$50,000,000 Worth of Palace Articles Said Missing Shanghai, Oct. 7.
'The procurators of the' Nanking District Court and the Supreme Court were reported by a Chinese message from the capital to be preparing an indictment against Mr. Yin' Pel-chi, former President of the Peking Palace Museum, and several others jon charges of having stolen invalus Jable treasures from the Museum, The action is being taken -ofter jo lengthy inspection of the treasures the warehouse in Rue Montauban, number of valuable articles were reported to be found missing, while la still greater number of articles were stid to have been replaced with false jones. The loss was estimated " at '$50,000,000, according to the Nanking report.
Suspicion of the reported irregulart-{ies in the affairs of the Museum was aroused in an auction in Peking some time ago, when valuable pieces of tur were sold to Mrs. Yih Pel-chi at comparatively cheap" prices, it was reported. Mrs. Chang Chi, wife of member of the Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang, who was fat the "auction and is said to have jottered much higher prices,- which were all rejected, fled charges against fats. Yih. While an investigation was being conducted into the allegations vice and cuisine and open all night. in the ex-Russian concession the Olympic Cabaret, with an excellent orchestra from Shanghai, and Russian dancing partners.. Summing up, Tientsin, is really trying to copy Shanghai. All the amusement places and cabarets seem to be doing "good business, especially on Saturday nights, "but perhaps Tientsin Growing on ste future hopes for more [Prosperous times. Anyhow. appearances would indieata that Tientsin is Inclined to be optimistic rather than
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