The use of literature as a strong, weapon Is a most most noticeable feature of such public gatherings. On this fective day many kinds were used; special use was made of the occasion to further the cause of rent reduetion—not extermination of the Lindlotd class, as was 40 comtion some time ago. The present movement secks to equalize the return from land cultivation by giving one half of the yield to the tenant and the other half to the landowner. How soon this dosirtable ideal can be attained rests ww future; meanwhile the ferment of new ideas is doing its work in every farmer's mind, 'As the "North-China Daily News" had just arrived T took, it with me to the public grounds.' Teachers from some of the schools were most: interested and desired to know the general attitude of the foreign press tu China and especially its opinion of the Nanking Government. On the whole, I told them, it was friend ix, und appreciative of every reform that carried with ft the real welfare of the masses,
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