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Chinese Petition to Discard the Queue

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 14, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 23.

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Chinese Petition to Discard the Queue

The Chinese of the Pacific Coast have sent a memorial to the ruler of China asking permission to cut off or discard the queue. This appendage, it is said, was forced upon them about 260 years ago as a sign of submission to the Manchus. Now many Chinese think that the custom should be discontinued as an advance step toward general world-civilization.