July 10.
Tue Peking Daily News" as quoted in our telegrams yesterday, will not be the only one to ''learn with regret that the Ministry of Agriculture proposes to convert the Temple of Heaven into model farm, the Temple of Agricul-tare into an experimental station for forestry and the Temple of Earth into a horse-breeding establishment."" It is most earnestly to be hoped that the desired permission will be withheld. Of all that Peking contains that is picturesque or impressive, there is nothing to compare with the beauty and majesty of the Temple, and its attendant Altar of Heaven. There is nothing in the world at all like them. Where other temples in China may of fend against the sense of good taste or even of propriety; by the grotesque and terrifying images which they contain, the Temple of Heaven appeals by its pure emptiness, its seclusion, its aseodations. Beautiful in itself, a model of harmonious proportions and pleasing design, at once simple yet all sufficient, delicate yet massive, it is rendered even m3c2 beautiful by its surroundings. triple roofs of deep blue, gold flecked tiles rise from marble courtyards in the midst of silent glades that extend throughout a vast park. Even though the courtyards are overgrown with weeds, the roofs of the Temple and terraces of the Altar marred with grass and shrubs, a witness to the strange carelessness of the Chinese for preserving in beauty what they have made in the first place so beautiful, nothing can affect the innate peace and calm
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.