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VANDALISM IN CHINA.
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A great increase in vandalism has occur- rol in China since 1906, especially in North Chbm. Some of the most celebrated and valuable monuments, sculptures, etc., are threatened with destruction. This can be said of the monoliths at the Ming tombs to. the Norb of Peking where the statues in the fanous avenues of stone images have heen defaced and where depredations to images. carving, etc, by visitors is in- arcasing.
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During 1907 a foreigner ehted, otlier wise respected, finance an expedition to Sian-fu in the province of Shensi, The- head of the expedition aseertel afterwords cbat his primary object had been to filch the Nestorian Tablet, and float it away by the Wei and Yellow rivers The enter prise failed owing the presence of foreign residents at Situs-fu and the pecautions of the Governor of Short who moved the monument into the city of Sian-fu.
Recently one of the Go crimen busrās caligd the attention of the throne to foreign audalism in the Teraple of Ecaven en- closure at Peking Last year foreign trespassers ermmitted outrage there which attracted the attention of the Throne About the sin time the defredations of forminers caused the temple "Ta-Ko- Tien in Peking to be closed to visitors
The destruction of the carving around this
use of the famians marble tope in the Yellow Temple, began before 1900, as continual.
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by the visible destruction performed by
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It is urgently necessary to commence the discouragement of Houseless destruction of monuments in China. The Press nevor rised the depredations make upon the Nestorian Tablet and has called Attention to the destruction going on elsewhere in Chiun. But the efforts of the Press are insufliciont
of
Che the other hand the conditions foreign travel in China and the relationship of foreigners to the Chinose in Chion make possible for foreigners to discourage the if not to entirely eliminate, vandalison and to encourage the preservation of all forme
of Chinese micuments and agba
Tt is possible not only to discourago the activities of vandals but lo encourage mutual respect amongst foreigners for the interesting achievements of the past.
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At the present rate of progress there is dangar that the monuments that are to be thus chief attraction of China's inture Patios, muscoms en listerio strines will he cffectually destroyed within a four years.--- The improvement of railway coursections with Europe during the past year has been the means of this rapid development of vandalism. The destruction at the Mi tombs has occurred since the oporing of the railway to Nag-keu little more tha year . In a short time railway will5 or 6 Rooms. apened to the Torab of Confucins where Apply to. similar outrages will must cutainly be com mitted if something is not one to prevent
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A have 23a2b72 OILEE GENERAL S BAKERY in order i
Paline tant wa
FRENCH Hongkong
publio u opportunistik testing our
mediately taken the paying in publiNTEREST Das and Drawn Banda of Brend.
places in Chhua and pon such monpren
in danger of mutilation and deetrooti notices of authoritative remapostas. Evan a simple selon like this suga have at least the inital etabler vandalism and promot ng alk responsibility in the matter
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