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Synopsis
Our interest inC hina was fimt aroused by a letter from an old school-fellow, Arthur PolhiU, who, with heroic self-denial, has spent the best part of his life inC hina as a missionary. Sibsequently I joined the China Emergency Committee, who in 1907 invited us to go out to theS hanghai Centenary Conference. That visit led naturally to a tour inC hina, Korea, and Japan. When we returned we found that great interest was being felt at the Universities ofO xford and Cambridge in the movement in the Far East; aC ommittee was formed to study the whole question, which accepted provisionally the idea of encouraging the foundation of a Western University. Before finally accepting the idea it was felt that some one ought to go to the mission centres of China and find out the opinions of the missionaries working on the field, and at the same time sound the Chinese Government and see whether it would be favourable to the scheme. As a result of these deliberations, the Committee asked us in 1909 to go out again, this time on behalf of the United Universities Scheme. On our return it was suggested that if we put our report into the form of a book it might possibly excite interest in the whole question, especially in the University scheme. We were deeply impressed with two great facts the greatness of the need of Western education from aC hristian standpoint and the vital importance of immediate action.
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