To the Editor of the "NontH-CHina DaiLy News."
Sin,—Owing to delay in the delivery of mails caused by the congestion and interruption of@railway services, the N. C. Herald of November 15 with its interesting comment, both editorial and in eorespondence, on the national situation and especially General] Feng Vu-hsiang, was only received in Peking two days ago. If not too ate, T should like to advance a few Jeomments on facts in appreciation Jof General Feng as a man and a Christian, as seen from this side, which as far as I know have not been noticed by those at a distance.
(1) The perfect order maintained in the capital through all the chances and changes of the past few weeks. Thanks to the careful planning of Feng and those associated in the coup d'état of a month ago, and the excellent discipline of Feng's Model Army, notwithstanding the presence in near Peking of ill-disefplined Shensi troops and 1500 of Tsao Kun's bodyguard, there has been no loot-_ ing or trouble in Peking.
(2) The absence of fighting in jond wear Peking. As a friend of mine, who does' not approve of Feng's action, said to me the other Jdiy—"If Feng had done the right thing? and told Wu Pei-fu, when he was here on his way to the front, [that he would not rt him, there would have been a whale of a 2, "Byorything the schools should' be. brought into ertaining to
armorly with national and provine lei" regalatons, Sefore theyre BAT schools, opened by foreigners, mute come "under the, control of row right here in Peking and fighting all round a¥gut." Any who have lived through the disturbed times of the Revolution—the looting in Peking in February 1912, and the x attempted restoration in July 1917—know what this means and are linistey of Education. "AIL foreign schools. must fees, in neeordance with must Mot excess: Fate taboos tu the oise tatared school tholi not Be con: sidered on' an. equality with the rarduates of the national schools for Government: preferment.
Senoole not permed Government stall be closed ater eriaia limited Sine, of grateful to the pro tem Chinese} Government who managed so well) that none of the precautions, for which in ease of need the different Legations had made preparation, were required.
(3)_ The excellent record of General Feng's men for discipline and Htiue service as testified to by merchants and people in every place—from Hunan to Jehol—where they. have been stationed. If General Peng were not himself a true man jin the highest sense, he could not have moulded and maintained this 8, "Statents tin the Foreign schools ike" care to. observe Ritlvieg Goremonlen, Propet snd, Mathers, determined for th "breiiers should not wae. the schools or- other. "educational Agencies for, the propagation of 10. "Aifforaign schools and education:
agenciog shall, within a Axed ime, be taken over by the nation. ides me oral scone be" permitted t6 establish edacat-{onal agencies within the eountey /magnificent force, which he has now fused to stop a cruel and useless civil war.
(4) Finally, I venture' respect-_ fully to suggest that Sir John Jordan's use of the term—"an Old_
Testament type of Christian" was: an. appropriate and happy deseription of General Feng, though peraps, as Mr. R. Lo thinks, a little ess than just in some sense." The idea appears to connote an undevel-
These are the recommendation shade by the most responsible body of educators within the country and lof what he believes to be right-regerdlets of consequences. We must
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