'A fow days ago some students, who were dressed in uniforms conforming somewhat to the foreign style, entered a crowded restaurant in search of refreshments. Among those present was an old schoolmaster, of decided conservative sympathies. When he saw the students he suddenly raised his voice agains; the innovations ho has been compelled to witness on all sides, referred to the students sittii witness of the truth of hi "Alas, alas, China is defunct and her people are becoming the slaves of foreigners," the oracle cried. Although the students were taken aback they did not resent the intrusion, but quietly informed the old man that they wore the clothes for convenience, that they read foreign books for the sake of the liable knowledge, thi day in order ady; nothing of these things however was allowed to interfere with the reverence they felt for Confucius and for his doctrines. The people took sides and there arose a groat clamour, which for a time threatened serious results. The youths however wisely withdraw and so the boiling cooled down.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.