national
nag, ensign and merchant fiag-all in
one. In the sixteenth century il was
orange. white and blue. the oranp-
being in honor of William the Silent
Prince of Orange. Both the victori..-
OF Van Tromp and De Reuter- w-i-..
gained under the present colors.
Portuguese Flag Symbolic.
The rolors Of the flag of Portugal
are green and red. the third of tn
field next the staff green and the two
thirds al the f.: end red. The arms
ol the country are centered on tn"
dividing line between the two coIor<
These arms consist of large silVer
shield upon which are five small blu.
ones arranged in the form of cross
each of them bearing five plates of
silver. Around the shield is a red
border upon which are placed seven
golden castles. Alfonso l defeated
five Morish princes in the historic
battle of Ouriaue and adopted the FIVE
small blue shields to commemorar-
his triumph. The five white spots on
the small shields represent the fiv.
wounds of Christ. i'm whose strength
Alfonso believed he had defeated the
infidels. The red border of the shield
was added by Alfonso Ill in 1852. after
his marriage to daughter of the
King Of CASTLE. The circle of gold
upon which the shield and its border
are imposed. together with the green
of the flag. which is that of the cross
and ribbon of the knights of ST.
Benedict of AviZ. commemorate tn.
fame of Prince Henry the Navigator"