cathedral, with native priest in charge at prosont A New Avoxo-Cuisess Scnoor, The Church Mission has just opened nese School for the children Prouness ix THe ALK, Progress certainly seems to be in the atr, and education is the official mot order, We have numerous scho-is for Western learning in and near the city. 'The fu school and the two hi hois inside the city, and " large private-owned school a short distance out, ut x place called East Lake. Also a' girls' school uponed by the gentry, besides numerous private schools for Wester Joarning. A few days ago there was a large meeting of thy officials schools governors and moste angurale a bureau of inspection of all schools for Westurn learning. O hundred guests sat down to t feast, The pupils in all bool have, ceasional combined drill in the grounds of monastery rented for the purpose. Many signs "f a desire for Western learning are also in ey' fitting sleeves ant lower germ: quite' commo, and are not. infrequently see well-to-do friends have inde enquiries as 10 opportunities for learning lish, Amongst foreigners thers seers to be x considerable fooling of uneasinoas and uncertainty as t" whether trouble maj not be in store in the ne future; but as far as my cwn_ person experience goes I tind tie Chinese very friendly and well-disposed,—ore than I have ever known them hitherto. But it would be surprising indeed if] ti ti should not exist, in reality, a very considerable amount of bitterness amonget the scholarly class, at secing their Confucian 1 ning and all thei hoary wisdom rel gated to the back shelf, The Chinese are past-rusters in the art of concealing their feelings, and certainly manage to hide their ion very cleverly.
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