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Show CHINA IS CLAMORING FOR WESTERN LORE Methods of the "Foreign Devils" Win Approval in the Yellow Yel-low Empire. Special to Tho Tribune. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. "All China Chi-na is at present clamoring for "Western knowledge." , Such is tho tenor of all the reports received by tho State department from the yellow Empire. Everywhere in China Chi-na schools are springing up to teach tho people tho lore of tho foroigu devils, who, devils though they be, still havo disgustingly successful methods, as may bo perceived by auyono having the opportunity op-portunity to observe what Japan did to Itussia. In the singlo city of Coochow thero aro now more than thirty nativo schools advertising to leach niter the foreign model and equipped with foreign apparatus. appa-ratus. Yico-L'onsul Arnold of Pooenow writes that it is no uncommon sight to see a group of modern school desks on-circling on-circling tho baso of a dusty old Buddhist Bud-dhist imago in what was once a temple, whilo tho wallB nro hung with charts dealing with geology, botany, zoology, anatomy, etc., and with maps of China, Japan und so on. Thoro will also bo blackboards with chalk and erasers, and a globe and other ociulpment commonly to bo found in a scnool in tho United States. In the grounds nround the tem-plo tem-plo will likewise be seen horizontal bars, vaulting apparatus, dumb bells and other things common on a woll-equinped play ground, Tho Chinese, having yielded yield-ed tho point that the "Western methods aro better than their own, aro going tho "whole hog" in taking advantage of their new-found knowledge. Have Learned to Advertise. In Foochow posters moet tho eye everywhere advertising tho opening of another school, and scarcely a wook passes without tho announcement of a new ono. Thoy now have a normal school with 800 students, a military school with 250 students and a high Bchool with as many more, whilo the primary and intermediate schools nro everywhere. These advanced schools are oquippod with chemical, physical, botanical and zoolocricnl lahorRtorlns. and many of the other schools arc partially par-tially fitted out along tho same lines iS early all of the school supplies come from Japan, tho people of that country having sent men to study tho Chinese school question with a view to supplying them with whatever thoy might seem to need. The result has been that the Japs have worked up a largo business, ana they are sending cheap, but good and useful school equipment to China by tho ship load. This includes gymnasium gym-nasium supplies, military school supplies, sup-plies, scientific apparatus and even modern mod-ern musical instruments. The Japanoso arc making a commercial commer-cial harvest out of it and of course aro dmng ?ill they can to hasten tho modern the Unitod States could easily get a share of the business if the American comnnLn 8Ch,01 ms wonS "Sd competent people over there to studv tl,ati?n B0 ?ur "lamifncturcrs could make goods such as tho Japs have as-certained as-certained tho Chinees will1 buy. The J d ? big, the consuls sav. that it has hardly a limit, and .iust as soon as to realize that the cheapest is not h. less market for the higher ffrnrln nf American educational SpVaratS. |