Sth December, Recommended by Prince Tsai Chen.
It is reporte' from Pekiny that Prince Tsai Chen. 4th Orver, Presitent of the Ministry of Commerce' (Shangpu) recently recommended to the Tur ne the following seven suggestions:—(1) That members of the Imperial Clan be appointed to posts in the various Tartar garrisons in the empire, so as ty properly fit them fo ice as commanders and leaders of in time of (2) That high of the 3rd and higher grades be sent to travel in Europe and the United States to study the political and economic conditions of the various countries they way visit and so widen their se po of jaw should be made compelling the knowledge and experience, @) Ths people of the Empire to serve as soldiers for a certain period of their lives. (A) That rifle and ammunition factories an gun foundries on a largo scale be ordered to be constructed without delay, in Szechuan, Shansi, and Shensi provinces. (9) That all public temples be taken pos-cession of by the authorities and every one of them be turned into schools of various' grades for the education of the children and youths of the places in which said temples happen to be located. (6) 'That a law be promulgated making attendance at, school compulsory for all children beginning from the age of ten years. (7) That' the police system of the Empire be recognised and that special technical schools and colleges for the study of law, ete., be established, to the graduates of which may be given the task to reform the country in order to meet existing conditions.
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