new set of rules for students turning from abroad. The'r diplomas are to be examined, their knowledge of Chinese literature tested and after that they are to be put through their paces in science." That the Government has some reason-to be suspicious of young men full of modern ideas may readily be granted, but on doubts whether all the mischief for which as class they have responsible deserves the fate that the new regulations indicate. Some of these young men, after all, take their sojourn in foreign Lauds iously and return to Chin uinely anxious to be of public service. It seems a little hard thet having successfully defeated various European and American boards of examiners they should be called upon to enter on a fresh eories of academic battles, especially if they are to be asked to cross the barbed wire entanglements of Chinese classics. It is quite impossible get first class honours at Uxford, Harvard, Paris or Bonn and satisfy some hoary-headed schoist in Peking too.
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