The daily reports of the activities of the conference make it clear that frank utterance is the rule. On the afternoon of the 15th the entire session was given up Vistening to statements regarding the several Boxer indemnities, Mr. Yao Chin-shen of Tientsin has been sent down from the capital special commissioner to inform the conference about the makeup of the committees dealing with the indemnities payable to various foreign nations. Mr. Li Pu-chiing of Wuchang, also on [central educational committee to plan; for wise use of Boxer funds, mado} very full statement about the action of the foreign countries in regard to indemnity return.
There has been frank criticism of Japan's policy in this connexion, tone delegate using the phrase that Japan was willing to "tui py huan," "to return without really giving. back." Appeals to the provincial: delegates were made by these two speakers, both during the session of the conference and at a reception held later in the day at the Governor's yamen, appeals to consider whether the true educational inter-_ ests of China were being really conserved by the several indemnity, fund commissions as now constituted. They insisted on strict imitation of the objects to which fands coals be applied, desiring that the phrase "cultural and educational objects only" should be the defining phrase in every contract, or agreement.
The outstanding event of the pro-sent woak is the assembling of the anonol meeting of the Fedaratian of Provincial Educational Associations. Delegates have been on the way, in some caves, for six weeks Take the case of Mr. Chi Chung-teo Testing Hal. He had to travel morn than 20 days to retch railkesd on the Peking Suiyuan tine, at come any other delegate. There are two sessions as full of energy
here from Java, one the editor of newspaper and one the head of an important Chinese school, These mop come to this gathering with great a sense of loyalty to their nother country far distant. parte of the British Evapir vised their imperial can The gathering this year, the.
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