Third, then, the eminent desir ability of capturing Shensi both to preserve their safety in Kaneu, and to enable advance into Shansi, and Honan (vid the Tongkua gap) in due course, The influx of so many tens of thousands of hungry Honanese similar warriors into Kansu is naturally not looked on with favour by the people of the province, but they are too careful of their' own skins to say much. The rich too are thankful at the prospect of not being looted (for this we are told the First National Army never does) but feel pretty keenly the exactions heaped on them, and the fact that their friends ate mostly without office even in their own province. The-poor are kept from starvation in the country districts by the autumn crops of millet and potateer, and in the capital by the cheap flour sold by the "Hsingnen-shoe" the wealthy Confucianist, organization under the control of old Hanlin, Lin Shan-dang. Of this worthy I hope to write in detail some other time. in the Chinese educational world, i has also made itself known as a fitting institution for higher Iearning among, the educators in foreign countries. "Dr. Paul Monroe and Dr. John Dewey, leading authorities on education in'America, Lord Willingdon, now governor-general of, Canada, and a host of other distinguished foreigners are all well acquainted with the work of the University and often spoke highly of the institution, For more than two decades, amidst all the discouraging phenomena existing in this country, Dr. Chang Po-ling and his cverfaithful staff have worked quietly and indefatigably for the cause of education, overcoming such obstacles and difficulties as would have shaken the spirit of less determined and courageous men. "The salvation of China," says Dr. Chang, "lies in the suees of educating the young," and holding to this belief, he is always soliciting a helping hand from enlightened and far-sighted people.
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