Paris, Dec. 10.
The French Parliamentary Commerce Committee held an important! meeting in one of the offices of the Palais Bourbon, on Tuesday morning, M. Charles Chaumet, the former Minister, -presiding.
M. Paul Painlevé gave a very graphic account of his recent mission to China and_ expressed the hope that the University of Paris would organize an annexe of its Faculty of Science in China, in order to train Chinese technical experts and instruct them in Western science with a view to assisting in the development of the natural wealth of China. The speaker recommended the establish ment of Franco-Chinese enterprises which, he said, would enable France to achieve a leading place in the Far East, notwithstanding the competition of other foreign nations.—French Wireless.
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