Hongkew, when a large number of native houses were either destroyed or gutted, two women suffered serious injur through jumping down from their windows.
Passed in his Checks."
We hear that the notorious eye-gouger, Chen Chin-san, who was sentenced about two years ago at the Mixed Court to imprisonment for life in the Municipal Gaol is dead, the cause of death it alleged being tuberculosis.
The Liangkiang Viceroyalty, It is reported in local mandarin circles that among the Censors who have been denouncing yy Chou Fu are several friends of Viceroy Tsen Ch'un-supposition made to put the latter in Nanking, which may possibly be the case, should Viceroy Chou Fu suc-cump to the constant attacks made against his goveroment and personal characte 1th July. 'The World's Chinese Students'
Federation.
Short as has been the time since the starting of the abovonamed Association—ton days—there apparently have not been wanting as is usual in such detractors who have told casting all manor of aspersions against the Federation, the most serious of which, perhaps, is the declaration that its aims are political, It is needless to say that these teaducers of the good name of the World's Chinese Students' Federation are reactionaries of the most pronounced type, whose narrowness of vision causes them to look at every popular institution with suspicion, the object of which is to spread much-needed enlightenment and knowledge throughout this groat Empire which is just beginning to appreciate intelligently the benefits of modern education. History shows us that ignorance has always been the basis of undeserved charges and the traducers of the Federation seem to be no exception to the general rule, since in making their charge that the aims Federation ate political these reactionaries apparently had not read what may be termed the "Platform," published in the local Press, which gave the raison détre for start. ing the Federation, which distinctly declare that "the aims of the Federa-
Gion shall be entirely non-political and strictly educational and social"—the italics are ours. Furthermore, looking at th published list of officials of the Fed tion we see among them names of Chris tian Chinese gentlemen of well-known standing who, we think, would scarcely serve ov its committees were the the Association in the least political.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.