Confucius, China's greatest Sago, before whose shrine official snerifices used to be offered twice in the year, will conse to be a spiritual being in the minds of millions of Chinese under the now rule of the Ministries of Education and Interior. Under these new rogue lations, which are reported to have deen approved by the State Council, Confucius will be regarded as tone of the great men in China only, and sacrifice to him should ive place to ordinary birthday. celebration. The gist of the new rales reads as follows:—1. That all sacrifice to the spirit of Confucius should be stopped and birthday celebration will held instend:
Chin Pang Hotel, Kuling, on Auge 20, 1029 "AN members of the Estate Connell were individually invited to attend the meeting, butt some mem shers were unable' to be present. Bessrt, Matson, Kemp and Craighill in addition to J. L, Duff were re-
"We are in receipt of your letter of the 2ist inst. -giving further particulars of the proposal of we Kiangsi Provincial Government which you before stated has been sanctioned by the Central Govern-meat and the the matter has our careful and sympathetic considera-
Iam, Yours faithfully, (Sgd.) C. 8. Wooo, Mayor of Kiukiang."
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