up here are passing through acrivis, All have had to send in raisons Petre, the Provincial Government having received orders to justify their existence to the Peking authorities in consequence of censonal attack. The Naval and Military Colleges had very little ado to justify their sition; they were reported to Peking as
found potent protectors—the Tientsin Uni-indispensable, The other schools Happily versity for example was warmly defended for the excellence of its work—and it is now very likely that the economic cyclone will pass over us without educational wreckage. From all I heat, schools in other provinces will not be so fortunate; the crusade against them is primarily due to reaction and not to economy.
GENERAL, The Peking Blectric Tramway is not attracting so much traffic as was expected, Foreigners find it no advantage to use it, if they have come down by cart or on horseback: they are worried about their luggage, and prefer to hold straight on for the extra mile and a fraction to Ma-chia pu.
Mr. Walton, the Radical -M. P. who sits for the Barnsley Division, hus been here studying the China question. He has already visited Newchwang and Peking sv far he has: avoided the usual pitfall of political visitors; he is not the guest of the Consuls, but puts up with the big hong people.' The result is that he is more acceeable and gets information through more numerous and more varied channels,
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