More Students going Abr 'A Oh'angsha, capital of Hunan province, dispatch' states that the new Go-nor of that province, H. E. Lu Yuan-ting, has been showing himself eager i following the progressive footsteps of his predecessor in the gubernatorial chair E. Chao Erh-sdn. Strict injunctions have been issued to. the prefects and district magistrates of the province not to slacken in their endeavours in establishing and maintaining schools of modern Jearn-
Yng in their several cities, with the commands and wishes of the Empress Dowager, under in of being denounced to the Throne. The need of Hunanese who have studied the sciences, such as civil, mining and mechanical engineering, is also felt by the new Governor, and so as a preliminary step his Excellency is sending these young Hunanese, who have had_an elementary education in French, to Belgium for the purpose of taking up studies in civil and mining engineering. It is stated that ab least seven more are to follow the first batch of three by next spring. About thirly young men have already gone to Belgium to study the different branches of scientific learning, having been invited thereto by his Majesty King Leopold, and from latest accounts they ate well pleased with their stay there.
The Foochow Arsenal Dispute.
As will be remembered, a finsneial dispute between M. Doyére, the late Director of th> Foochow Arsenal, and the high authorities of that city, in which the claim for indemnity for a broken coa-tract amounted to quite " large sum, has been going on for avera year, and so serious had the dispute become that under Instructions from the French Minister at Peking, the Consul-General for France in Shanghai, had to go to Fuochow several times to investigate matters. A. letter from Foochow now states that there is every prospect of this unpleasant incident closing soon as the Chinese authorities in Foochow have consented to pay the sum of $235,000 as indemnity.
Hunan Troops on the Kuangsi Borders reported from Ch'angsha that since the beginning of last year when a large body of Kuangsi rebels crossed the borders into. Hunan province and made such havoc there, resulting in a portion of them also' getting into Szechuan, no less than 15,000 Hunanese tro s hws been sent town from Ch'angsha to patrol the Hunan-Kuangsi frontiers in order to prevent any further recurrence of similar raids from the southern province. Besides the troops on the borders some 8,000 are now scattered about in Kuwgsi province in detached bodies assisting tre territorial forces of Kuangsi in garrisoning the various cities there. In consequence of this Hunan itself is nearly depleted of troops and it is feared that trouble may come out of it when least expected.
Better Late than Never.
The Shanghai Taotai has had recently printed a number of pamphlets in which fre depicted in their appropriate colours the national as well as commercial flags of all nations for the use and information of the officers and troops stationed at Woosung,.'Tsungming,, and other places under his jutisdiotion.—_Lamentable ignorance was displayed on a recent occasion by the Chinese officers and soldiers at Woosung in the matter of foreign flags.
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