Review of reviews and world's work . 7 the government of Man- the awakening of China, and he who ischuria, by imperial edict, was changed from conservative enough to compare modern ten-a system in which three Tartar generals ruled dencies in China with the conditions of thirtyover the three provinces, responsible to the years ago can readily see that progress andcrown only for taxes, to a centralized govern- awakening are in the air. That Man-ment headed by a Viceroy and three Gover- churia will lead in this movement cannot benors. The officials appointed to this govern- doubted when the geogr
Review of reviews and world's work . 7 the government of Man- the awakening of China, and he who ischuria, by imperial edict, was changed from conservative enough to compare modern ten-a system in which three Tartar generals ruled dencies in China with the conditions of thirtyover the three provinces, responsible to the years ago can readily see that progress andcrown only for taxes, to a centralized govern- awakening are in the air. That Man-ment headed by a Viceroy and three Gover- churia will lead in this movement cannot benors. The officials appointed to this govern- doubted when the geographical, social, andment were a remarkably progressive set of economic conditions of this country are con-men. A number of American students were sidered. It is not beyond reason to believeincluded in the list, among them Tang-Shao- that Manchuria will some day be an export-Yi and M. T. Liang. The mining, agri- ing country and have its products quoted inculture, and foreign offices have been pre- Liverpool and Chicago. Who can say ?. A CHINESE FERRY ON THE NONNl RIVER IN MANCHURIA.(All traffic must cross tho large streams in Manchuria by this method, for luldges arc almost unknown,. and a stream that cannot be forded must be ferried.) CIVIL-SERVICE RETIREMENT. F\URING the last session of the SixtiethCongress substantial progress was madetoward the passage of a civil-service retire-ment bill. Dozens of bills had been consid-ered during the past twenty years by theHouse Committee on Reform in the CivilService, but never before had it made a favor-able report on such a bill. While the billwas not reported until February 22, too latefor consideration by the House during theregular session, it received attention in de-bate, and a similar bill along the lines of theone reported by the House but with severalimportant changes was introduced In theSenate by Senator Perkins, of the SenateCommittee on Civil Service and Retrench-ment, during the special session. A report inexplanation of t
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