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Show Eminent Chinese Educators Here On Secret Visit Leaders of Revolutionary Thought in Orient Investigate American Institutions , of. ' Learning and Industry. ''. ." By F rank Hunt " T HEAVILY guarded by local federal secret service officials and sheriff's deputies, four eminent Chinese educators, former cabinet ministers, spent three days in Salt Lake this week and were received and entertained by some of the state's most distinguished men. The utmost secrecy prevailed regarding their presence here, as no less a person than Robert Lansing, secretary of state, had written to the governor of Utah requesting that the visitors from the Orient be given every protection. The future of China is said to rest largely with these four men, who came to the United States to study our modern system of i... -tl.,., Th. V.-.H.I.. I---' Yuan-Lien. F. T. Bun. president of the College of Fisheries at Tientsin, and Pding Chang, president of Nankal college at Tientsin. Yen-lislu and his modern Ideas instilled Into the j m Inds of many of the young me n of i China brought about the last revo-1 Ulllon wh'ch caused the establishment ! of a republic In China, according to students of modern history. FEAR VIOLENCE. Here Is the explanation of the elaborate elab-orate precautions which- were taken to protect the visitors: China has long presented a. case of srrested Intel- I lectilal, social and spiritual develon-ment. develon-ment. and a large faction of .the f h'nese resent the Intrusion of modern mod-ern ideaa. . 8n strongly do they oppose modern civilisation in the empire that On' Tueaday the remaining members of the party were escorted by Kather A nee lone of the Catholic church. Dr. K. O. Oowana, atate superintendent of. nubile Instruction: Professor O. J. P. Wldtsoe and President liuy Wilson! of the L. U. R college. They were ehown m number of the educational institution nf lh cllv Ijl.r In the i day they paid a viait to Bingham canyon. They were entertained at dinner by their escorts that night. ' SPECIAL ORGAN RECITAL. , Wednesday morning they were ,drl:en about the city in automobiles by the same committee. They visited ; the University of Utah and the offices j of the Mormon church and were wel-1 corned by Counselors Anthon II. Lund and Charles W. Penrose. An organ recital waa also arranged for their benefit, at which Professor J. J. Mc- i recent viniiors arr rnrr-iuuj gttsrded at home against violence. Information of a threatening character charac-ter was received from time to time by the Chinese educators while in America, for even .here many of the Chinese hsve given evidence that thev will resort to violence to atop the trend of progress In China. , SAW PEACE HIGH JINKS. The visitors arrived Monday noon i In Bait Lake after a tour of the ' I'nited States commencing May 1. iThey had lost one member of the original party through death In Van-I Van-I eouver, B. C. They were the guests of Colonel Oeorge I. Pyram of the war prison barracks, which they In- "siieried-1 -thoroughly! were. In. tereated spectator of the -retehra tlon in Salt I.ake which followed the signing sign-ing of the armistice, STUDY LOCAL INDUSTRIES. - Tuesday Mr. Sun was the guest of, the food administration, and J. K. Taylor and R. M. McGregor gave him an opportunity to study local rannlng and packing planta. and answered his : nuestibna regarding the Industry In I'tan. Dr. Kun announced that the I canning of fish waa an Important ; j Industry of hia nation, and that he I planned on Introducing many modern j methods on bla return In all lines i of the canning Industry. ' I t irimn prwiiora. j nm via i iocs were I the hosts at luncheon, and Wednee-jdny Wednee-jdny noon they left for a Pacific port, j SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY, i Yen-lislu founded the college at Tientsin of which Pding Chang l now president. "Mr. Chang -spoke ; Kngllsh fluently." said !r. Gnwana , today. "Tve other members of the j party gave ample evidence that they understood all that' passed, but they ' made but little comment. Like LI j Hurg Chang, Pding Chang aaked a ; thousand questions and answered few. j lie stated that modern education waa ! gradually taking hold In China, how-i how-i ever. At 'his college they have but 1 lioo students, but there are many Chinese aiurlcnls in America. , HOPE TO WAKE CHINA. They are fully determined to wake tha country up by means nf modern education. You can understand that I the Chinese la reluctant to accept ; new Ideas, as he cannot be blamed for believing that a civilisation which I has endured 4000 year must poaaeas many qood qualities. The hope for new China Is the addition of modern initiative to the virtues of endurance and the other good qualities which they possess. The United States takeai a deep and benevolent Interest I In the future, of the education of 'China |