Asked, by a representative of the "North China Daily News," what was (he present attitude of the American people toward the Chinese, Dr. Schurman said that he never knew of a time when so much interest in China had been taken by the American people. The attitude of the American people had always been one of friendship, but in the past they had suffered from lack of knowledge of Chinese affairs, and interest in China and the Chinese had been confined to a comparatively small circle. Today the people were better inform-about China, the Chinese people,
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