[9] In one American school the boys are fined if heard speaking Chinese, and are not taught to read Chinese; in many there is no teaching of Chinese classics.
[10] There is an excellent handbook called An Official Guide to Eastern Asia, Vol. IV. published by the Imperial Japanese Government Railways in 1915, which is beautifully illustrated, and which gives all the necessary information for making such a trip. It is to be bought at Sifton Praed’s, St. James’s Street, and elsewhere, price 20s.
[11] Chapters II, VII and VIII have appeared by agreement with the publishers in Outward Bound.
[12] He was entertained in a large guest-house which we visited. The Governor has recently built it for such occasions.
[13] The first edition of What the People Ought to Know was 2,750,000, and was distributed gratis throughout the province. One section is headed “The Three Fears”—these being (i) God, (ii) the Law, (iii) Public Opinion.
[14] See [Chapter VII], the account of General Feng’s influence on town of Changteh.
[15] He intends to add a medical faculty to those already established in the Shansi university.
[16] C.M.S. = Church Missionary Society.
[17] Chinese students studying abroad frequently adopt English names for the sake of convenience. A student called Ng, for instance, experienced much difficulty till he did this.