Speaking at the annual dinner at Cambridge last evening of the Chinese Students' Society, Mr. Chu Chao-hsin, the Chinese Charge (Affaires, said that unfortunately China had been going backward in science since the new civilization arose in the nineteenth century. Her old inventions, such as_ the compass and gunpowder, had been improved by modern science. The Chinese to-day had to learn new things from the Western countries. They were Westernizing China, but on Eastern lines. China had to carry out a great task of development and education, for which peace and tranquillity were essential. They! might not be able to realize their aim in a few brief years for it had taken centuries to build up the England of to-day. Therefore, Mr. Chu declared in conclusion, students should be tolerant and energetic, serve the Fatherland with their foreign education and help to make China as orderly and prosperous as England.—Reuter.
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