may have disturbed the minds of many of the peogective Chinese in this city, certainly they have affected the sale of the Diffusion Society literature and reduced the attendance at the Book Room but beyond this, the outward signs of retrogression are not great. Chavgsu is near Snough to Shanghai to respond in some measure to the influences at work there, it is not therefore simply a microcosm of purely Chinese thought and attitude. This may account for the fact that nearly a hundred students are to be found attending; the English classes held in various parts the city by English-speaking Chinese. Concerning the qualifications of some of these self-elected " professors" the less said the better. The English class formerly conducted bylMr. Pilley has been tran: to the care of an able and intelligent medical graduate of Soochow hospital now residing and prac-rising here. his voice heard things ought to move on bit in this country.
When the deputation retired a body of Customs officials waited upon him, after which he left on the same steamer for Hankow.
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