The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01

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over the district In which Pelin 10 situated,
and whom. through the courtesy OF Min
lister Rookhill, I had an opportunity to
meet, informed me that he had established
three thousand schools within his juris-
diction within the past four years. The
Viceroy is the successor Of Ii Hung Chang
and is considered the most influential man
in the empire.
He is about 40 years old and impresses
one as a mar OF great mental vigor and
alertness. He seems to take a deep In
terest in the reforms now being worked
out and is cordial in his treatment OF Ameri-
ans ,
SCHOOLS o oIHLs ALSO.
Consul General Rodgers Of Shan ghai
happened to be in Nankin during our
visit there, and we paid our respects TO
Viceroy Chou Flu. This viceroy is quite
old and feeble, but he is graphing with
the new problems and Is a patron Of educa-
ton. He has established one thousand
schools during the last few years and es-
timated the number OF Chinese students
In Japan at this time at 5000.
At Shanghai there 10 q Government uni
versity, the buildings OF which cost 500 600.
We learned that In some places Buddhist
temples were being converted into schools;
that girls schools are already being pro-
vided for. This is even a greater evidepce
OF progress than the opening OF schools
for boys, because Of the inferior position
which woman has occupied in the Celestial
Empire.
Besides the Government schools there
are numerous missionary schools in which
instruction Is given to both boys and girls.
We visited some Of these schools at Pedn,
Marking and Shanghai and found the in
struotors encourag ed by the attendance and
the interest taken. A number Of Americans,
and a still larger number Of Japanese, arc
teaching in the Government schools.
cHINA's FUTURE,
Enough has been said to indicate the
regeneration through which the Flowery
Kingdom is passing. What will be the
effect Of the change upon the world? Who
is wise enough to peer into the future and
outline the record OF the next century?
Japan furnishes the nearest parallel.
Compare the Japan of Atty years ago with
the Japan Of to-day and some conception
can be formed Of China fifty years hence.
As Japan's m increased, SO is
China's commerce increasing; as Japan sent
statesmen abroad to investigate the methods
Of other Governments, so China is now send
n inquirers abroad; as Japan turned her at
tention to schools and colleges, 30 China is
learning the advantage Of universal educa-
ton; as Japanese students iourneyed into
distant lands in search of knowledge, so
Chinese students are in increasing numbers
studying in foreign colleges. Even in the
enlar cement and training Of her army China
is patterning after Japan and employing
Japanese drill masters.
+ 1t need not be thought strange that there
is an ~anti-foreign sentiment in China. Was
there not an anti-foi eign sentiment in Japan
forty years ago?
The Shimonoseki affair was not unlike the
Boxer trouble, except that it was less fatal
to life, but it exerted a large influence in the
overthrow Of the Shotgun and in the restora-
ton Of the Emperor. Just as in Japan the
old family gave way to the new and progress
took the place Of stagnation, so in China the
old must give way to the new.
Advance Is inevitable and the world need
not fear the result. II China were strong
enough to give effect to the hostility which
some OF her people now feel she might be a
menace to the peace Of the world, but she
cannot grow in strength faster than she
grows in knowledge, and as she grows in
knowledge she will learn, as other nations
have learned, that nations help rather than
injure each other by material, intellectual
an NOR. ] development OF their people.