Jehol City, Apr. 1 The eight historic Lama Temples Jaround the Summer Palace in Jehol City are to be preserved for posterity, {for the Government of Manchoukuo has decided to appropriate $1,000, 000 towards their renovation and per~ petuation.
Rare historic relics in the Orient, these temples have for some time now been exposed to the elements without attempt made to check deterioration.
The Manchoukuo authorities, fol-towing an investigation, decided that the temples could not possibly be left unattended any longer lest they fall {into complete ruin.
The Temple of Confucius here is fast crumbling to decay. Alarmed, ithe Jehot Provincial Government has set aside $20,000 for its preservation.
The temple was built in the Ching Jaynasty of China and is regarded as the oldest of its kind in Manchuria to-day—Reuter.
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