The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-19
CHINESE mar s. d. ,eo.
such l. the Record ia PeLin, Accord
ing 60 Report.

tng 60 q Report.
Chicago. II. Sow 1.-THE Chicago
q mes Herald Publishes b. following die
snaten from Washington
"Tae ar.a.ves 20 Pekn have gwen 100
% seer.t f1at may lead 70 ne solution of
mystery tHl. Has baked every students
% American archaeology since The West
GRO Hens p-er, Was nrst visited by Co
Umb.
"Th. BIS been found 81 the ancient
Eas ern ptal records that prove con-
..lsIte.y shAt a landing was made on tals
continent hf %. Mons oliars lu the year
so a u centuries before she Gtroesc
Admiral was born ana before che accer'-
taues 90 tne theory thai The earth
g.obe .ed the wise men Of Europe TO seek
new world in the Wcst
"sfudcrts ~ carly American history
have found uum.stakable evidence %
Asiauc civilization among tle forgotten
uhahtanfs Of ne coutlnent They have
followed facte traces through the won
derful works lefi hy me Aztecs and faint
- through thc prede sssors % the race
fnc Toltts
They have found what they believed
10 be- prpaf that this Asiatic influence
came 20 America from the north sue
ecss Fely through what is now California
A.fA ls'NHfA NAt4tIlAAHs DIV N'"H AfA'A fltlH
there hos been nothing but the vaEuest
speculation. which has given rise 20 the
or.e- SIS many and as various as the mum
Der ana the imaginations OF those en-
saEed in the research.
\ct long ngo ~ was announced IN
dispatch from Pekin thai some Of the on
GERS % the army ~ the allies had dug
up 30 the sacred cry records Of great
historic value that had ben hidden away
for ages by the Ceestials
THE direct Interest these d'sooverles
have for America IS brought through
communication just received at the
State Department These come from Ma
TWAIN Lin. "a Chinese. and tcll 90 nlch =
way that tho Information cannot be
doubted o. the discovery 81 America hy
Chinese missionaries more than fifteen
hundred years ago.
only meager details Of this great sclen-
uGe fact have been received here. ana
what 81 in the possession OF the depart
mert officials is being closely guarded
But enough IS known % make sure the
fact that Tho message from China sheds "a
clearer light on Information that hereto
fore has been extremely hazy
1T may bridge over a chasm ~ count
less forgotten vears-years that have had
the soges OF the world by the ears ever
since the ancient works Of extinct races
MNff NNAAHA lN niN Mexico ne afoFf -
that Eve adventurous missionaries sailed
from the eastern coast Of China. crossing
the Pacific ana skirting the Fox Islands
and finally sighting the western coast Of
the American continent
They turned fouthward ana proceeded
along within sight OF the shore until "A
landing was made " Mexico opposite the
Peninsula ~ Yucatan. Here a number Of
temples We're erected To the name Of their
own God. There Il iitile doubt that these
same edlnces are described hv De Charay
in his book as Buddhist temples This in
depreciation OF the Freuchman while
close 10 the mark missed by margin
the real authorship of these evidences OF
an unknown civilization.
1T may not have been Buddha. hui
probably it was Confucius. who inspired
hts jealous disciples This may also clear
up the mystery surrounding the astonish-
ing strides % the Aztecs tn architecture
ard Industrial arts
The suppositiou q. that the Chinese
who landed on our continent az that time
instnled the natives with their wisdom in
craft and the ruder arts TO- such an ex-
tent that there resulted a people Of pccu-
LARRY high development Bo that as "a
may the records found in Pckln viii not
be contradicted ana must remain as prlma
fscle evidence Of the courage ana thrift
OF the Chlnaman.'