HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-11-17, Page 6Tomb of Genghis Khan Found
In Gobi Desert, Say Explorer
SSeven. Silent Lamas Guard Silver Coffin Resting on Crowns
of 78 Princes and Ghost of Mongol Foretells
Future Once a Year, Russian Reveals
London ---The Russian explorer, mother, resulted in his defeat and ho
Professor Peter Kozloff, says "The was forced to flee to Karakorum,
!Sunday Express." has solved darkest when he placed Himself under the
Asia's greatest archaeological mys- chief of the Toghrul Uugh tribe.
tery by the discovery of the tomb of Quickly winning the favor of 'his mal-
Genghis Kahn (Jeughis Khan) ' ter, lie obtained command of the army
Mongolian conqueror, 700 years after and the chief's daughter as his bride,
his death, near the ruins of the dead His military exploits against the
;city of Khara-Kiioto, in the Gobi neighboring tribes won hini such
desert. favor that his fatter -in-law became
Professor Kczloff has devoted jealous and ordered him assassinat-
twenty years to the 'search. He found ed. Learning of the plot, Genghis
the great Ka s dust in a silver cof- Kahn fled to hie own country at the
ir'
fin resting upon the crowns of seven Bead of 5,000 cavalrymen. He won
ty-eight princes and khans whom he over his own tribe and speedily raised
conquered, and army to invade. the territory of
his father-in-law. .Again victorious,
The wonders of the conqueror's he forced his father-in-law to flee and
tomb, says "The- Express," vie with seized his lands,
those of Tut -ankh -Amen. Seven sil- The Tartar tribes, becoming alarm-
• ent Lamas guard the secret place, ed• by his growing domains, organized
an*1 every seven hours one of them a league against him, but he defeated
strike seven times on a huge jade their army in a decisive battle on the
bell hanging abo 'e the sarcophagus. banks of the Amur.
For seven centuries the priests With --thoughts of even greater con -
have preserved the mystery. Jewel- quests before him, he called a general
etese 1 weapons of ' Genghis Khan assembly on the he
of the Onon
and his own story of his reign, a life- and was there consecrated by the
size lion, tiger and horse in pink jade tribal priests Genghis Kahn, or
and a copy of the Bible written by an 'Kahn of Kahus."
Englis :• monk also were in. the tomb. Captured Pekin in 1215
Professor Kozloff also visited the After winning the voluntary mils -
the
c the Genghis' favored frmission of the neighboring tribes, he
the inscn Fsets f n whale "the mar- began , his first great conquest—the
ble coffin sets Ecru byrat "rhe groat invasion of northern China. The
Khan released her placing his cause of the war was Genghis Khan's
dagger in her breast." refusal to recognize the suzerainty of
Vs' tomb lies beyond the labyrinth Emperor Tohong--hei. He scaled the
of passages; cut Into the mountain Great Wall in 1211, divided his army
side. it is a spacious hall about
forty feet sgaare, the whole carefully
preserved, and once every year cer-
tain privileged mongols and the
Khan's descendants repair thither to
make sacrifice to his memory.
Duce a year, Professor Kozloff was
assured, on the anniversary of the
Khan's death, his ghost arises and
blows out the lamps, leads the chief which his chroniclers declared num-
of the guardian Lamas to the huge tiered 700,000, subdued Persia and
black slab at the rear of the shrine , crossed into Russia, plundering the
and writes with the accompanying! land between the Volga and the Dale -
priest's ::and prophesies for the coin- per,
into three divisions and after a
series of bloody campaigns took
Pekin in 1215.
He next conquered the Empire of
Khwarezm, which extended from the
borders of Syria to the River Indus
and from the River Sihun to the
Persian Gulf. Pushing forward from
this empire, Khan, with an army
ing year.
Born Son of Chief in 1162
Genghis Khan, originally known I
as Temujin, who ranks with Alexi
ander, Caesar and Napoleon among 1
the word's conquerors, was born at
Daylun Yeidak, near the .northern
bend of the Hoang -ho in Mongolia in;
1162. The son of Yesuka Bahadur, a I
Mogol chief, be became head of his
tribe upon the death of his father, al-
though then only thirteen years old.
His first military experience came
almost immeditely, when several of
the subject tribes refused to recog-
nize
ecognize him . A war lasting several
years, and carried on chiefly by cis
At the time of his death, in 1227, he
was continuing his campaign against
northern China.
Although a barbarian in many re-
spects, Khan appears to have Posses-
sed statesmanlike qualities. He toler-
ated all religions in his domains,
made obligatory the practice of hos-
pitality, established severe laws
against theft and organized systems
of • communication. He respected
men of learning, although he. himself
had little schooling.
Before Professor Kozloff's present
discovery the only memorial to Khan
known to exist was a granite tablet
discovered among the ruins of Nert
chiusk.
Sincla ir Accuses Mencken of
Always Destroying
II. L. Mencken, foremost critic of
America and its people, has no con-
etructire ideas by which he may build
up after he destroys, declares Upton
Sinclair in the November issue of
"The Bookman."
According to Mr. Sinclair, "The
darling an didol of the young intelli-
genzia has no message to give them,
except that they are free to do what
they please. Mencken," be says, "has
'made his school,' as the French say:
he has raised up a host of young per-
sons as clever as their piaster, and
able to write with the same shillelah
swing.
"Meneken is in a Berserk rage
against stupidity, dullness, and sham.
It you ask Meucken what is the rem-
• edy for these horrors, he will tell
you they are the natural and inevit-
able manifestations of the boobus
Ainericauns. If you ask him why
then labor so monstrously, he will
say that it is for his own enjoyment.
But watch him a while, and you will
see the light of hilarity die out of his
eyes, and you will note lines of tired-
ness in his face, and lines of not quite
perfect health, an.d"you will realize
• that is lying to himself and to yon;
he is a new -style crusader, a 'Chris-
tian Anti -Christ, a tireless propagand-
ist of no -propaganda.
"For the present, that is all that is
required; that is the mood of time,
cynicism, ridicule, and comtempt for
democratic bungling. But some day
the time spirit will change; America
will realize that its problems really
have to be solved ,and that will take
serious study of exploitation and wage
slavery, of co-operation and the demo-
cratic control of industry—matters
concerning which Mencken is as ig-
norant as any Babbitt -boob. Selmer
or later my friend Mencken will have
,to face these new facts, 'and choose
:between the bloody reaction of
Fascism and the new dawn of Indus -
: •--
! Mountain Sheep for British
Columbia
Fifty -Rocky 1Vountain sheep have
been supplied to the British Columbia
Gams ,Conservation Board,by the 'Cali-
aciian National Parks Brandi of the
Department of the Interior. These
cheep were captured near Banff in
Rooky Mot1ntains National Park and
they will be used to stock a former
range of the selectee heat' Spencer
bridge, MC,
Landscape
Now this must be the sweetest place
From here to heaven's end;
The field is white with flowering lace,
The birches leap and bend.
The hills, beneath the roving sun,
From green to purple pass,
And little, trifling breezes run
Their fingers through the grass.
So good it is, so gay it is,
So calm it is, and pure,
A ons whose eyes may look on this
Must be thehappier, sure.
But me—I see it flat and gray
And blurred with misery,
Because a lad a mile away
Has little need of me.
—Dorothy Parker in The Bookman.
SELF-SUPPORTING
"So you never expect to marry,
'Rastus?"
"No, sah, Ah 'spects to keep rIght
on makln' rnah own iivin' till, Ah
I dle."
.p.
This strange monument, a whole whale -skull, stands as a memorial to
lost whalers at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Kenya Colony
Hunts Lions
With Terriers
Native Lose Skill in Fighting
Off the 'Marauders of Their
-Herds, Hence the Non -
Sporting Method Has
Been Authorized
(By Claire Price, Landon.)
The Government of Kenya Colony
in East Africa has sent a white man
and a pack of terriers into its South-
ern •game reserve to reduce the num-
ber of pians. It is believed to be the
Gov -
has no time to bother with the hunter. when wounded, to charge the hut.
He is so busy with the dogs that the There is still .another method. The that 4ts present prosperity is largely
hunter has plenty of leisure in evh!icli bait is left cut overnight; but, in- attributable to the effect of •the Ma-
to shoot. stead of sitting up with it, the hunter Kenna duties, In his- own case, he
Naturally not all dogs have the glee out to visit it in the early morn- is able to cite impressive figures to
courage to face a lion. Lion hunters morn-
ing, when the lion or lions, which have prove his contention... Au ounce of
have different preferences reupecti o gorged themselves doting the night, I practical experience such as this is
what breed is serviceable; but most of are basking in the vicinity. In this' worth a pound of the aril and ab-
them prefer Airedale terriers when Tian is u�anially in cover and street theorising on which the Fres
Earl Gives Art Gallery to London;
Paintings Valued at $1,500,0001
Works by Reynolds, Romney, Gainsborough, Rembrandt,'
Van Dyck and Lawrence Included in Collection
Left by Lord Iveagh
London—London le to have a new
art gallery in Hampstead, in which
there will be hung some of the finest
paintings in the collection of the late
Earl of Iveagh. It will be housed in
Kenwood, the beautiful .mansion of
the late Earl, and surrounded by six-
ty-seven •acres of 'park land.
This le the largest public bequest.
! in Lord Iveagh's will, which disposes
of the largest private fortune ever ad-
mitted to probate in England. It is
valued. at $55;000,000.
Lord Iveagh owned what is believ-
ed to be the .finest private collection
in the world and himself chose what
pictures• should go into the new .gal-
lery. The selection contains- fourteen
paintings by Reynolds, ten by Rom-
ney, Several Gainsboroughs and
works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van ster. Even two such characteristic
Dyck, Turner, Hoppner and Law- multi -millionaires as viscounts Bear)
rence, The value of these works is sted and Cowdrey left only $22,000, ,
estimated at $1,500,000. 000. But two estates recently pro
The basis of the Iveagh fortune lies bated, neither of them well known,
in •the Guinness brewery interests, have exceeded the $25,000,000 figure
and though, for England, unusually ,have
Strathcona's was valued at $33,1
largo public bequests are made, the 000,000 and Sir Robert Houston's was,
bulk of the property will go to the valued at $30,000,000. a'
three Guinness brothers, one e.1 '
whom,, Walter, is Minister of Agricul-
ture
gricul
ture of England.
The Protestant Church in Irelan
receives $750,000 la be used to in,
crease the salaries of poorly' pat
clergymen, and St. Patrick's Cath
dral in Dublin has the use of the in
come of $300;000 as long as it re
mains Protestant, London hospital
also receive $300,000.
The chief public beneficiary of the
estate is the British taxpayer, as
the -death tax which will be paid in a
few days is• $22,000,000.
The size of Lord Iveahg's fortune
puts an end to the legend that no on
in England tau accumulate more than
$25,000,000. This probably is • the
limit of large lauded proprietors, like
the Dukes of Bedford and Westmin
be used in the same way. Or the dead
animal may be left outside a but of
thorn bushes in which the hunter con-
ceals himself. This is a little more
dangerous than spending the night in
a tree, for lions have been known,
Protection and Unemploy-
ment
Loudon Morning Post (Cods.): Aar.
W. R. Morris, the well -known -motor.
car builder, discusses the motor
trade's future ,and insists strongly
theyb had. Dogs h
can e a ag having
a Trull has to be followed there.
strain are never • used; they go Of these methods the last two are
straight for the lion, sink their teeth those most frequently used. The first
into him and never• let go. This
makes them an easy prey for the° are decidedly uncomfortable. The
lion; they are killed instantly. What Earl` of a tree is not the most lean
om-
is weeded is •a breed of doe that is fo'rtabl•e of seats and even an African
willing to get in chase enough to keep night
isThelikely
thorn hut prove
is cold tbefore much
the lion busy, but that remains far mare comfortable, though it permits
enough away to escape death. It is"
notoriously true of the lion that "hes the hunter to stretch out at full
first time that a British colonial Gav- generally re never
when he's dead" length. After he has taken his po-
ernment has .appointed an official lion and lags are never more useful than msove., it is undesirable for him to
pp in invests atin a ehammin move. The slightest sound must be
hunter. His name happens to be g g g lion. avoided. In ordinary circiiitistances
Hunter. His appantmentt is for four Behind his dogs a hunter is so safe
i umbos that regular lion )reenters, although the thorn but is reasonably safe, for
they may envy this wai~riar in tight the lien is a thin-skinned animal and
Normally the hunting of lions with
doges is prohibited on all publie lands
in Kenya. It as not considered sports-
manlike and, compared with real lion'
hunting, it is a tame proceeding. The
lions in the southern reserve have
been so well protected, !however, that
they have begun attacking the herds
and herdsmen of the neighboring
Masai tribe and it has finally become
necessary to kill off as many of them
as possible.
In former . times the Masai tribe,
although not noted as hunters, were
were able to protect themselves and a
Masai lion hunt was conducted with
momentse do not regard him as a true thorns are usually ample protection.
sparbsanan. Kenya's first official
lion, But a wounded lion, scenting the oe-
hunter may regard lies pursuit as cupants of the hut, is another matter.
merely a jab. He will work by day-,' Cases have been known in }vhich hut
I
light only. In theory lions are quiet and occupants have been bdwled over
in the daytime, emerging at night to by the enraged quarry.
It is customary, in using the thorn
)call and feed. But in practice the hut, to bait with zebra, pegging the
Ilion is northing if not.original; and carcass to a stake to keep it from
what he should do Is frequently what being dragged away and posting a
he does not do. Kenya's official initial native boy beside it during ng .ost day -
ter will, however, be rid of one initial
lion -hunting uncertainty. He will be time to keep off vultures and smell
animals. The boy suffices
assured in advance of finding lions . to frighten
and plenty of them. away even lions in the daytime. The
Normally the only approved day- hut is about twenty yards distant,
as much pomp and circumstances as light method in Kenya is that of stalk- provided covering thohbaitairli isloopholes enteredf in
a Spanish bull fight. To see the war- ing the lion on foot; and.to stalk pini the evening, a dear of thorns being
riiors surround the lion and -adlvanee into cover is about as exciting as any
one by one to receive his charge on kind of big game hunting known. pRestino theirulled into ) rifles ace behind
the loopholes,
their spears was a •grand spectacle. Ordiriiarily the lion is not a man- the hunterspreserve the strictest es,
Labor requirements in Kenya have eater.' He lives where game abounds ence. ..The zebra bait, killed a day or
reduced the numbed of Warriors in re -
When
at the ..eight of man he bolts,
M cent years. This, it is believed, ex -: When wounded and stalked into cover two advance, has meantime acquir-
plains why the old-time lion hunts
are now few and far between. The
result has been so marked an increase
in the daring of the lions that the
'Game Department of the colonial
Government has finally been compell-
ed to take drastic action.
Hunting with dogs is as safe and
speedy a method of hunting lions ,as
can be employed. What makes a lion
dangerous is chiefly hds speed. H
Canadian Indians as Agricul-
turists
A report of the Canadian Depart-
ment of Indian Affairs statesethat ag-
ricultural conditions on the reserves
'in Ontario have very much improved
in the last five or ;six years. There
are a great many more Indians farm-
ing at the present time than there
were a few years ago. The number
of stock on some of tho reserves has
more than doubled.
A sign appearing in a doctor's of-
lice In St. Louis reads: "I treat all
diseases, including children."
"What is ordinarily used as a con•'
ductor of electricity?° 'asked the pro-
fessor, " VC/hy-er"—began the student,
all at sea. "Wire." "Correct, Now
tell Die, what is the unit of electric
power?" 'The what, sir?" "Exactly,
the watt, Very good. That will de."
the lion becomes dangerous. He can
hide behind a clump of grass which,
to the novice's•rriind', tivould not 'afford
ed an odor that advertises its pres-
ence. Hunters have to lie doggo
the hyenas 'snarl and cackle and howl
cover for a house oat. He can charge around the carcass in the moonlight. Ad
like a flash of lightning. He can spring is naa � 5,931 Years Old
It t until well into the night that
Trade doctrinaire nourishes himself.
If the demoraliing effect of pay-!,
ing a million 'persons to do nothing
is to be averted, we need to quicken
up the slow process of industrial re-
covery, end what better means could
be found than those which have ulrov-
ed so efficacious to the motor trade?
When every objection to Protection
has been urged, it has• to be admitted
that if it results in giving work to
the workless, it is infinitely prefer-
able and more economic than any re-.
lief scheme ever invented.
COULDN'T SHUT HER UP
Hubby (tantalizingly): 1 can
read you like an open book.
Wifle (hotly): Yes; but you're
not man enough to shut me up!
n
fifteen or twenty feet ,, nm,is some- the hyenas suddenly disappear and His Birthday Unnoticed
thing like 5!C0 pounds of him to be the hunters knew that bigger game Baltimore, Oct. 28.—If Adam were
stopped, and, unless ho is hit through is in the vicinity, living he would be 5,331 years old to -
the brain er the heart or the verse- If the moon is still high, it is esu- day, . Computation of the late John P.
brae he can absorb a surprising ally possible to get a clear view of Brady found the first man was born
amount of lead without dropping. the lion coming quietly up to the bait in the Garden of Eden, October 28,
He and beginning to feed. It is shot as 4004 B.C. Brady eructed a monumnt
covers sixty or seventy yards in a For the novice it is suicide to at-
,.
few seconds. A hunter, awaiting the tempt to stalk him into cover. For quickly as the rifle can be aimed. If in memory of the first man on his es -
charge, has time for only one shot,the expert p of iron nerve and sure the moon has set, the hunters,with tate here. It is believed to be the.
and that at a very difficult target. If aim, it yields all the excitement one the best of luck, may succeed in drop- first and only shaft dedicated to
he misses a vital spot, as he is ex- could want. Obviously it is a sport ping the lion in bus tracks; but the Adam. Ie bears the inscription: "To
annual usually gets away wounded, to'the memory of Adam, the first man."
tremely likely to do, it is the end far dayht only, be sought _in the morning.
either of the hunter or of orae of has When night hunting is to be ac-
servants— •although most of his sery camplisi'hed, a live goat or pig may
ants are sure to be halfway up the be tied to a stake near a tree. The
V7hat Religion Is
nearest tree before the lion arrives. hunter spends the night in the tree Religion is the link between the
But, in hunting with dogs, the lion with his rifle. Or a dead pebra may
Mr. Brady, who died a few years
ago, was an architect.
ti• •
• Always Ready.
Finite mind and the Infinite." It is The pedlar began, 'Can't I sell you
the escape of the human heart from an automatic electric hairbrush?"
an •everlasting solitude in the wilder- "Can't you see I'm bald?" growled
ness of mere matter and force. the man.
"Your wife,.perhaps?"
"She's bald, too, except when site's
dressed up."
"Perhaps your son?"
"He's one month Old and quite
bald."
"Quite so. Have you a dog'?"
"Yes, a Chinese Hairless poodle!'
The pedlar dived into another
pocket.
"_4tiow me," he said, "to show the
latest thing in fly papers."
is the reliance of the human will,
longing and striving to be good, upon
the Eternal Will, perfect hi righte-
ousness and power. It is .man's con-
scious relation and kinship to his un-
seen, uusearchabie Creator.
Ills ltiiajosty's Mall In transport at Chambord, in the lake St. John re gion of Quebec. Both boy and dog
are thoroughly familiar with tt1teir jo b and have proved themselves worthy pf their trust.
!3Y TWO FEET
Vanity: Don't you think I'M •6t
Very gracieful walker?
Jealousy: You fall short of ieb
II think,
V.: By how Much, please/
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J.: Two 'lees: ,