The evening times., 1895-10-23
Commission VERY SLOW
Outrages May Be Forgotten Be-
fore Il Gets Down to Work.
LONG JOURNEY IN A CART
Chinese Reported to be Taking Spurt
on the Road to Progress in the Es-
tabiisiiment of Schools and In En-
cOura9in9 tue obstruction of E1-
tensive Nanufactorie~.

Toxic, Oct. i6..vi Vancouver. Oct. ga
| The commission that is inqniring into tn
| circumstances; OF the Szechuin outrage b
| certainly one of the most leisurely ATTAIN
| on record. In may the oulrages were com
mitted, and. Judging from their extensive
| character as well as from the exciternen
! caused by them among foreign communi
| ties IN the East. the natural expectation
was that speedy steps would be taken L
investigate the affair and to obtain redress
But 1t would now seem that the United
States commission cannot commence III
| labors before the early days or November
ut the soonest
Canaan i,arner. n naval attache or the
United State. legation. ho has been ap-
| pointed n member OF tie ocInmi sion " as
stiIl in Toxic on The third instant, and
" ould not ct out for some days
His instructions are To Proceed via Tlen
T. in, hich means an overland journey
OF fully 900 miles. A Chinese cart cannot
be expected to make more than thirty
mile. a day, SO the journey from Tien Ism
W i'll take about month. and the commi, sion
cannot reach the tcene OF operations De-
fore aboHt the 10th of November.
TIME TO COVER TRACKS.
Byt the time the commission commences
its inquiries six months will separate 1t
IrOIu tue CdI6 tt Tue w 10 ia
auired into, and inasmuch as during that
interval the ex-viceroy of Szechuin, who is
SO confidently accused Of having inspired
the riots, Will have had ample leisure to
cover up his tracks, and the new yiceroy
will have concluded an investigation and
probably inflicted punishment on his own
account, Ii is difficult to see what useful
role the foreign commission can hope to
play.
From the missionaries or native Chris
tians and their sympathixers only can
there be any rea sonable hope of obtaining
evidence calculated 10 fncriminate the
yic-roy or other local officials. and if su ch
evidence be openly collected and officially
employed the popularity or Christian
prouayandism in China will ccrtai0ly not
be increased
A progressive impulse is beginning to
make itself felt in China, and 1t rises. not
from any action of the central government.
but from the enlightened efforts of indi-
vidual officials.
The establishment of the Rentsin Uni
yersity has nspired the viceroy of Nanking
to make n similar effort in the cause of edu
cation.
He is starting a big school, with four for
eign and ten native teachers.
More than 100 applicants for admission
have been placed on the roll, and the sue
tain.
ENCOURAGING MANUFACTURERS.
Another project of the Nanking yiceroy
is to establislr q bureau for the encourage
Twelve and {, half million ia els are to be
devoted to establishing five cotton spinning
mills and five silk filatures. These ten
Establishments are to be 'farnIsti out
10 as many syndicates, the members of
which will have TO pass satisfac ctory ex-
animation as to ipecuniary resources and
other qualifications
To raise the 12,0O0,00O taels, the pro.
vinciai government Is to guarantee n for
eign loan of 10, ,Oe0, 900 as sinking fund,
nd the other 2. .O0O, ,000asa working apital
that will be- lent from the local Nankin
treasury. ist