The Archive · 1936

Historical Exhibits

Nanking, Oct, 10.

"Double Tenth" being a most ap-Propriate day for stich occasion, the $250,000 Museum of Party History; hereafter the custodian of all historic material related to the Kuomintang, through which efforts the Republic of China was born, was offelally inaugurated here at 11 o'clock this morning.

Completed in August after seven teen months of construction, "the museum Is situated beale the Royal Greek, some distance inside the Ghungshan Gate, where once. slood the palace of the First Emperor. the Ming. Dynasty, and is now one of the finest structures. in. Nanking.

'Occupying an area of ten mow, the 'Museum ts-4 three story building with 2 blue' tiled "roof and beautifully tarved and painted eaves. On, the ground floor are the oles, and on the. frst' floor are' three fire-proof stack-rooms, in whill historic materials of the rarest Kind will be Kept. The second floor is used for exhibition rooms, 'Thousands of historic materials of the Kuomintang, collected by the Gontan Bary Headatarien, are Saligs Delta' mantusripis and. docu:

lay, among the most precious

mens personally written by Dr, Sun Yatsem, Founder of the Partly and the Mepublie—Central News, Peiping, Oct.

Reports are current in Kalgan that) 'Manchoukuo troops in Jehol are about to advance into North Charhar, a cording to a special telegram from Kalgan to the Tientsin "Ta" Kung' Pao." This has caused considerable Perturbation among the merchants in It is further reported that Prince 'Teh, chairman of the Mongol Political Couneit in Charhar, has been holding a series of political' and military con ferences at Chapssu since October 5. Among those attending are Mr. Pao Yueh-ching, former Peiping representative of the Mongol Political Council, General Li Shou-hsin, Mongol' commander of the Manchoukuo troops in North Charhar, Wang Yin and Chang Hal-peng.

The purpose of these conferences, it is stated, Is to discuss the internal problems of North Charhar as well measures Reuter. against Suiyuan—

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