Show UlD Oio GUST M MARE ARE fOLLOWED Honor Still Paid to Departed Depart Depart- ed Manchu Power PEKIN March 31 In In spite of ot the fact that the Ching dynasty has been out of ot power since 1911 and the present present present pres pres- ent emperor of ot China is a virtual prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner in the Forbidden qty City of Pekin all c ceremonies connected with the Manchu emperors are still kept up At the recent Chinese New Years Year's celebration celebration celebration cel cel- the customary honor was paid to the spirits of Cf the emperors in their resting place at the eastern tombs Offerings of foods and provisions were placed before the tombs tomb and the old Manchu officials who are still re retained retained re- re in office b by the Ching d dynasty nasty kowtowed according to the custom prescribed In Manchu house law for forthe forthe I the Imperial family These officials are experiencing considerable considerable con con- con I difficulty In following out all the old customs because of ot the lack j jot of ot funds available for the upkeep of I Ithe the emperors' emperors tombs The funds promised to tho the imperial family by bythe bytho bytho tho the republican government are usually 1 very tardily paid with the result that poverty is facing the one time affluent affluent affluent I ent At the eastern tombs many of ot the tho deprived of ot the annual stipend formerly paid by the imperial government have been forced to become gatherers g of ot wood and charcoal charcoal charcoal char char- coal In order to support themselves The old towns and villages are falling Into ru ruins s the forests of the hu huge e tract devoted to the burial of ot the emperors emperors emperors em em- are fast becoming devastated and the monumental tombs are be beginning beginning beginning be- be ginning to fall tall Into ruin and decay Every effort Is being made by the officials o of ot th the o tombs however to maintain the tho glory of ot the dead emperors emperors emperors empe empe- and the ceremonies at New Years Year's the attitude of ot these faithful typified adherents of of a departed order who refuse re re- fuse to allow the glory of the Ching dynasty and the Manchu rule to be bedimmed bedimmed dimmed |