Nanking Oct, 30, According to statistics compiled by the Chinese Students' Federa~ tion, 1,256 Chinese students are at present studying in 140 colleges and universities in America, Of these, 1,108 are men and 148 women.
The subjects of study chosen by these students include almost every branch of science and art. Among the most popular studies are educa tion, economies, business adminis tration, engineering and political science. It is interesting to note lat one student chose to specialize Latin, another in modern dramatics, and still another in the Slavonic languages. Five are studying military science, A comparative study of figures showing the number of Chines students in the United States since 1898 reveals that, from six students that year, the figure rose steadily to 847 in 1914. Exact figures are not obtainable for the years of the in 1918 there wore students in America, apparently encouraged by the then favourable gold The ing from a severe toothache, Hows ever, he hoped that the gueste would help themselves.
In his address,' he said that since he left Tibet for China, nearly 10 ears had elapsed, during which he lad come into contact with various sorts of people, He felt that the policies of the Central Government well as the political theories of various leaders in the country were sound and that if the people could follow them, peace was sure to come to China. But why was China in such "a chaos to-day? Because the people were unable to distinguish between right and wrong, end good and evil. It was, therefore, necessary that religious influence should Be brought to bear jon them so that, their heart could be reformed. Religion should be enlisted in the task of regenerate ug China, He said the State might be likened to a motorcar. The car could not be expected to run very fast, if it mechanism was defective the road on which the car ran, was not smooth. For the same reason, the state could not make any pro: tess, however perfect its political system might be, so long as the people were evil minded. His own role in this country might be com pared. to that of the road maker, He wished to reform the heart, of the people 80 a to make political progress possible.
In conclusion, he said China was to vast thatthe work of building a modern state was not the of one man but of all. Althou he was a religious tencher, objective was the same other people, namely, peace in the land.
'Mr. Lia Chia-chu, resident from Haikong, and secretary to the Panchan Lama, did the interpreta. tion "into" Chinese, According to Mr. Liu, the Panchan Lama under= fands Chinese, although he cannot Tibetan scholar write, Mr. Lia has' been ly 10 Years, the Tibetans and Sikanrese still hold the Panchan Lama. in rear reverence and that. nothing has given his own folk more satisfaction and delight than the news that ie is serving as secre tary and interpreter for the Tibes tan dignitary.—Reuter.
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