Your editorial under the above head-i sue of the 26th ult., impress vone not only with its common also with its timeliness and native press will, doubtless t it gets into t hands profit by its advice in a that is "understanded" 3 them. No document deserves wider circulation at the present juncture of affairs. For the government to deliberately place such a large proportion of its most indus-trios and peace-loving subjects, including many Ist and 2nd degree scholars, in the same class with the disqualified fam les TAHA simply shows that yet another, withal the most serious form of blind-has cursed it. Dealing out disqualifications at th's time belongs to the same category of folly as the dealing out of weapons among the Boxers two years ago. It is a blow struck at the healthiest form of conservatism China has to show.
Christians need not apply.
A scholarly adherent of one of the three Protestant denominations represented in Foochow was offered a position as teacher the government school just opened, at a salary of $40 a month. On. learning that he is a Christian his application was caneclied. Later he was told he might teach if he would do so for nothing. The craze for things cheap is on, and has reached m: who desire a modern education. As a result we shall soon have a Chinese English that will take the palm from Japanese English as a curiosity. Meanwhile the Anglo-Chinese schools of Mown worth are steadily advancing in number as well as in quality of pupils.
Enterprise out of Season.
The Hsinghua magistrate ordered the canal sluices opened in order to deepen or extend the canal. The people were not only taxed for the work on the canal, but deprive of the Fttle sweet water that remained after the ong drought. The indignation almost reached the point of rebellion a few weeks ago and, as the rain delays, matters may yet become serious. T r that hie has a staunch friend in the old Viceroy who, to all accounts, is a defender of old-time official prerogatives and—per-
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.