Peking, Sept. 25.
All the idols in one of Peki best-known temples (Tiehshanssu) have been pulled down and des~ troyed by employees of the street ear company here, who have turned the temple into a school for their children. This is believed to be the first instance of the destruction of idols in Peking, although there have been numerous instances of temple-wrecking in other cities of China during the past year.
"The stvecent workers decided to take over the temple after the local Kuomintang branch had announced that religion was superstition, and declared that the temples should be converted into schools. The employees notified the abbot of the temple to evacuate, but he refused and a long dispute followed, with the abbot remaining firm, Finally, the workers decided they must use force to get the temple. They entered the temple in a body, pulled down the idols, some of them centuries old, and smashed them. Then they threw out the wreckage, Jand put up inscriptions stating that the building Imad been converted into a memorial hall for the: late Dr, Sun Yat-sen, and would be used Jas a school. The Budal Hhas petitioned the muni Jment; the district Ku infang, and the bureau of public welfare and safety to restore his temple, nut the [workers remain in' possession—
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