The question of making education compulsory thoroughout the Empire has occupied the attention of many high officials in the Capital as well in the provinces, but no one has been so earnestly enthusiastic in the matter as HE, Chang Chih-tung, Grand Secretary. We now understand that at a meeting of the Ministers of the Educational Department in Peking last week, Grand Secretary Chang Chibtang announced his intention to memo-realize the Throne on the subject recommending an Edict which would put the law into operation.
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