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CHINESE STUDENTS IN AMERICA.

INTERESTING STATEMENT. BY H. E. WU TING FANG..

The following interesting article is contri- buted to "World's Chinese Studesta

20 the "Journal," July-August ummhor; by H. E. Wa

Ting-long, Chinese minister to the U. B. A Man of Chins," in his famous treatise "To Viceroy Chang Chih-tang, the Grand Old

CAR ÞONGKONG. DA LY PRESS, SATURDAY OCTOBER 3RD, 1908

Uime of your great Civil War, and you will be | Senior Society in which membership is limited surprised to hear that both shouldered their | to twelve men. In my experience of a good muskets and went to the front, one on the muy yours at the University I bare never Union and the other on the Confederate side, known a forsiga student of any nation to enter It appears that one lived in Ohio and the other | so natively and no effectively into the under- in Tonnenses and naturally'they sympathised graduste life of the University. This is bigh with their friends and neighbors. The majority praise but in it not true ?- "“of the Chinéão atudents then residing in this and were supported by their Christian friends, performing yeoman service for the churches to which they belonged on their return to Chips.

After the disbandment of the Educational

That between the latter part of the seventies and Mission few private studente continued to travel onstward to this land, but it may be said

NEW ERÅ FOR BRITISH TRADE.

FOREIGN FIRMS TO BETTLE IN INGLAND.

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The articles that are to be produced in England by foreign manufacturers whose banda have been forced by the new law include the following:-

German-Anilino dyes, pottery, plant for gas making, ziños, patent foods, electrical con- Trivanoes mercerized cotton, furnaces, and sanitary appliane88,

American. - Typewriters, rafety razors, phonograph records, shoes, islephone im plements, and wire oloths.

There would appear to be every prospect of the falliment of Sir Alfred Jones's pro- pheoy that the immediate result of the Act will be the investment of £25,000,000 for the

made abroad,

Leara," which was characterized by a leading the beginning of the twentieth osatary there lat, will prove a memorable day in the history manufacture in England of articles previous

London daily paper as "one of the most remark- able books, if not the most remarkable, eror written by Chinese for several couturies, deveted one entire chapter to the inject Travel abroad in pursuit of knowledge." He commen. ce the chapter in question by saying that travel abroad for one year is more profitable than study at home for fire year; he quotes from our sage Mencina on ths bonent of travel for the make of acquiring knowledge of men and things foreign;

cites historical instance Jie

of who became famous a reformera and builders of their country by fat proceeding abroad in quo of learning and declares farther as follows: Ito, Yamagata, Yamamoto, and others of Japan vi-ited foreign countries years ago and learned the methods by which to escape the coercion of Europe. Under their leadership more than one hundred Japanice students were sent to Germany, France, and

acessation in the outward stream of students From 1898 onward once more the young men of China were fired with an irresistible desire to travel in search of knowledge Japan, on account of ita prozimity, its similarity of written language and manners, and its economy expense, attracted thousands of scholars to her shoren, at one time there being as many es 17,000 studying in Tobic. But the opinion is gaining ground in China that to require, a Western education it is more advisable to send young men to the West. For after all it is not only book learning the we must acquire and intellectual achievements, your political araimalate, but also your material

and and accial institutions, your home life and all that goes to constitute your civilization. It zollege life, your customs and manners, in short, seems to me that this action eff rds more object sons that any other in the best be studied

To-day says the Daily Mail of September of Bajsh commercial activity and Industrial enterprise.

The Patenie and Designs Act (1907) comes into operation, and this is one of the most draatio, comprehensive, and far-reaching Acts ever inscribed on the statute-book: It is, moreover, definite step in the direction of Protectionist Tariff Reform-in reality measure proposed and carried by a Free Trade Government.

This fact Liberal statesmen sed publisista are loth to admit, but the following words used by establish beyond doubt that it does possean. u Mr. Lloyd George when introducing the Bill definitely Protectionist character

dustry is bound bend and foot by the working "At the present moment many a British in of our Patent Laws; many & British industry has been completely wiped out by privileges

Á Labour Tiaw of the effects of the new Patonta and Designs Aot is given by Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., secretary of the Nations Union of Gas Workere, in the Iron and Steel Trades Journal." He said: "I beero that in consequence of the Act a good many foreiga manufacturers will be obliged to build factorisa in this country, but I do not say that the build- ing of factories here is going to give employ mont, to a lot of our own people. On the contrary, I am inclined to the belief that every foreign firm which oreols a factory in this country will employ their own people, and not Englishmen. My own idea is that the Act, is not going to solve in any way whatever the which one would imagine is a Protectionist one, question of unemployment in Great Britain do is to intensify the competition in England be The only thing I can see the Act is likely to tween a

government, commerce,war, ste. after they badhore. Year wonderful system of public odnos All I propose is that this bend sball bo cut, an devoy to keep down prices. Ar advantage which ompleted thair course, they were reaslied and is worthy of the various attention of mý people. engage in the very severe struggle it is waging" the Aut will achieve will be the ravenue dorived

the.

men

Atream

to a

tion, from the kindergarten to the university, Again, what nation in the world is richer than yogra in the number and importance of modern inventions and mechanical appliances? What country has more facilities to minister to the comfort of man than this? From the com lead the world. In the constrution or admin rein and industrie! standpoint you again

istration of your huge establishments" what impresser us more than anything else is your order and system. In your social life too there are many points which we admirs and should adopt

employed by the Jupresso Government sa generals and ministers. When she Government Was oras chraged, they doral, pad into the "Heroes of the Orient,"

The treatise, from which I have just quoted, was published ten years ago, and of our youths, the flower of the nation in the past decade, hundreds and thousands kave procended in a continuous to foreign countries in the footsteps of

who have

birth given now Japan, England, Germany, France, Exma and Japan, but above all this country, have Witnered large inpour of our students into To me, therefore, it is extremely gratifying the colleges and universities. "Meikuo," our

that our young men are once more in favor of suphenion name for the United States of meking their alma maters in bbis land: For Americe, has special fascination for ear a time the ardor was dampened by the unreason- ernest and enthusiastic students who look to it able application of the Exclusion Laws, & as the Mohamiusdans look to Meces. The realt of which many of the brightest youths of foremost nation in many ways, and specially in Chins were turned away from these shores to educational advantages, Amerion attruota ourek their learning elsewhere But I am happy young men to her abores, inspiring them with to say that to-day the treatment of the exempt a yearning like the yearning of a wave for the classes, while act ideal by any means, in tolerable aftore stretched beautiful before it.

and our young men are willing to snerifios a little of their amour propre for the sake of learning..

The coming to this country of Chinese students dates back to 1844, as far as records zas to show. In the year 1829 there was born

From the latest statistic there are nearly five boy of humble bat.respectable parenta in village hundred young Chinese attending American Year Macao. Yung Wing was his name, and schools and collages. The majority are Govern- at the age of eleven he became the pupil ofment students but more and more private ones Hra Gutzlaff, s missionary lady in Chiss, arrive every year. Cornell, Yals and Harvard When sixteen years of age, owing to his are training sa many as thirty each, and remarkable intellectual powers, he was taken in Pennsylvania, Columble and other have out company with two other boys to Momchusetts two dozen ench. Scutered all over New England by the the Rer. R. Brown. Yang Wing

are some of the flowers of our youth. Quibe bsequently entered Yale University, where few remain in California on secount of its are though handicapped by his sxtreme poverty and of sacas and cheapness of living. To for inadequate preparation, he graduated from the

Academy at West Point.

that British industry shall be perfectly free to

On and after to-day any person may apply to the Comptroller for the revocation of patents rented in England but worked" wholly or mainly abroad, provided that those patenta lisve

last year 5,952 were granted, of which 1,252 are been in existence for four years or longer.

There are thousands of such patents, and only in the bands of Germans. For twenty-five years the patent Laws of England have inflicted a grant. injustice upon inventors and manufao.

turers.

They have enabled foreign competitors to set up valuable monopolies They have given ear rizal-Rormons advantages over English pro ducere, for while preventing the manufacture of all snob patented articles in this country they have enabled the foreigner to make the goods in bis own country, generally with the obespent class of labour, and these goods are exported to the United Kingdom free of duty.

An authority estimates that we have lost £600,000,000 by there melbode. But all this will be changed.

From various parts of Germany patent agents, surveyors, architeots, and property owners in Londen have this week received many Inquiries resposting building sites or vacant factories in the metropolis and the provincist centres,

•fróm tba taxation of all factories built in this

country by a foreigner by local authorities. Assuming that this Act had not been pissed, the half-me firms who are now sasking for site for factories in England would have been in a parition to negotiate their wares in this they have hitherto done. I fail to see that. country in precimly the self-some way in which from a ompetitive standpoint, the Act will make any material difference to Great Britain, There is nothing Protectionist about the Aot."

MR. DADABHAI NAÓROJI.

The Times of India of the 5th ult. seya:- To-day Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji celebrate his birth day and will enter bis eighty-fourth year. We are glad to learn that he is still in excel- lant health, sad for some time past has been receiving Fisitors in the afternoon. To the winter of his life there can be no political or party feeling concerning Mr. Dadabhai. We see him only as the self-as publicist, the man who has pursued his ideals with undevisting honesty and singleness of purpose, and who s hard hitter in public life, în private knew no animosition. We rejalce, sa everyone must rajoice, in the fact that he was spared to spend the closing years of his life in his native land, In particular, Mere. Leopold Farmer and surrounded by his kith and kin and his friends, Bone, the City deslers in factory properties, who and especially at the fact that these days in arms on the Continent, have been hasily engag-anyone had any reason to think he would enjoy. are in touch with many prospective migrant India have been passed in better health than

in campleting important negotiations. Fabriken, of Berlin, is looking for a tite on The Denische Waffen und Manitiens

of the famour Mauser ridea. Another German Brm is seeking fifty acres of land in the neigh build extensive works for the production of bourhood of Flint, North Waler, on which to mercerised etion. Eventually 1,000 hands will be employed.

Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji has received the following telegram from bis Excellenoy the Governor of Bombay

institution with high honors and where, a for young men bavə been admitted to the Military which to erect workshops for the manufacture your birthday. I hope you will be spared to

years later. be received the bonerary degree of Doctor of Laws, the very Erst Chinese to receive oh a degras. It was as an undergraduate at eive of college that be conceived the

grand ides organising a Chinese educational mission, the iga object whereof was to send young men to foreiga countries to be thoroughly educated, who would on their return, generats their great but backward motherland. Birtean Fear after bis graduation, during which ment, he was able to realiza bin

And what is the record made by our students? favorably with any similar group of any other Without boasting I may my that they compare nationality either in intellectuality or morality. In this connection, let me read to you what the Secretary of Yale University recently wrote to me:- The twenty fré Chines students at Yale are making an enviable reputation for themselves both for obar actor and sobolarship! The Frarest of the University of Pennsylvanis writing to me as " group of earnest, well-behaved and

"Congratulations and all good wishes on

darken the Indian sky, and thresten the kes the passing of some of the clouds which peaceful progress of the people."

Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji han sent the following raply:

Many sincere thanks for your Excellency's telegram of congratulations and all good wishes on my birth day. I thank your Excellency for hoping that I will be spared to see the passing of the alouds which now darken the Indian sky and threaten the peaceful progress of the better will be the case by timely necessary reforms restoring that faith in British Justice which I have always felt and which I pray India may always have good cause to cherish.”

be experienced every hops and dit boat bis Chinese students, speaks of thent Company, of Massacbaretta, U.S.A., are on the propio. I feel hopeful that a change for the

In 1871 by Imperial ediot, one and a half million taels were appropriated for the purpose of Bending one hundred and treaty students to this pastry for a period of 19 years, when the last detachment would have gradusted com college. The frat batch of thirty boys arrived in New England in 1872. Just to

ilustrate to you the unwillingness in those days of our people To send their sous abroad, even when all the expenses were borne by the Government and when appointment to lovernment positions ca their return was at the time a matter of assuration I remember hearing a servent in a friend's house make the folowing statement:

"When

I was a young flow he said; "an official came to my village and asked my parea's whether they would allow me to proceed to the United State of Americs to be ednested. My paren knew nathing of the United States, and indeed they had beard that whenever a Chinese went ther the natives would remove bis skin and graft the akin of some beast to his bloeding body, sfter which operation he would be inken all over the country and exhibited as a wild man, I was not allowed to go."

Of cour

The tobame inaugurated by Dr. Yuog Wing; though a very grand and eminently practical one, was not carried out to successful close simply bioause pur people en a whole, at that time, ware still steeped in conservation and because the men who guided the helm of the ship of wat were not able to presists thoroughly Western education. 1876 Dr. Yung Wing was appointed Associate Minister to the Unlied States, Peru and Spain, and. with his departure from New Haven to Washington.begin the decline and préïasture defanotion of Educational Mission, extrame conservatism, and a typical gentleman of the oli selulers succeeded bim in

charge

A men of

of

the Mission. The new Commissionera nolad With alarm the " Amoricanization" of the yourg. men ander his obarge. They wanted to play baseball, they resumed the swagger and indepen dent manners of college man, they made love to American young ladies, in short, they adopted and assimilated too muet of the Amerio spirit and too many American ways and manners to sait bis conservative ideas To the old scholar of Peking this transformation was rank treas o and bis apprehension be made somewhat

and exaggerated reports to his

at

in Peking with the result that all the students were ordared to return to China ence. Thus the wise and great experiment initiated by China's two great statesmen, Kao-fan and L

and the mission

Trong

abandoved so suspiciously and with so much éclat, came to an abrupt termination. Yet after all, the Mission rasnited

in great and lasting good to

to my country, for after many years of suffering, peresaution-and-

waiting, the worth of those young me been appreciated Nearly all "the"]` of ibat Mission who are bow living

prominent

members

and

are occupying important tions in' our body polife.

posi

Governur

of Mukden, the Vice-President and Janior Councillor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the late Amcointe Commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition, my predeo or Sir Liang the Customs Taotai. of Tientsin, and a number of others well known to the Westari. world wore once members of the ill-fated Mission.

Long before the 120 oame to America, atadente from China could be found in twòs and three scattered over the States. I know of two men who arrived in this country about the

Germans have opened new works at Brims- down, Enfield, and a number of local women bare just returned from a visit to the firm's head- quarters after being initiated in the duties they will have to perform. The Clinton Wire Cloth point of acquiring a large property in Cheshire

In north-east Landon the Buffalo (USA) Speciality Company have acquired a factory, while an American engineering firm is on the look-out for a site in the London district..

intelligent young men, very yal to Pennsylva- nis." But listen to what the Secretary of Columbia University wrote: "I bave the honor to inform you that at a recent meeting of the editorial board & Chinnas Windenta, MË. Altogether about thirty foreign manufac chief of the daily paper published by the students

K. Wellington Koo, wis elated Editor-in-turers, principally German and American, have commended, or are about to commence, opers. of Columbia University. Mr. Kos is one of our tions in this country to prevent the morifice of

He is a best known 'ned most useful sindents

their patents. In a short time several industries member of the Intercollegiate Debeating Team | quite new to England will be in working order and we recently elected bim to the University bero.

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