Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-08
How China Will Use Re-
turned Indemnity.
viii Send Hundreds Of Stu
dents TO America.


Washing lOIl, jail I-1Hc 1ltSlucHt
has sent to Congress message which
throws considerable light on the mis-
sion Of Prince Tang Shao-Yi to this
country and shows how wisely the
Chinese purpose to use the $15,0h0,000
of the Boxer indemnity which has been
RENTED by the United States as an
"act of friendship" The Chinese gov
| eminent will devote the greater part of
this sum to the education OF Chinese
| students in American universities and
| technical schools, under arrangements
made ty Prince Tang, with the advice
and assistance of the Secretary of
State.
| The Presidents message conveyed to
the Senate a report from the Secretary
| Of State, in which he outlines the con-
| illusions reached by Prince Tang and
| himself for the execution of the scheme
of education proposed by his principal,
| Prince Ching.
| 1t will be recalled that by the joint
| resolution approved May %, 1908, the
| President was authorized to remit a
part of the Boxer indemnity, amount
ing to approximately $13,OOO00 Under
the plan of amortization the method of
remission releases China from the pay
ment of nearly 100000 in the current
year, and an increasing amount annu-
ally, as Il result of the accruing inter-
est, until the final remission, in 1910,
will amount to nearly s1,300,000.
Prince Tang formally made known
the desire of his government to expend
the greater part of this steadily in
~ cacintr hn a6, ,,f
young Chinese in American institution.
of learning, and it has been decided
that one hundred students shall he
sent to the United States each year for
four years. and that after the fourth
year not less that fifty students shall
be sent each year. OF this number SO
per cent. will be required to devote
themselves to some special study, as,
for instance, the industrial arts, agri-
culture. mechanical, railway and min
Jig engineering. physics, chemistry,
architecture and banking. The remain
ing 20 percent are to study the sci
ence Of government.
To carry out this programme it has
been determined TO establish a special
training school or schools in China. Ii
several schools are established they
will be at Ticn- Tsin, Hankow and Can
ton. Such school or schools will be un-
Ger the direction of the Board of For
e.gn Affairs, as will also the "superin-
tendent of Students" who will be in
| this country and must be a graduate
IF an American university. This super
| iHtendcnt, IN cooperation with the le-
cation or embassy in Washington. will
| %t >rJ
which the students are 70 be educated,
arrange Tor their tuition, select homes
for them and control their finances. 1t
is proposed to appoint several assis-
tants to the superintendent, bu, prob
ably not more than five.
The selection of the students for the
| Chimes" training school will be made
by the Board of Foreign Affairs, which
| Will give due consideration to the char
| actcr, intelligence. health and rcspec-
| table position Of the applicants. Sue
ecssful applicants will he required tc
SPEND u year in preparation Tor tiie.r
| American course. except that the first
hundred students to come to this coun-
| try viii not spend more than SIX
months in preparation. When the stu
| dents. arrive in this country they arc t.
be subjected to a thorough physical ex-
animation by an American physician.
| Of course. it is appreciated that this
| broad scheme Of education was con
| ceived and promoted by Prince Ching
| and that it is as his spokesman that
| Prince Tang has submitted it to this
| government. so there is some count az
to whether it will be carried out under
| the new regime in China although,
hope is expressed at the Department OF
State that there will be no Interior
| ence with it.