Show deterioration IN OLD FAITH priests of buddha in china unworthy of the great of f the past in modern china has hi fallan into a shocking state of dartlon dr tion and decay according to the of the london times alo 10 lo la Is traveling across aci asi the celestial billic e 11 lie lie he writes at the first inn ahre hot cakes were being sold bold roy my in arn n rested posted there was a temple here and ami I 1 crit across to see JIL it the pilcha politely invited mo me into the gat ajit ot room lie ile probably did not ex 1 tet me to enter but I 1 did so BO and lot loi I 1 d in a small room some acme 20 men olum or drowsing after the ach and it was the priest who I 1 piled the opium and the opium could the Hudd hlat faith as c in its degraded ministers in ailua sink much lower on tho the fourth day out wa reached thu kuan yin tong tb hall of the cot coultes coulees dess of mercy a tine fine temple which Is iri however in a filthy state its two hexagonal oera thiers aro are used as a cocan on lodging house in this degraded temple the goddess herself and all her feniane attend attendants ints are represented mith alth the smallest of small email feet free coe COCA ol 01 considerable force and even of lauty aboin the walls walla of this athla decaying building which aich the expenditure of a tew lew hundred dollars would rectory to Us its pi istine ne glory A few cents bould v make it clean but tho the cents are not spent it Is no ne ones onea business opium la is emoke la in tho th dirty rooms booma again next net day we mcacy iju hu yin ablao one of the finest temples 1 I base seen in china it lies hea within an enclosure comparable with that of the temple of heaven in poking and has splendid halls halla and courts and pa gillons yet what a guint the roofs hae hac decayed or fallen in the triumphal archway arch waa are tottering minim la Is dried in courtyards ourt yards fit at for a palace I 1 have seen been no more striking evidence of decay truly buddhism in chino china li is badly |