MANCHU TOMBS LOOTED
ROYAL TREASURES LOST PEIPING SOLDIERS BLAMED (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian, and N.Z. Press Association.) SHANGHAI, Saturday. Further startling evidence of the desecration of the tombs of the Manhue Royal families which lie outside Peiping (formerly Peking) was to-day obtained by the discovery of 36 boxes of jewels and precious stones on board a foreign steamer at Tientsin, ready for shipment abroad. They are valued at thousands of pounds. A Nationalist military officer has been arrested. The jewels are proved to have been looted from the Manchu mausoleum. A display of sundry Royal treasures in the Peiping curio shops recently led to the discovery that they were looted from the tombs. A strict watch was kept, which led to to-day’s discovery. Priceless treasures are believed to have been lost. Nationalist soldiers who formed the garrison at Peiping are blamed for the thefts.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 437, 20 August 1928, Page 9
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