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to industrial enterprises.
In his Memorandum Mr Arthur Henderson says
that if the proposed measures of 1926 (the Willingdon re-
commendations) had been carried out, differences of opinion
might have arisen between the Board of Trustees and the British authorities and "friction and ill-will" might have
been "engendered out of an act which aimed at promoting
friendly relations and a good understanding between the two
peoples." This seems to show an extraordinary misconception
of what the Willingdon proposals really were. The present
settlement seems to us more liable to create "friction and ill-
will and immeasurably less likely to promote "friendly relations
and a good understanding between the two peoples" than the
to
roposed ar
settlement which was proposed and accepted by His Majesty's
Government in 1926 and has now been cast aside.
Already there
is dissatisfaction in China over the terms of the agreement,
and that dissatisfaction is likely to increase as time goes on
and as the sorry results of the new policy are more clearly
discerned. The disappointment and even dismay in Chinese
educational circles increase with every announcement made by
the Board of Trustees (and many such announcements have already
had to be made) that it has no funds with which to carry out
any plan for the advancement of education or any of the cultur-
al projects for the promotion of which it is supposed to have
come into existence. The belief is growing that Great Britain
has thrown away a magnificent opportunity to do a great service
to China and also
a great service
to herself.
directly and indirectly
—
In view of the existing situation and the finan-
cial impotence of the Board of Trustees, it is hardly necessary
to say that the hopes entertained before our delegation left
England, that we might be able to persuade the Board to allocate
a small portion of its funds to the promotion of Chinese studies in AM the United Kingdom, could not at present be realised
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.