THE Government of China has acquired the conviction that in Japan certain means have attained certain ends. Because Japan has attained these ends, the Island Empire, but lately a small and feeble folk, is now a small and strong nation, accepted as an equal by the Great Western Powers. It is evident to the Government of China, that if this continental Empire follow the course which Japan has taken, it must become large and strong nation; a consummation de-vently to be wished, for China will then be able to renew successfully the attack on foreigners which aborted in 1900. The means by which Japan attained her present enviable position are the education of her people and the drilling of her soldiers on Western lines, The people of China then must be educated and the Chinese troops drilled on Western lines, and the desired result must follow, for the Chinese Government does not know enough to understand that the success of methods depends on the nature of the material on which they are em-poyed. But if the same education ines not produce the same result on Chinese that it has done on Japanesa, it is yet a goo: thing in itself; and all foreigners must heartily commend the anxiety shown by the Chiness
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