Painlevé, former French Premier, whose visit to Shanghai it seems only yesterday that we were reporting, is back in France, and the French wireless service wotes from the "Excelsior" the allowing very interesting results of his mission (1)—The inclusion in the Chinese Budget of a grant of Frs, 100,000 for Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises in Par (2).—The creation in some great centre" probably Peking, of a French University with an annual grant of Frs, {500,000 from the Chinese Government. provided the French Government votes equal amount; (3).—The reproduction of the immense collection of Chinese classical literature, which comprises more than 250,000 volumes, and (4).—The Chinese University organi zation at Lyons will be developed, thanks to an annual grant of Frs. 150,000 from South China.
The far-sighted policy which inspired M. Painlevé's journey, has made these results possible and has encouraged hundreds of Chinese students to go to France since the war, deserves every compliment and no one will grudge France any returns that may come from her wise liberality. But example should stimulate other nations on the same lines; and, apropos, what of the British share of the Boxer indemnity? From time to time it has been urged that this money should be employed for educational purposes in China. The fact that it originally represented much less than the claims which might justly have been is of small importance compared with the great service might do on _the lines indicated. There is no Briton in China who does not wish to see it thus em-' ployed.
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