Swatow, Aug. 26 One of the most notorious cases of "anti-British" activity that marked the bad times of 1925-6 was the wresting from. the English Presbyterian Mission here of the Anglo-Chinese College, which that Mission had organized and carried on for twenty years in accordance with a trust formed by the founder, a wealthy Chinese gentleman, The College property was for a time occupied by the coterie of patriotic youth who made themselves heirs to it; and when they had fully demonstrated their incapacity to carry on a school, the municipality stepped in, took' over the property, and made it a municipal middle' school.
For years officialdom turned a dear ear to all protests against this unjust seizure of Mission property, and refused to admit that the Mission had any wrong to be righted. It is a happy sign of the improved relations now existing between Britain and China that satisfactory settlement of this long outstanding case has now been reached, after somewhat pro: tracted negotiations here and at Canton. By the terms of settlement the original College property is allotted to the municipality, to be used by them for educational purposes; but the latest erected of the College buildings, a large three-storey block of classrooms, which stands outside the original property, is allotted to the Vu Huai middle school, which was organized some years ago by the church, with the ce-operation of the sion, while the sum.of $30,000 is given by the municipality to the Mis-ion to be used by them for educational purposes. It is understood that the Mission regards this as a satisfactory settlement, The Vu Huai" school was established to fil the gap created, as far as the church was concerned, by the loss of the College: it has won for itself a very high reputation, and made itself the heir of many of the traditions of the College: ts location adjoins that of the College, and the building allotted te it is conveniently situated within what are its natural boundaries.
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