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out will continue to flow, and how much longer exportations of these things will be allowed by the Chinese Government, are conditions to be reckoned with.

But on these two latter points there are no authorities to consult - the opinions expressed by different people who pretend to have opinions are extremely varied. I do know however, that all occidentals have much to learn of this land of wonders. 

Yesterday I spent many hours with delightful old-fashioned Chinese family inspecting things thousands of years old that have seen little daylight for centuries - and which not more than a half dozen foreigners have even seen.