It is stated that Li Hung-chang has strongly recommended the appointment of the new Governor of Shantung, Yi Hsien, to the superintendency of the works for the control of the Yellow River, 80. at present there is little chance that anything effective will be done, unless the Foreign Ministers urge the Tsungli Yamen to vote for the employment of Western methods. Millions of the Shantung people would be grateful to the Ministers if they would use their influence on the right side in this matter. It is a surprise to some of us that the Shanghai papers pay no attention to this important subject. Hns the "Bad Dog Scare" produced density of intellect, oF degeneration of the spinal marrow?"
A POSRR, Tam informed that, among the subjects set at the recent examination in Chinese studies at the Imperial University, there was one on the " Best Methods for Con-tolling the Yellow River!" A nice nut for the youthful savants to crack. It is, however, a slight indication that very practical subjects occupy some minds in Peking.
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