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THE BRITISH-MUSKUL

How National Treasures Were Safeguarded.

MAY 28, 1921

HISTORY OF SHANGHAT:

Reply to Strange Stories” of Chinese Speaker.

The sp och by Ma Siang-pah, The first news of Mr. Bonar Sir Fredaric Kenyan, the on the occasion of a meeting of Law's breakdown in bealth caso Director of the British Museum, the Chinesa General Chambar of as a shock to the overwhelming is preparing an account of the Commerce at Shanghai in honour majority of members of the House adventures of the collection in of the newly-appointed" Chinose Vft Common when ¿Mr. Lloyd war-time. ` Is Lecture at Advisory Committee has brou’chi George made his announcement University College he gave some forth arejatnder. Mr. Mu, in the House.

interesting details of the pre-amongst other things,; claimed Towards the close of the cantions taken to protect the the Chinese made and developed previous week he fulfilled treasures from air raids In fact San Francisco, the railway` from anmber of public engagements in the only damago ever done at that port to New York, and, more- Glasgow. The most important the British Museum was by one lover, developed Shanghal and at of these was his rectorial address of our "own shells which fell one time assisted the foreigners at Glasgow Univeristy, where through the roof of the iron in their committee meetings, but be delivered a brilliant speech library and flayed the backs of having abandoned their rights OB ambition and adocess two books-bath German books | had lost their say in the control in life. He thoroughly enjoyed as it happened.

of the International Settlement. his visit, and returned to London The safeguarding of the collect- The following reply has tired but happy and in good ions began in the autumn of 1914 appeared —–— bealth.

and went on steadily throngboat

The striking address of Ma On the following Saturday ha the war until foally nearly Siang-Data meeting of the played tennis. After his match everything removable had been Chinese Chamber of Commerce is he sat and watched others play.Įtakon elsewhere. One of the exceedingly interesting. I 650- He caught a severo cold and was suggestions was to fill the Elgin not believe that the dest old laid up, he thought for a few days. room with sand up to the roof, gentleman wanted to tall us On Wednesday evening the family bat the Office of Works vetoedi

doctor startled everybody by this heroin plan. The authorities truths, but he, perhaps, never

saw much himself and has listan announcing that the patient must thought at one time of constructed to many idle tales. It is most give up his political work and going double iron gets on the roof interesting to note how be in- away for at least three months as at Bockingham Palace, but formed his hearers that Saa An eminent specialist was called this was rejected as too costly. Francisco was developed by the in and diagnosed the case as one of At the beginning some of the Chinese, and the wharves andgold pressure of blood on the heart more fragile treasures, such as mines were all run by Chinese, and brain and exhaustion border-the Egyptian papyri and the the railway to New York was ing upon complete breakdown. Greek vaser, were mored down built by them etc., etc. Ob The ultimatum delivered to Mr. into the basements and later on Mr. Hat where have they taken Bonar Law was that he must the Elgin markes were taken

The Chinese who were

abandon all political responsibili-down: The Demeter of Cnidos you to?

in America did about as much to ties at once as the only hope of presided over the classical sculp develop San Francisco into a saving his life.. A temporary ture down below in a romantic modern city, as the inhabitants withdrawal for so many months, twilight. The Parthenog frieze of the beggar boats in Canton to he was informed, would not meet was at that time protected by develop Peking. Indeed some of the urgency of his case. He must sandbags, but in 1918 when big the labourers who did the work instantly cut himself free from raids were expected it was moved

every care of office and go abroad with an enormous quantity of may have been Chinese, of for a complete rest without any other treasures to the Post Office course, their labour was cheap. So also. doubtless, Chinese intention of resuming political | tube.

labourers built Mr. Ma's house,

work at some future date. Only The closing of the galleries by in this way, he wax told, did he the Government in 1916 was, Sir I suppose they "have also aband stand any chance of ever regain-F. Keayon said, purely a measurer. Ma does not admit that oned their right" since doubtless

ing his health.

jef economy. The value of this she labourers wbo built Mr. Bonar Law thereupon drastic measure as economy could his house have any right to it. It resigned, and arranged to leave be judged from the fact that it London for the Riviers for a six only Raved £8,300 out of the Ma's view on this point!

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months' tour.

The medical prediction is that, relieved of the immense burden of public responsibility which has taxed his strength to the utmost, more particularly since his war bereavement, there are excel'ant tion to health belife" the end of

all the other war-time economies The paralled picture as to the at the Museum. The lectorer left building of Shanghai is also inter- the question opan whether it was eating but misleading. The Shang- worth while to deprive the public hai city was also built by Chiness, of access to the tressarer for this and does Mr. Ma suppose tha meagre saving. He said that the any other city or Settlement built

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Museum as beadquarters gave built in the same way? As to him more anxiety than all the air the locality South of Szecbaen Twenty-four: raids. This project was urged by Road known the War Minister, approved by Houses, surely Mr. Ma koowS the Chief Cominissioner of Works, that

of places and only defeated by the agita-China are generally of great anti- tion in the newspapers and quity. The place of Twenty- the success of the staff in four Houses always, since the persuading the air author-foreigners first settled there, has ities of the unsuitability of the contained plenty of houses, bat The Governor of Californis tas galleries for offices. Sir F. en so, does Mt. Ma suppose sent letters to all the Pacific Kenyon described how the big that foreigners do not know that Coast Governors asking for help job of packing and housing the it was foreigners who planned in the absolute exclusion drive in fragile and precious collections in and paid for the buildings that Congress, as California, the fronthe Post Office tube, 60 feet underhave been erected. But if he tier State, it is claimed, is fighting ground and the dispatch of three means that Chinese labourers against the incoming of an un-trainloads of books and MS, to built the houses, he is doubtless assimilable people without the co- the Welsh National Library at correct

peration of other States. Racial Aberystwyth were carried out. Pahsienjao meaning the "Eight conflict and international trouble Eight

Bridge hundred of the most Fairies will result, says the Governor.

valuable books, including the ancient name and once had a The anti-Japanese party is very Shakespeare quartos and the meaning, but there is no bridge active and is using the Yap que Caxtons, were housed in a private there now and no fairies. tion to forward their movement.

strong room near Malvern.

As to Mr. Ma's statement that Senators and Representatives

One of the queer uses made of the olden days the Chinese of eleven Western States have the British Museum during the always participated in the foreign- perfect d an organisation with a war was to house the effects of ers committee meetings they did view to finding common ground German prisoners from East not. The Settlement for the For- on the question of Japanese im Africa. During the worst times eiga Community of Shanghai hasi migration. Senator Johnson, who of the raids the basements were always been a place set apart for was appointed Chairman of the used as a public refuge. During them to live in and to trade in. organisation, urged 2. united the food shortage the Office of in the same way as the Shanghai effort. Mr. MacClatchy, of the Works laid traps for the pigeons Native City is set apart for Chia- Sacranento Bee said that unless in the courtyard, as they were ese to live in, etc. *From the Japanese immigration be now held to be consuming too much earliest days, it was always un- stopped and the absolute exclus food. The place of the pigeons derstood that no foreigners except

of Jananese throughout was taken by starlings. the world be enforced, they

ion

will inevitably swamp the whitej

nations.

the

Mr. Baker has introduced in not be laid before the Legislature the House of Representatives again during the present session. proposed amendment to

The Louisiana Lagislature has Constitution providing that no adopted- an anti-Japanese Mar- child hereafter born in the United riage Bill. States of foreign parentage shall

he eligible for citizenship in the Lnited States" unless both its parents are eligible.

A BILL TO PROHIBIT MIXED MARRIAGES.

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missionaries might live in the Native City, and no Chinese, ex- cept servants in attendance an foreigners, might live in the Foreign Settlements. It was only becanse the Taipings and, Im- Pozial troops alike killed the mer- chants that the foreigners, to save' their lives, let the 'Chinese come CANADIAN LEGISLATOR'S into the Foreign Settlement.

So all this talk. by Mr. Ma, of the House of Commons of British abandonment of Chinese rights, is Colombia, rbargad that the law just mere nonsensǝ!

PROPOSAL.

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Mr. Stephens, the Govenor of declared that Canada should put California, in a letter addressed into effert an exclusion order to the Governors of the various against Chinese except business YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THEM.States, exborts them to a joint men, informing the Chinese Gov-

endeavour to enact legislation ernment that such evasion of the cannot be over-estimated. Sight absolutely excluding Japanese law made extension netessary. atands for everything that is JUST received a large Consignment of (1) LACTOGEN the immigrants. Mr. Stephans also

Regarding the Japanese he said. valuable or enjoyable in life. You most digestive food for Infants which keeps good in quality during urrs the members of the State "The agreement between cannot tell if your eyes are Hot Weather; (2) LACTOSE (Milk Sugar) for sweetening the foods Legislatures to introduce into Canada and Japan general righht; you may see well yet of infants and Dyspeptics; (3) MILFORD-MCGRATH FLUID their respective Legislatures a Billy has been well observed, have defective eyes. If you wish INSECTICIDE the Best Fiuid for destroying Fiess, Mosquitoes, providing for the rejection of im-but that

been to have your eyes tested, the Re- Bugs, Flies and all other Insect Pests in Summer days; and (4) migrants. He declares that those strained sufficiently to justify fracting Room of The Hongkong JOHN CAHILL'S COLDEN FLEECE, MAGIC and CINDERELLA aliens who cannot be assimilated Canada in warning Japan that Optical Co. Successors to Clark SOAPS for keeping everything clean in Houses.

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