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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1926.

NEW MUSEUM FÖR ROME.

PALACE OF 1,000 PILLARS.

ECHO OF THE STRIKE.

HARD LABOUR FOR TWO INTIMIDATORS.

THE CAPITOLINE COLLECTIONS.

PERSIAN CASTLE BIG AS A TOWN.

Professor

Ernst Horzfeld,

Hongkong Hotel Case.

OFFICER'S SUICIDE,

FEARED A CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.

Suicide is said to be the cause of

The City of Rome has boon

the death of R. E. Ritter, of the The case in which two Chinese, S. 8. Black Howk, who was found onriched by still another, whose story of his discovery of a were charged with threatening to floating on the Pasig river on the musuum. Last spring the Museo gigantic castle on the sunimit of do bodily harm to a Hongkong morning of the 5th inst. The motiva Petriano, an "Opera del Duomo", a mountain 6,000ft. high in Hotel patry boy was again be for ending his life was due to an attached to St. Peter's, gave Southern Persia, was reported fore Major C. Willson at the Conenbozzlement charge which he ox Rome the well-arranged collec- recently, gave further details of tral Magistracy yesterday. In pacted to be brought against him, tion of Medieval and Renaissance his explorations to the Persia previous hearings the prosecutions is believed. 'sculpture which she still lacked. Society in London the other day, alleged that an attempt had been Of his intention to commit sui- Recently the municipal authorities Wonder palaces, with marble made by the two men to interferecide, Ritter wrote to Commandor have followed suit with a new living rooms, with fresh water with the complainant while he was S. E. Barber, of the Black Hawk on and important collection ofinid on to each, precious metals doing his work during the time Jan th Greek and Roman sculpture and gems; art of the type of work of the strike... which, under the name of Musen of great masters; incredible Yesterday, Mr. Owen, of Messrs. Nuoro, forms a magnificent an. luxury and comfort; a civilisation Hastings, Dennys, and Bowley, ap- noxe, as it were, to the Palazzo in the heart of the Asian Desort pearud for the defence, and déi Conservatori on the Capitol. that was far in advance of that Major Willson intimated that the The Museo Nuovo was solemn of over 1,000 years later, were case for the prosecution had been ly inaugurated on October 31 mg the marvels described in closed. At the previous hearing last, in the presence of Signor his record of investigations in the defendants had been asked if Mussolini, but the arrangement hitherto unknown Persia.

they wished to call any witness. was by no moans completa, and Referring to his discoveries in Neither of them did ao, but made

it was obviously more than a fort, fore closed. and more than a palace

"It is now 3.30 am, this date and. have found that I cant obtain money to cover my loss no I will do us 1 have planned. A letter 'explain- found in my desk drawer in with a ing my plans you have probably box of pencils.

"I hope my plight will not cause you any great inconvenience, as you have been a fine officer to me. I

Jeven now"many statuos are still Persopolis, the professor said that statements. The case had there could not control my evil passion

being shifted, while others aru being brought in from the ad- incent Capitoline Collection; or else from the Villa Borghesties for community life of a com The now collection occupy the ground floor rooms of the Palozzo

pleto nation.

It was a fortified town, a city citadel containing all the ameni

ed to three months' hard labour.

Both defendants were sentene-

Caffarelli, former seat of the, The fortifications were made] HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS. German Embassy, which was from the hardest of rocks. A partly demolished after, the war, notable feature, ruins of which

in order to disengage as far as still remain standing to a height SCOTTISH COMPANY ORDERS. of 30 or more feet, were hundreds

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pousible the stately remains of columns that originally must/ K. V. D. C., stato:

the Temple of JupiterCapitolinus,

In effect, one long wall of the have been fashioned tha lioight; A meeting of the Company will temple substructure has been of at least 100 feet. There were be held at Corps Headquarters on skilfully built into the west side the supports of a gigantic cham-Thursday, 14th instant, at 8. p.m., of the corridor that now unitaser, the central hall of the king's for the purpose of transacting bus the old Galleria" of the Con-palace. The plan of this was obness detailed in circular already serit Horvatori Palace with the Muscong, measuring 1,500ft. long and to Members, and it is hoped there. Nuovo, while part of the sub-1000ft. wide.

structure of the temple terraco may be seen within a well-like

GREAT, GATE.

The entrance stairway was space in Room VII. of the double in form, ending on Falazzo Caffarelli.

plateau-liko platform before the huge gate in the fortroue wall.

This stairway both in size and structure must be the biggest of its kind in the whole world.·

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will be a full attendance.

Reel, Club will. meet for practice as usual.

Musketry Part II-Last available aday for Casuals is Sunday, 31st instant, and all those who have not

The works of art now arrang ed on the ground flour of the Caffarelli Palace have mostly been removed from the so-called On the landing stood The Antiquario Communale on the great kate, "Vesadaky"-the Coelian Hill near the Colossetim, gate through which all mast where few pouple other than pass-which was composed of specialists were oven aware of two large doors, flanked by their existence. Their artistic colossal bowls and human-head- value is high, and is, moreover,fed winged bats.

enhanced by the fact that most. Through the gate entrance was) of them being recent, finds, they obtained direct into a vast court: have in grout moasure, escaped of honour. Nour by were two the restorer's hand; when afaudience halis, the one with high statue has been complete from columns still remaining and the better preserve replien, this has other bearing signs of its destruc- been done in plaster, without in-tion by fire.

jury to the breakage surface. This second chamber WRS The relief and the architectural known as the "Hall of 100 fragmente are among the most Pillars, and dhe whole structure

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more particularly an Attic freg Columns." ment of delicate fourth-century The sculpturos were mag- workmanship. roprosentingnificent works of art, and oxcept Artemis seated on rock against for traces of having been despoiled a tree with a stug at her feebaby mauraders of jewels and pre- forerunner of idyllic composicious metals were in wonderful tions, known as recinti sacri, in preservation.

the now celebrated hypogeum of One represents a "Procession the Porta Maggiore; a Greek re- of Tributo," in which richly ap-. Hief of about the same period re-purelled representatives of differ- presenting Asclepiosand Hygiaia, ent nations were bringing presente and the fragment of a well-head to the ruler. A fouture of thie adorned with the Judgment of picture was the representation of Orestos" from the puzzling noo-the Persian guard, "The 10,000, Attic school of the first century Immortals," in the various uni- forms of thoir sections-infantry, The palm belongs to the Roman horse and chariot troops. architectural and decorative! pieces; chief among those are

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the magnificent fostnons ending an statuary, mostly in rough in sphinxes, which probably ad-peperino, transferred from tho orned a shrine or acdicula in Antiquario and now well arrang place of the more usual pedi-ed by itself in Room VI. of the ment. The work is purely Musco Nuovo. Among notable Augustan: if not quite equal in pieces are the statues of two elegance to the decoration of the flute players and that of Orpheus Ara Pacis, yet surpassing it in charming the beasts from the vigour and conception of design. tomb of a confraternity

of

A beautiful fragment of the bikes, which anticipates, as it Claudian period, discovered only were, the touching 16th-century two yours ago represents a slab put up in the Chiesa Nunya temple seen in perspective with by a group of cantores pontificii traces of figures standing by. No less inspiring than the Only a little later in date is the Capitoline walls are" several an fine fountain decoration in the cient altars--also of poperino shape of a ship's prow ending in with their archaic lettering, one a boar's head; it was found near set up by the dictator Marcus the Colosseum, and probably ad-Minucius apparently carried a orned a fountain in the gardens votive offering to Hercules; an- of Nero's Golden House; theather supported a statue from bour's head, which offers marked the Ambrachan, booty (189 H.C.) of affinities with the heads of an-Marcus Fulvius Nobilior. Still, imals from the ships of Nemi, a third is dedicated to the same- may be reckoned among the what unsavoury god Verminus- finest pieces of antique animal who was invoked to protect the sculpture extant.

flocks from vorminous diseases, To the Aurelian period "belong Shown in the next room (VII.)} the superb fragments of a frieze are two real musterpieces; the representing a battio of gods and splendid Domitian which has giants, presumably from a temple found its way to the new museum of Tellus or Barth. The magni- after a short sojourn in the ficent conception of Iria with Conservatori; besides being tho outspread wings on the left slab grandest presentmont of Domiti- has a vitality of movement that an, surpassing even the head recalls Pergamon. The unavoid from Pergamon in Borlin, its able dispersion of the various re-value is onhanced from the rarity

'AIR PRICES mains of this noble friczo-other of the portraits of this Emperor, RESH STOCK Latoran-is the more regrettable girl-is one of the loveliest of INE QUALITY that we know so little of the Augustin female portraits; the Aurelian art of the time, outside flowerlike beauty of the face, the AITHFUL SERVICES its official sculpture.

exquisitely drawn lips, the linear Waves of the hair, the delicacy Of peculiar significance for the of the modelling, are further on- vivid light it throw's on the art of hanced by the quality of the Rome and Latium in pro-Impori-ivory-like patina. Eugunle Fal times is the group of Republic-f Strong in the Times,

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the last quarter and must now pay. with the death penalty.

Am going to the bridge and jump in the Pasay River and I hope to never come up again..."

The letter was signed "A Sinner, R. E. Ritter."

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