Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1913 — Red is Most Flags. [ARTICLE]

Red is Most Flags.

TBere to only one flag In the eastern hemisphere that does not cqtfCaln red. That la the flag of GfSece. Other standards in the western hemisphere net containing red are those of Argentine Republic, Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Uruguay and Honduras, i In Great Britain there Is no red in the union jack nor lu the flags of the secretary of the navy, the admiral of the navy, the rear admiral, senior in rank, the rear admiral junior in rank. Red appears in the pennant of the rear admiral second in rank and the pennant of the revenue marine. The flags which are entirely of red, except the devices in some, are those of Egypt, Morocco, Austria-Hungary and Japan. That of Turkey is nearly'ah red. The flags of iorty-two other countries also contain most conspicuously thv color which is supposed to rep» resent war. As t 9 devices, the star is represented on 20 flags; the cross, including the double cross, on 12; the anchor on two, the eagle on four, the elephakt on one, Siam; the lion (not including the lion and the uincorn) on one, Persia; the dragon on one, China; the sun on while Burma la the only flag on earth which has the turkey. 7 The only all yellow flag is that which represents quarantine. After red, blue is the prevailing color In flags of nations.