A Survey of the General Outlook and a Symposium of Views from Various Provinces In response to an editorial in the interior have been good request, various correspondents enough to supply short reviews lof present conditions in China as seen by them. The intention has been to endeavour to obtain material for a comparison between conditions to-day and conditions, say, of two or three years ago.
The correspondents, of course, have confined {themselves to conditions with which they are familiar, They have endeavoured to present thi picture accurately as it is seen by them.
The resultant symposium gives a valuable picture ich it is hoped that readers will find of real interest.
(Continued from lest week.)
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