Scottish Mission School Deny, Students Such Privilege Front un Own Conmssroxoert Hsinking, Oct. 7.
The Department of Education has received serious complaints from the! Kirin Provincial Government regarding the Scottish Mission School in that city, it being alleged that the heads of his Mission have refused to permit Manchurian students attend-Ing the school to worship at the Confucius Temple in Kirin; this despite repeated requests of the local authorities. The Mission School authorities are alleged to have stated! that as Christians do not worship dols", the students attending the school cannot be permitted to wor ship at the Confucius Temple.
Furthermore they are stated to! have said that Christianity was troduced to Kirin more than 100] years ago and that they could not conform to the local police regula tions. "According to information in the government. offices, this school was founded in 1921 and its present principal is Mr. MacWhite, At present about 200 students are enrolled and in view of the good work being done in educating Manchurian students, the Kirin Provincial Government some time ago recognized it as a private school and granted it a subsidy of $900 per annum,
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