'The case of the two Japanese shop-assistants, who were arrested in Hankow a' short time ago for wounding three Chinese and causing a riot, is still sub-judice, It is reported that the three men who were wounded have died, On the other liliand, such damage was done by the crowd to the premises that the Japanese Consul has a claim to prt sent, for over $10,000 compensation, Students of Changsha, who have not forgotten their own little anti-Japanese fracas of June 1 Inst year, have sent a telegram from the "Hunan People's Foreign Relations Society" to the "Hupeh Foreign. Relations Society." In this telegram they urge their compatriots to agitate for due punishment of the offenders. The whole affair is put down as' an instance of Japanese imperial aggression. It is wonderfal how a mere street serap between two Japanese shop-assistants and three Chinese coolies can thus be magnified into an incident of in-G. ternational significance, The Local Athletic Craze, The idea of establishing a specialized School for Athletics in Wuchang has had to be abandoned, owing, it is said, to the im-Possibility of procuring teachers who will give their whole attention to physical culture. It is rather remarkable that this difficulty was not foreseen when the scheme was first mooted. It is now proposed to open a new Middle School in the buildings on the Public Sports Ground, in which athletics will be special feature in the-curriculum. This is a good. idea. The only Detter way that it is possible, would be to give more emphasis to athletics in the schools which already exist.
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