To the Editor of th "Nonri-Cuina DAtLY News."
Sm—Whilst few people, cither-foreign or Chinese, have any. dew lusians regarding the patriotism of the present government, yet thd. last tragedy. perpetrated' upon. the century old cedars in the Temple of Tleaven, "comes as a shock to, alli lovere of the beautiful, The order "to out the trees in order to build and" deceives no one, any more than the actions during the past eighteen months of various. petty, efficinls, who have ordered thecutsting down of a hundred or more the wonderful grave trees around the outskirts of the' city, has' dev ceived anyone, As it was after the Yuan dynasty,—so it is to-day. As than the offs cials destroyed the temples and the groves, the vast palaces and towers, Yo now do the little people destroy, the beautiful things builded by arent people.
Those who protees to to-day in China must either of linseed or else they can have. no Knowledge of what is happen ing in tke countryside, "As the trees, and beauty spots are suffering. also are the country. people and wherever we look we find suffering fand destruction rampant, whilst the responsible officials do nothing -but talk and fight.
Tam, ete., Moone-Bennert.
Peking, Feb. 4, 1930.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.