THE WALLS OF NANKING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1914, Page 7

THE WALLS OF NANKING.

SHORTLY TO BE DEMOLISHED. Mr Eubotrio Tbregraph—Copyright) [United Press Association,] (Received 8.0 a.in.) Pekin, Mart.. 10. The (Government has agreed upon the demolition of the bountiful old walls of Nanking. Nanking', on-the river Yang-tse-Kiang, is the capital of Keang-soo province, and was formerly the capital city of China. The space enclosed by the walls which are 70ft. high and 00ft. thick "at the base, and nearly ‘2O miles in circumference, is divided into the inhabited and uninhabited parts. There is a mnntchoo military colony or garrison separated by a wall from that portion occupied by the Chinese. The city’s chief ornaments now are the gateways, which are very lofty and splendid, with temples attached to them. Beyond the modern city are the remains of the summer palace of the Emperor, and the “Tomh of the Kings,” supposed to he the Ming dynasty. The famous porcelain tower, 322 ft. high, erected by the. Emperor Yang-Lob in the loth century, was totally destroyed by rebels, during tbeir occupation of the town between 1853 and 1861.