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istic side of life. It is the opinion of many Chinese who have made some study of the subject, that there should be a graduated system of schools reaching up from the vernacular school to the Chinese middle school, and on to an enlarged and improved depart- ment or school of Chinese studies in the University. In such a system great stress should be laid on the ethics of Confucianism which is, in China, probably the best antidote to the pernicious doctrines of Bolshevism, and is certainly the most powerful con- servative force, and the greatest influence for good. At present the only Chinese middle school is the Confucian Middle School established two years ago by Mr. Fung Ping-shan, Mr. Li Yik-mui, and others; and its object, like that of all the most famous English Public Schools, is not so much to impart miscel- laneous information, as to train the character of the scholars and thus fit them for social life and leadership. About eight months ago I suggested to the Director of Education and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and, in May last, to His Excellency the Governor, that either the Belilios Public School (when and if vacated for larger premises) or the present Saiyingpun School should be set aside for the purpose of a central Chinese school by the Govern- ment; and I am glad to see that provision has been made in the Estimates for 1926 for the establishment of such a school at Saiyingpun. This action of the Government has given great satisfaction to those who have taken an interest in local educa- tion, for they believe that money spent on the development of the conservative ideas of the Chinese race in the minds of the young will be money well spent, and also constitutes social insurance of the best kind. Finally, I suggest that careful instruc- tion in Confucianism and its application to the problems of modern civic conditions should be given in all the schools where there are Chinese students.
Better Control of Newspapers.
91. There is no doubt that our press laws are inadequate in these days of Bolshevist influence and machination in our midst, and with a view to securing the better control of newspapers I addressed the Government on the subject in a separate letter dated the 9th October, 1925.
Chinese Propaganda in England.
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92. Recommendation: Immediately after the outbreak of the trouble in Shanghai, the Chinese established in London an organisation called the Chinese Information Bureau," directed by returned students of ability and experience, for the purpose of supplying the English Press with such information as was calcu- lated to present their case in a favourable light. Curiously enough, the British residents in China had no such organisation in their own country. As a result of our unpreparedness, and the forethought of the Chinese, English public opinion for some weeks was at best indifferent, and at worst unfavourable to their own countrymen in China and Hongkong. The impression was almost universal that the whole trouble was fundamentally indus trial, and the strike in Shanghai and Hongkong represented but a just revolt of workers against conditions long since abolished
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