The students of Yunnan have just been taught a much needed lesson that they must not inter-fore with the administrative affairs of the province A few days ago the aunt of Gen, Tang wap buried amid great pomp and ordered to send two delegates. wsplay, and every school w
Most of the schools complied but the students of the Normal school objected and refused either to appoint delegates or attend.the funeral. The principal of the school ordered the expulsion of the refractory students when the whole school went on strike. As this coincided, however, with the summer vacation little harm was done and nothing very effective resulted. A committee of 10 students was formed to wait on the Commissioner of Education Mr. Tong Tse when a demand for the dismissal of the principal of the school was presented to him. He, however, ignored their demand and told them to drop the matter as it was not within their province to dictate as to who should be their teacher.
This rather tended to infuriate the school and it is reported they went off in a body intending 'o extract a promise from the Commissioner of Education that not only would the principal of the school be dismissed, but that he himself should resign, otherwise they would thrash the lot. They
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