Chinese Relics Secretly Sold
FORMER HEAD OF MUSEUM CHARGED WITH THEFT. . United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph--Copyright. Received Tuesday, 11.30 p.m. SHANGHAI, May 8. Startling disclosures are oxpectpected as a result of Government investigations into charges that millions of dollars worth of rare treasures which were recently transported from Peking for safe keeping to Shanghai, following the Japanese invasion threat last year, have been secretly sold. The relics, and treasures came from Peking Museum and palaces in special trains, and approximately 19,000 cases were transferred to special warehouses under a guard. It has since been revealed that certain cases, instead of containing priceless relics, are filled with junk, and Yih Pei-chei, former head of the Peking Museum, has been charged with the theft thereof.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7459, 9 May 1934, Page 6
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