Canton, Oct. 3.
The failure of Provisional Civil Governor Chan Chih-yn and Commissioner of Finance Chung Hsian-nan of Kuangtung to fulfil their promise to pay a part of the ay-years of the last five months before October 1 has precipitated a strike of the teachers of the higher institutions in Canton. Nearly 200; professors and officers of seven institutions are involved in, the strike. The teachers, in their formal statement protesting against the nonpayment of their salary, state that only $1,000,000 has been set aside for public education, while $35,000,- 000 or more is going to military and other expenses.
In actual appropriation, however, less than $500,000 has been paid by the province for education.
The teachers are agitating for the setting aside of definite tax proceeds for educational purposes so that education will not be interfered with by an overdraft in other government.departments. Among the institutions involved are the Higher Normal School, the Canton Government Law School, the Canton Government Agricuitural College, the Canton Government Industrial School of the "A" Class, the Canton Government School for Girls, the First Middle School in Canton, the School of Oratory, and some others. The teachers-under the supervision of the Municipality all received a part of their arrears on September 30, and the children of the public schools in Canton are now attending their classes as usual.
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