Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
so SAY THOSE WHO KNOW
Better Glasses of People Are Feverish
for Education.
100000 TEACHERS ARE WANTED
Feet-Binding Forbidden and Is No
Longer the Custom-Opium
Dens Closed.

Special Cablesram to The Star.
LONDON, October 5.-"The awakening
of China has SO long been talked of that
now it is really taking place It Is in dan
ger Of being overlooked" said an authority
on Chinese affairs this week. within the
last three or four years what may be de-
scribed as a peaceful revolution has been
getting under way In China. Since the close
Of the war in the far east 1t has begun to
develop that a new China will face the
world in the next fifteen or twenty years."
A Chinese gentleman Of western educa-
ton who is now visiting London told an
Express representative that one Of the most
remarkable features Of China at present is
the birth Of a new national spirit, bringing
with It an Irresistible demand for modern
knowledge and the Strengthening Of the
position of China among the nations.
an edict against feet-binding, but that 10
by no means the first edict on that SUBJ
tect," he said. For the past 200 years
such edicts have been promulgated. What
others. is that the custom is breaking down.
Not long ago I was in China and found
that the young ladies Of my own family
have already given up binding the feet.
among the more enlightened people all over
the empire the feet Of young girls are no
longer being bound. 1t is becoming fash
ionable for women to have natural feet.
out Of fashion. That IL typical Of many
things in China now.
Use Of Opium Decreases.
''The taking of opium. for instance. 10
becoming very unpopular. It Is true that
in some provinces the anti-opium edict Is
still almost unknown. but that IL only be-
- tho ~ n q
aae government is determined to put an
end to the taking of opium. and thousands
of opium shops have been closed amid the
rejoicing Of the people. The system of
education il being revolutionized. New
schools are being opened and knowledge as
understood in Europe Is being taught, in
stead of the mere teaching of the o.- Chi
nese classics. Thousands Of students are
going to Japan and they will help to spread
the demand for modern education all over
China.
1.-THE Chinese newspapers are becoming
real organs of public opinion. They are far
better written than they were. and their
are rapidly growing. In Picking
there is a woman's newspaper, edited by
q woman, and cartoons are becoming popu-
lar. Soon We shall have newspaper car
toons ridiculing some of our leading men
at any rate I hope so.''
Views of Missionaries.
Few people, have so good an opportunity
of seeing what is really going on in China
as the missionaries who are at work among
the people. and the missionaries bear the
same testimony to the new spirit in China
THE Urgent Cry From China" is the title
of a striking article in the Church Mission
airy Review. the monthly organ of the
Church Missionary Society. in which the
Rev B. Baring-Gould says: "Assuredly no
prophetic vision is required to reveal the
wonderful results which must speedily fol-
low upon China's awakening. What west
Srn science and education have effected in