the Editor of the "Norra-Cama Datty News."
Sin,—Under the above caption, many an able pen has expatiated in your valuable columns. The discussion, however, seems to have been mainly centred on the advantages and disadvantages of sending students abroad for foreign education, while little attention is paid' to the practical aspects of the problem—by no means negligible factors—which we now propose to discuss.
Assuming, for instance, that our friendly Powers generously release ed the indemnity, as desired, the boon ig by no means ready for the immediate enjoyment of our knowledge-thirsting students. Any careless reader of the daily papers is surely vexed by the incessant squabble over-educational expenses, the strike of teachers in Chinese Government schools, arrears of salary, ete. Under such cireumstances, it is exceedingly doubtful that the Chinese government can and will, at a moment's notice and without any pressure from foreign nations, produce such an enormous sum to purchase Western education for her sons. The qualification shove italicized is significant, for the question will naturally arise to our readers—"Why not foreign supervision?" They reply is that such supervision is certainly not desirable—for ina. Through China's own fault and negligence, foreign control has been allowed to invade Chinese national railways and the tax system; any further concession can made only after the most careful, deliberation. But granting that it wera. desirable, it is yet open to question whether the Powers con-
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