Historic Peiping Temple Now Mass of Ruins Peiping, Apr, 29.
Pre caused by a short circuit broke out early this morning at the Wanjoussu, of Temple of Ten Thousand Longevities, which completely gutted the Wanshoukeh, a two-storied struc ture in which 728 drug addicts under-rioing cures were housed.
Rudely awakened from their slum-vers, the addicts made a desperate attempt to escape, forcing the police on duly on the premises to open fire and injuring at least twenty of them.
Four hundred and sixteen addicts were recaptured, but the remaining 322 are still at large, They are, hows ever, expected to be rounded up in the course of the day.
The Wanshoussu is situated on the banks of Kublai Khan's canal outside the Hist Chi Men. It was the favourite resting-place of the Empress Dowager Tou Hal on her excursions by barge from the Forbidden City to the Sum=
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