New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-06
TO SEARCH WINDSOR
ROYAL Castle Full Of Long Forgotten
Treasures.

Copyright. 1905 the brentwood Company
All sorts Of uasuspected treasures have been turn
sng VI from tine TO fine Windsor Castle since
king Edward. two or three years after his acces-
sion. undertook adapt its living apartments TO
twentieth century ideas OF comfort and convenience.
Last SIMMER the Princess Of Wales during stay
Windsor. accidentally discovered. while roaming
about the castle extremely valuable collection
OF old ivory miniatures OF which not only the
members OF the royal family but also Lionel Gust
the member of the household charged with the care
o. the Kings pictures and works OF art, were in
complete Ignorance. Other objects Of analogous
intrinsic and artistic value have been brought 20
light recently in the Encouragement OF the royal
library, and accordingly the King has given orders
that thorough examination is 10 be made Of every
apartment and every corridor IN the castle. in order
10 ascertain exactly what it contains.
The castle. portions OF which date back nearly
q thousand years, a huge pile Of buildings Of
various epcchs and extending immense
area AS definite plan is in existence of the
castle, there are scores and scores OF rooms. gar
rets and vaults. OF which record be found.
Some Of them have remained unopened and IN
touched for a hundred years or more. There are
others that figure in the plans. but which. filed
with furniture fittings, paintings, bTic-a-brac and
ststuarv removed from other apartments and stored
away. have remained without being disturbed for
an equal period Of time and perhaps even still
longer. In fact the castle is in certain respects
a vast Treasure house Of the contents Of which no
one possess any definite knowledge since it has
of soveregns who have occupied the British throne
since the Conquest TO inaugurate their reign and
their occupancy Of Windsor Castle by relegating
70 the store rooms the garrets and the vaults all
the chief and most cherished belongings Of their
predecessors.
Under the circumstances discoveries Of a most
Interesting character may be looked for within the
next tev months. The King has also given orders
that while this investigation is in progress thor
ough search should be made for the subterranean
passages which historic record as having
been constructed in olden DAYS 10 enable the SOW
e3gn and ais TO escape IN time Of siege All
trace Of these underground tunnels has been lost
10 enc II the royal family of the court knows
Gated. and owing 10 this there IS an unpleasant
feeling that strangers may this way be able
20 obtain access not only TO the castle but even
10 the presence Of the sovereign without any one
knowing how TO prevent il or how 10 Illustrate
Jheir possibly evil designs
The case Of windsor Castle Is similar to that
Of some o. the more ancient royal residences on
the Continent such as for instance, the palace Al
Madrid the HofbUrg al Vienna the old Schloss
al Berlin and the palace at Stockholm True, the
main portions OF the latter barely one hundred
years old but the foundations and the acres upon
acres Of vaults in several tiers below ground date
back eight hundred years or more. These vaults
have never been entirely explored in modern times,
and somewhere concealed in them. built it is said
into The walls Of subterranean apartment Is the
huge treasure % mat French field marshal. Der
--adore WHO died as King II Sweden, and of which
no trace has been found since his death As Tor the
vatican a Rome. there rooms and garrets ana
cellars there which have never been opened for Two
or three hundred years, and there is no knowing
what they may contain