News received from sian reports that there had been of late a strony and determined contest for suprenvacy between the Grand Council at Hsian and the Council of Regency at Peking, as to which shall control the Government of the 1 empire, Proximity to thy Empress Dowager has however gained the day and by her comand yun cil of Regency shall in the future report to the Grand Council all res for approval before they can be force, OF course the Trio of Lien-ying, Lu Ch'uan-lin, and n) are now' jubilant over thole success, STUDENTS FOR THE UNITED STARRS, connect with & movement emaing from Prince Ching to send students special abilities and talents to continue their studies abroad, ILE. Sheng sent by last United States Mail steamship to San Francisco six students under the charge of Mr. Ch'én Ching-tino, formerly Professor of Mathematies at the Tientsin University, These six students will enter the University of California for spe special courses, namely, Law ne student), Mining Engineering rident), Chemistry (one student)
vil Engineering (three students), sor Chien himself intends to take a further course of Appliel Mathematics Cuifurnin, This will be the beginning of sending other s: udents to Europe for the same purpose.
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