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·Memoria's 'In St. Paul's.
THE OLDEST CHINESE
**** WRITINGS.
Story of a Remarkable Flud.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918.
mens of paper made and written upon by the hands of man; but the human interest of thers dis coveries lies deeper still. With a master hand, and with that] The Dann and Chapter of St.
intuitive sympathy which is the Paul's Cathedini wish it to be The Times, writing of M. sool of antiquarian research, M. known that no further memorials E louard Chavonnes's Translation Chavances beg, reconstructed, of the dead can be placed on the into French of the Chinese do- from this flotsam and jetsam of main floor of the Cathedral with cuments discovered by Sir Avrel the decart, the daily life of the ont in their opinion, encroaching Stein (just published at three Chinese garricone which held the upon the space which should be guineas net by the Oxford Uni- farthest frontiers of the Empire gainst the Hops, two thousand Teserved for "worshippers, or im-versity Press) rays ---- pairing the architectural beauty In our review of Bir Aurel years ago, and kept open the trade of the interior. There are 78 Stein's "Ruins of Desert Oatboy," rontes to Forghana, Yarkond." monuments on the main floor of published on March 7 of last year, and the regions of the west. It the Cathedral. The decision of mention was made of the eminent is imposible to gaze unmoved the Dean and Chapter does not explorer's discovery, amongst the upon these footprints on the ende 'affect the Crypt.
ralue of watch towers and rub of time, upon the simple homely Glasgow "Boulevard Scheme. bith heaps of the ancient Chinese relics left by those who, before Representatives of the city of frontier wall, of a number of do the down of our civilization, had Glasgow,
the county of Dumbar cumouts dating from the first their well-ordered being by the tonshire, and the bargh of eary of the Christinars. All wells amidst this barren waste, Most of the wooden recorda these early records, excavated Clydebank have agreed provision- from that trackless waste of raud, recovered from the "Limes' ally on a sobeme for constracting beneath which lie the far-flung refer to the daily routine of a new road or boulevard from the west end of the city to Bowling. Outposts of the Han dynasty, were the frontier soldiers' lives their ontrasted by their discoverer to food and equipment, their The road will be at least 100ft the well-known sinologist, M. alane and excursions, their in width, about 6il miles in length, Edouard Chavannes, Member de labour of days and bome and will pass through a district not yet opened up by roadways, Institut, who undertook their sickness. But not all, for there detailed study and publication. are some which prove that, even It will be a continuation of Great The results of M. Chavannes's in these outposts of the desert, the Western-road, the great west end.
critical examination and classif-oldiers of the world's oldest highway of Glasgow.
cation of these extraordina- Empire had their treatises on The Crystal Palace. rily interesting felica are divination, their medical prescrip Application will ts made next now published by the Oxford tions, and their simple classics. "Session for Parliamentary powers University Press, in a form And there are other laconic re- be destr-corda which breathe the sighs of for the incorporation of a body which leaves nothing
B of trustees to be called "The ed. With the courage of true many a heartsick exile, voices Crystal Palace Trustees." It will orudition, M. Chavannes has re-bat echoed clearly in the poetry consist of representatives of the produced the complete Chinese of the Tang dynasty 700 years Contributing authorities and of text of every document, together liter and which speak to this day other persons who may be here with his own translations and in the instinctive philosophy of after nominated. The powers scholarly annotations; moreover, the race. But, as a whole, the Bought include the right toextenil, all the most important pices are message of these voices from oat alter, and repair or remove the reproduced in facsimile. His the long-buried past is a simple structure, to ako oharges for work oanuet fail to prove a joy liomely message of the day's work admission, and generally to (and a succulent bone of conten cheerfully done. He must be maintain and manage the Palace. tion) to sinologues for many years lead of soul who can hear it and to come. In a brief preface he withhold his tribute of admiration Whaling Party Overboard.
invites the collaboration of hilo nd respect for a race that found Victoria, B. C.. October 31.-logists and scholars esport in the d so long ago in wisdom & John Borden, the Chicago sports early history of Central Asi, with civilization so splendid and so man, who with a party of frienda view to the verification of cor-nduring. arrived here yesterday from Al-rection of his conclusions on de- asks on the the Borden auxiliary intiblo pints of chronology and yacht Adventuress, had a thrilling fitesary critici-m. experience while in search of
To the Chinese literali, with whales in the vicinity of Kodiak whom reverence for the written Teland. They had set out in language is a religion, these die- whaleboat with the hope of bar-coveries of manuse ipis on paper pooning at least one of a large and wond-writings older than school of bowheads which were anything at prevent existing in in Peking on December 1 there spouting off the coast, when China-murt rank as an avent of was a joint informal meeting of Budden Equall struck their craft, the very highest importance. The be members of the two Honses damping the party into the water. wooden records of the Han of Parliament. Ocer three hund All of them were good swimmers, dynasty, found on the sites ofed membera attended the meet and they held on to the whalebont lonely outposts of the "Limes," ng which was presided over by until belp renobed them from
Over a period extending from the Mr. Tang Hua-lung, Speaker of the yacht,
first century bc. to the second the louse of Representatives.
Speaker Tang 18ad before the Waterloo Stationm;rovement century of our era; their interest
Excellent progress is being for Chipere scholars lies not only members a despatch from the made with with the work which in the fact that they are the onlyovernment in which' President. vis gradually transforming the lian texts of which we have Yuan questod the Speakers of miscellaneous collection of build- kaswledge, but because they con- the two Houses to order the re- ings and platforms which contain authentic specimens of the serve Parliamentary members of stituted the old Waterloo Station classical Chang ts'do tyle of the provinces to c me to Peking of the London and South-Western writing, hitherto reproduced only as soon as possible, to that the Railway into a modern terminus, from copies of copies which have the Parliament might resume Already the aspect of the station gradually lost their miginal char-meetings at the earliest moment has been a changed that only acteristies." It requires no vivid After the report was read, the the North Station femains of the imagination to realize how deep question of the interpellation was once familiar arrangement of must be the interest aroused brought up. According to the South, Main Line, and North amongst the literati of China by Parliamentary Law, 4 letter of Stations. The old steep and Sir Aurel Stein's discovery, on interpollation might be adressed tortuons approaches to the pla wooden tablets of the first cen- to the Government if it was forme are being replaced by wide tury a.d., of three fragments of signed by twenty or more mem- roads of eary gradient leading to tho Chi Chiu chang, & famous bere. The letter of interpellation large booking halle, to a spacions voabulary composed by a eunuch in question has been signed by oirenlating area, and to wide and of the Palace about 40 be, which over thirty membere,After a well arranged platforms. When a century later, had become long deliberation, the members the work is completed the torte. recognized text book need agreed that this letter of inter- minus will take high rank among in teaching children to read pellation should be signed by all modern railway stations.. and write, even to the remotest the members present at the meet-
One of ing. froutiers of the Empire.
CHINESE POLITICS.
Meeting of Bothouses of Parliament,
At the House of Representatives
Bid to Carry Arctic Mails. these fragments, a beautifully Speaker Tung then said that as Washington, October 31,-A written and perfectly preserved the Parliament was in suspension, bid for carrying the mails three triangular tablet of wco 1," about no member could be legally al thousand miles during the Arctic 14in. long," contains the first lowed to resign. One member winter over the mountains of chapter of this classio. "No supported the Speaker's view and northern Alaska, was received doubt," observes M. Chavannes, said that the existence of a Parlia to-day by the Post Office Depart"it will be of the highest value ment in the Chunghas Republic ment. The bid came from Char- to the literati, who have made was of vital importance and it les D. Brower, of Point Barrow, many critical studies of the text was not right for any member to of Point Barrow, Alaska, the most of the Chi Chin chang." This resign at this critical moment northern post officer on the Con- may well be Lalieved, for in all The following de a summary of tinent, and a close rival for north. Ohina there exists to-day no such the resolutions passed at the ern honours with any in the world venerable manuscript. All the meeting
Brower wants to carry the mail authentic texts of this ancient from Point Barrow to Kotzebne Bound five hundred miles south ward. The man who gets the contract must take thres round trips each winter, when the seas the twelfth century,
(1). As all communciations bo- lexicon have long since, disap tween the Parliament and the peared, and the existing editions various Government organizations have afforded matter for dispute must be sent through the Govern to scribes and commentators since ment, the despatch addressed to the Parliament directly by the Parliamentary Preparation Bureau are frozen and transportation by But apart from the dorp interest could not be considered as a legal dogs and sled over land alone is which M. Chavannose work mus document which should therefore possible in that region: Brower's possess for sinologues and philo be annulled. bid was sent to Commandant logists, there is a fastination in (2) On no account shall the Bertholf, of the revenue cutter its every pago for all those whose members of Purlisment leave service, whom he knew in the imagination, a rejoice in the Peking Arotic, and by him forwarded to visions which it summons from a the Post Office Department.;-
long-forgotten past, for those who(3) Membera from every pro vince shall elect a committee to Brower's letter was more than have ears to hear the fr off voice persuade the members of that two months in getting to Was of those sons of Han ever patient province not to leave Peking. hington. from Point Barrow,
He has lived in the Arctic thirty years, and is the only white and who inhabits that for northern pammunity. He is employed by on American for company.
their exile in toilers, lamenting the wilderness, it is no smal thing to here, indeed the well-
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(5) The Gorament shall b- asked to reply to the two letters. of interpal ation within three days. If the Government dce not comply with the demand, succeeding interpellations shall be addressed to the Government until it finally makes ite reply.
(6): the members present at the m sting have more opinions of interpellation which were not expressed in the two letters of interpellation, they may further interpellations.
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