Peking, Jan. 1.
(11) A lengthy Mandate urging upon the nation the great import ance of educating the people, It says that owing to the internal turmoil following upon the revolution and the inauguration of the Republic, the Government had not had time to devote much attention to this question. Now, the nation is comparatively at rest, the moral culture and the general eduestion of the people should be taken in hand at once, The aim should be to make education within the reach of all classes. With this object in view, the President suggests two foremost steps to be taken, namely, the training of as many schoolmasters possible and the compilation of suitable lesson books. He also considers it advisable to fix the period of primary or elementary education at four years as minimum time during which every child should attend school as in duty bound, although he has not much faith in the citizens' under.
ding of their duty in such airs,
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