THE EMBLEM SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE AND REPRESENT THE 1914 WORLD CONGRESS WHICH WAS TO PLACE THE FINAL SEAL ON THE RESTORATION OF THE OLYMPICS BEGAN TO APPEAR ON VARIOUS PRELIMINARY DOCUMENTS: FIVE RINGS LINKED AT REGULAR INTERVALS, THEIR VARIOUS COLORS — BLUE, YELLOW, BLACK, GREEN AND RED — STANDING OUT AGAINST THE WHITE OF THE PAPER. THESE FIVE RINGS REPRESENT THE FIVE PARTS OF THE WORLD NOW WON OVER TO OLYMPISM, READY TO ACCEPT ITS FRUITFUL RIVALRIES. IN ADDITION, THE SIX COLORS COMBINED IN THIS WAY REPRODUCE THE COLORS OF EVERY COUNTRY WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THE BLUE AND YELLOW OF SWEDEN, THE BLUE AND WHITE OF GREECE, THE TRICOLOR FLAGS OF FRANCE, ENGLAND, THE UNITED STATES, GERMANY, BELGIUM, ITALY AND HUNGARY, AND THE YELLOW AND RED OF SPAIN ARE INCLUDED, AS ARE THE INNOVATIVE FLAGS OF BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA, AND THOSE OF ANCIENT JAPAN AND MODERN CHINA. THIS, TRULY, IS AN INTERNATIONAL EMBLEM. IT WAS MADE TO BE TURNED INTO A FLAG, AND THE LOOK OF THE FLAG WOULD BE PERFECT. IT IS A LIGHT, APPEALING FLAG, A DELIGHT TO SEE FLUTTERING IN THE WIND. ITS MEANING IS LARGELY SYMBOLIC. ITS SUCCESS IS ASSURED, TO THE POINT THAT AFTER THE CONGRESS IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE RAISED ON SOLEMN OLYMPIC OCCASIONS.