Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-16

/ have survived conditions that would
! hive killed OF the weak; IL has coal
/ ai't 'Fon AND copper enough ~ supply
! The whol> world for hundreds ut years
/ - LunIc. and it's farmers. by various
! scientific "HpcrimentS. have dcNclopcd
/ for practical purposes over $40 Niffcr-
I EFT kinds Of plant foods. Yet IL has
I eJ.tC0.0U0 children OF school age. moi
! ono ia foit. of whom ar. in school
| this Hcar--hccnusc the schools arc not
| there. lin 1913. the government, main
, taiucd SO. 400 schools. for which i, was
/ difficult tn obtain teachers and the
/ Christian missions supplied 100 or -"
( more. There were thirty mission col
/ icScS and nine universities, and gov
crnnent universities at Picking aud
! Shansi. The rckine Univcrsit. was
equipped out of the American inicm-
! My fund. ana IL IL thc Students 81
! this institution who receive tho Amcri-
can scholarships OF witch there ar"
! nifty every year. They arc Won b.
competitive examination.
students Also Include CHRIS.
BESIDES the students chosen from tho
government university AZ Pekipy and
sen; I" America by the indemnity fund.
/ each Of the eighteen provinces OF Chin.
also sends number of pupils every
year. For The first time, IN 1914 Chi
I ncac girls We're included in these ma
tionhl and state SchUlH rshps. and -
number Of these Young women arc now
STUDYING ia American academies "
WAS felt that they were not quite ready
for college work, 80 they wcT" sent 10
perpetrators schools hrs,. They in
! tend To specialize in domestic arts. with
view 10 teaching, and few aill
I study medicine
Before the European war, many Chi.
ncse pupils were Scut /" study IN ia
pan. hut since The recent japanese AK
erosion many have been recalled. The
feeling against japan in Chine s cN.
tremely bitter. The japanese note re
curing that ShanturG be not leased
20 third power: that Japan he sl
lowed TO build rai!ws! from Chechow
or i.unghow to join tho Tsnau-kiao.
chow hallway: that Japanese subject
lie given the right to omen mines IN
southern Manchuria. that tho consent
of Japsn must be obtained before an
other power - granted tho right to
I build "a railroad in Southern Manchuria
/ OF Eastern Mongolia: thst no islam
port az hsrhor az China be coded o.
, leased - an! third power; that ofi
rial Japanese advisers in political.
financial ana military affairs SHALL lie
employed by China: that tho police de-
partments OF Important places in China
shall bc jointly administered by Jap
.ncse ana Chinese; thS China shall
/ nurchase Il hAcd ratio of munitions OF
: war IRON! japan. ur pan shall cstab
liSh In china : joint! worked arsenal.
III Yhich Japanese experts srt to ".
employed. amd for which japanese mo
! terra! is I" he purchased which
aroused ihr Indignation Of the uorld
created riots aud angry Demonstration,
, IN China. japanese s:oros were closed
III some places; japanese goods wei.
i burned. and secret but none the les.
effective embargo WAS declared on
iopanese goods. Circulars were dis
! ;r,buted throughout III, business d,s.
: iiictn "f the cities bearing tho words.
'tountr!mcH. Gun Country u Eccom.
l"g Second korea-non't Buy Japan
CSC Goods
Resentment u sim tIi,r.
While thjs embargo has not betu
hep, M. tho rese,tmen, OF the CHM.
man has ID! no means died down. No
fsei- cluPer {" the United States Than
ever before. IN China tho va:iour
American university alumni sssocta
tons meet ana play American raEtimt
or Chimes" Instruments. cheer the
american aud Chinese haGs altnrnatsl!.
aud sing TO pear old Nassau" vith
heartfelt enthusiasm. Among ihcs"
Alumni ere men prominent in thin-se
official circles aud In The political de
veiopuent OF the nation. ono Minister
OF Foreign Affairs ai/ Minister az
. Commerce wc!r both returned tmeri-
can students, the vice-speater 90 the
Chinese Senate iS rrturInd student.
and in foreign countries ibr. TcU. min
iStrr to Berlin. is ou Nmcricau graf
lH'.. as arc also br. So minister To
London. and br. Wellington Koe. min
lister 10 Washington
Thus ~ the American indcmultS
srholsrshira has the United states
clcvtriy paved tho way TO closer rela
tons between tic two countries. Ja-
pan alone stands between thcm jeal
ousIN guarding her commercial oppor-
'unities aud carefully building M OH
stsci.s before the advance OF .Ameri
can statesmen. But II China ever docs
complete hcr national program ~ pre-
parcdncss and reaches = rositIou in
which she ,nay def: Japan. ,he United
states VIII umd"uhtedi. bs established
~ the "our, favoriie IN tn" m'"u-
;imo. go :'i'iucgc students are III this
coun;r. learning many valuable politi-
/ cal lessons wcil As electrical euG'i
ucc-iuc and min.ral"Er. while Nfr. and
Mis Wong in Washington Sc" tina
they do not waste their tinie TO far,
admits Nj. Wong. ne has had every
reason TO tcel proud Of his CnuntrEmen.
The! have never had TO he sent home
FOR anything worse than &iCtucss: the!
have Oh many occasions distinguished
thcns elves ia American athletics. and
one ~ ,heiu obtained 4 three years
SrbOla, shin Harvard.