New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-02
AFRAID OF J. P. MORGAN
Kaiser Initiates Lazcs to Prevent Art
Treasures Learning the Countrg.

Alarmed by the rapidty with which J. Pierpont
San ana other American collectors
qui'lls ana carrying on TO the United States the
fnest old masters and most precious art treasures
IN germany, the Kaiser has been bounding re-
Gently the other sovereigns Of tho -reutonic er,
Pi'e, Win the view 10 the enactment Of q measure
analogous TO the Pasca law prohibiting the export
'"i AtaIy OF any chefs dGuvres OF ancient art or
ci1d'oiosy- In Italy the ground is taken that the
"OIAs OF Titan. OF Raphael of Michael Aneelo
the marvellous metal work of Renvenuto ceII,ni
u INC grand old statuary dating from the time
"a mo Eoltan emperors in reality belong 10 the
o , Or at any rate. that the state has a pro-
prletary Interest in them and that they cannot
4o'eIore' De disposed OF without the governments
consent The latter is seldom given even when
'4o N4ll%en IN whose possession the art treasures
idPPei 10 De. and who has inherited them from
us me OF ancestors. is on the verge OF ruin.
- "iich sale to foreign purchasers would
preserve MIN Prince Sciarra-Co and quite a.
number Of other Italian mobiles have baan sem
'eiCeu ny The Italian courts to both fine and
RESENTMENT lot violations OF the Pasca law in
Ies-IHs OUT OF the country and selling to the
1tS fNotnschHds TO French and London art deal
eIs ana to American collectors the finest old
masters Of their galleries and owing n Tho oI
ost inevitable refusal Of the authorities n ,-a,+
PERMISSION TO sell 10 foreign purchasers the nm
81 etia'e noDles are sometimes reduced by actual
=. ~ " uisPoSe OF their most precious belongings
10 the state for ridiculously small sums
This Pasca law dates hack long hoto-. ,.., -
caiie d united kingdom and Originated with m.
FapaoS. out was taken over by King Victor FIN,
iiidhueI government in 1870 was extandaA
throughout the entire kingdom and has been IN
torce ever since much more strictly than in the
Gays "hen the popes welded temporal SWAY over
Rome sway O'0A
GERMAN turtsts under the direction of the Kaiser
are considering whether IL will be possible to enact
4eueFa1 law for the entire empire on similar
mes or II ii will be necessary for each one of the
t4iuIViouaI states OF the confederation to frame
STATUTE OF this kind OF course, the project is be-
IIs vigorously opposed by those Teuton mobiles who
nave inherited galleries OF paintings and of sculpt-
uFe' since II dimnshes the value of their property
anu IHelr means OF raising the financial wind But
Ie people at large IN favor OF the steps which
lhe emperor is taking TO keep German art treas
ures from leaving the country the direction of
america and as laws providing for this are liable
10 come into existence an early date in the
GERMAN Empire, owners will be eager to get rid
OF their collections to foreigners. at sacrifice
while they are stil free TO dispose OF their be-
4ohs1ngs II Is we'll that this should be known in
america as now is the moment for her museums
ana art lovers of the type of ]. Pierpont Morgan
10 ouy In Germany and TO take advantage OF the
10" prices due to the eagerness and haste Of own
ers TO sell before It is too late