But the young mani of the Dang. Bu were not to be deterred from their purpose. Quietly securing a large guard of soldiers they des-conded upon the temple and made Short work of it. The image was lassoed and dragged from its pede-staly beheaded and destroyed. The head was hung at the gate of the Darg Bu after the practise of dealing with common robbers. 'The people' laugh nervously over the incident and! pretend to approve but deep in their hearts they feel that their customs and practises have been outraged, the first year of the Republic the Canton troops who came north enjoyed themselves with like. Practices, even invading the sacred temple of Confucius and using Image as a target for rifle practice. But the images were replaced as soon as the invaders left, and not even a dent made in any' supcrst= tion.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.