Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-11-17
DISCOVERY or AMERICA
Made by Chinese Missionaries
A. D. 400.
RECORDS DISCOVERED BY ALLIES.
State Department Is Said to Have the
Documents In Its POSsessiOn-One
OF the Important Fruits OF the De-
cupntfon of peISing.


OF the Important Fruits Of the De-
cupation of Peking.
Chicago. Nov. 15-The Chicago Times
Herald publishes the following dispatch
from Washington
"The archives Of Picking have given mp
n secret that may lead to the solution OF
mystery that has baked every student of
American archaeology since the western
hemisphere was first visited by Column
bus.
There has been found in the ancient
eastern capital records that prove conclu-
siyety that a landing was made on this
continent by the Mongolians in the year
400 4. D., centuries before the Genoese
admiral was born and before the accept
asce of the theory that the earth is
globe led the wise men of Europe to seek
new world in the west
students of early American history
have found unmistakable evidence of Ash
attic civilization among the forgotten in
habtants of the continent They have
followed these traces through the won
derful works left by the Aztecs and faint
~ through the predecessors of the race,
the Toltecs.
"They have found what they believed
came to America from the north success
lively through wat is now California and
Lower California. but beyond this there
has been nothing but the vaguest specu-
lation. which has given rise to theories as
many and as various as the number and
the ina ginations of those engaged in the
research.
Not long ago il was announced IN
dispatch from Picking that some of the
officers of the army of the allies had dug
up in the sacred city records of great his
toric value that had been hidden away for
ages by the Celestials.
The direct interest these discoveries
have for America is brought through
communications just received at the state
department These come from Ma Twah
! Lin, a Chinese, and tell in such way
that the information cannot he doubted
of the discovery of America by Chinese
missionaries more then 1,500 years ago.
secret Carefully Guarded.
"Only neager details of this great sci
/ .entific fact have been received here, and
what is in the possession of the depart
j ment officials is being closely guarded.
i But enough is known to make sure the
3 fact that The message from China sheds a
clearer light on information that hereto
fore has been extremely hazy.
1T may bridge over a chasm of count
less forgotten years-years that have had
the sages of the world by the ears ever
since the ancient works of extinct races
were found in old Mexico. The story is
that FIVE adventurous missionaries sailed
from the eastern coast of China, crossing
the Pacific and skrting the Fox islands
and finally sighting the western coast of
THE American continent.
'.They turned southwark and proceed
Yed along within sight of the shore until a
landing was made in Mexico opposite the
peninsula OF Yucatan. Here a number
of temples were erected in the name Of
ftheir own god There is little doubt that
kthese same edifices are described by De
SCharny in his book as Buddhist temples.
}This Interpretation of the Frenchman,
vwhile close To the mark, missed by mar
Agin the real authorship of these evidences
kpf an unknown civilization.
1T may not have been Buddha. bur
hrobably il was Confucius, who inspired
His Jealous disciples. This may also
klear up the mystery surrounding the as
Aenishing strides of the Aztecs in archi-
tecture and industrial arts.
1.-The supposition is that the Chinese
Who landed on our continent at that time
ynstilled the natives with their wisdom in
kraft and the ruder arts to such an extent
that there resulted people of peculiarly
Nigh development. Be that as it may,
HE records found in Pekiug will not be
Aontradicted and must remain as prima
d the Chinaman."