SECOND PROPOSAL
The second proposition was for the government
to send picked Chinese youths abroad to be
thoroughly educated for the public service. The
scheme contemplated the education of one
hundred and twenty students as an experiment.
These one hundred and twenty students were to
be divided into four installments of thirty
students each, one installment to be sent out
each year. They were to have fifteen years
to finish their education. Their average age was
to be from twelve to fourteen years. If the
first and second installments proved to be a
success, the scheme was to be continued indefinitely.
Chinese teachers were to be provided to keep up
their knowledge of Chinese while in the United
States. Over the whole enterprise two
commissioners were to be appointed, and the government
was to appropriate a certain percentage of
the Shanghai customs to maintain the mission.
THIRD PROPOSAL
The third proposition was to induce the
government to open the mineral resources of the
country and thus in an indirect way lead to the
