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Cesetract from Daily Delegrett 8 hina Propplement
FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
The dominating motive of China's foremost educators during the last few decades has been to build up a thor- oughly modern system of higher educa- tion adapted to Chinese needs and condi- tions; and to this end the assistance of the West has long been sought and re- ceived. To any one familiar with the difficulties encountered in establishing and maintaining pioneer schools in the closing years of the last century, the creation of a network of fine modern universities and research institutes on the present scale must indeed seem chenomenal
Among outstanding contributions to this progress made by Great Britain in recent years may be mentioned the return of the Boxer Indemnity Funds, announced in 1922 and formally con- By the cluded by agreement in 1931. terms of this agreement, the income de- rived from these funds is devoted to edu- cational and cultural purposes.
Such substantial aid not only contri- butes to the financing and equipment of laboratories and research institutions, to the building and upkeep of libraries and museums and the preservation of cultural antiquities. The funds have also made possible the granting of special scholarships and the sending of Chinese students to Great Britain annually
In this connection there are consider- able possibilities afforded by the Uni- versity of Hong Kong, and it is to be hoped that the Colonial Office will realise the importance of the University the of union between point a Universities of China and the Univer- sities of Great Britain.
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In the political and diplomatic field it is pleasant to be able to record that the relations between the two countries are now in a happier state than they have been for many years past.
A heritage of former days which it has been necessary to dispel has been the suspicion held by successive Chinese Governments of Imperialistic motives on the part of European Powers. It has always been the desire of the British Government that such suspicions should be removed, and a notable step forward was accomplished by the British memor- andum which was communicated by the Chargé d'Affaires in Peiping on Dec. 8, 1926, to the representatives of the Washington Treaty Powers.
This memorandum while referring to the political disturbances of the time, nevertheless called upon the other signa- tories of the Washington Treaties to abstain from interference in Chinese internal affairs and to accord the rising Nationalist movement the respect and sympathy which it merited.
Subsequently,
Great Britain em- phasised her good faith by a series of gestures of goodwill, which included the relinquishment of the British Colony of Wei-Hai-Wei, the abandonment of various Treaty Port privileges and the rendition of the Hankow Concession.
While Britain was pursuing this policy China was being moulded into a unified State under the Central Government.
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