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Show ,ti Ait Circle Stirred Up. Nl York, J mi ;i Art . ircles an ex cited just uow because of the no ,el method of inquiry for smuggled paintings. ( us toms authorities, acting under Instructions from Secretary Foster, are making a thorough thor-ough canvass of the rollcdtions of the big art dealers and collectors, and arc asking Update Up-date of importation and the amount of duty-paid duty-paid on tlie imported masterpieces. The vast number of those treasures that have been smuggled into the country have mj. pried tbe inspectors Tbe investigation is not confined to New York, but all the art centers of tbe country an1 under surveillance, sur-veillance, The agents have not obtained sufficient evidence yet, they say, to moke a public state ruent. |