The sun., 1912-08-11
Guarding y L>nk&rr ;s
che . Ferhidden City.

After being hidden for more than
eleven years in a foul smelling we'll |
hole Of one Of the parks Of Pckin. the |
Sacred Book Of Ancestral Worship has |
bAen brought to light and restored TO |
the Government.
". Grant Morris Of Portland. ore.
formerly Of New Rochelle. n. V. and
a, one time a Lieutenant Of United
states Volunteers. Is the hero OF tho
hour among the Chinese people: for
Norris has spent the last eleven years
Of his life In a worldwide search for
the precious volume which was looted
from the Palace Of Ancestral Fathers
In the Forbidden City during the oc-
cunation Of the Chinese capital by the
allies during the Boxer outbreak.
Hundreds Of thousands of people
hsye in the time Of the books
burial trod the ground under which II
lay, a buried treasure Of tremendous
historical and intrinsic worth. The
Chinese officials accompanying Morris
20 the place refused to believe that the
long lost volume. the sacred writings
81 illus,rous emperors. kings ana
chiefs, could be found in what was
formerly an abandoned we'll and which
q. late years had been filled in and COW
cred with tagging stones. Hut tho
American map and measurements did
no, lle and the great volume was found
IN fairly good condition, considering
that /, was wrapped around only with
army blankets and rubber ponchos.
For finding the Sacred Book Mr.. Nor
rs will receive a reward OF more than
10000 taela contributed by prominent
wen ~ China.
TrE Sun publishes herewith Mr.. Nor
,ss own story OF his successful search
~ me Sacred Book.
BY WILLIAM GRANT MORRIS.
For TIE new YoRK sUN.
Coryr'qht. 1912, Pacific Associated Press.
Copwtqht. 1912. London Times.
IrhiN. China. July 11.-More than
eefen years ago in this same city OF
podn 7, among a number Of others. be-
gan the search for the greatest treasure
4 chinese moral or profane history. the
Sacred Book Of Ancestral Worship. II
hsi hccn stolen or at least taken from
rs place. in the Room Of Heavenly Grace
Ia tho Palace OF Ancestral Fathers dur
ing or Immediately following the flight
q tho imperial family from the Forbid
den CITY, and the sorrow and alarm OF
the Chinese people over its disappear
ence was pitlful.
A. that time, the closing months OF
1900 the Chinese Empire appeared
nearer collapse than at any time In
many centuries Foreign Powers had
' IN" nation by the throat. poverty and
famine threatened upon all sides. thou
sands of prominent people were being
sought for by the foreign devils" and
the dynasty had fed heller skelter. II
But doubt IL any one OF these swift
'aIami''cs or all OF them put together
mad" 50 deep an impression upon the
peculiar Chinese mind as the loss of
me Sacred Book Of Ancestral Worship
lhough much of my life has been spent
IN nina and though the language and
'harac'erist!cs OF the people are more
"F less familiar to me-having spent my
Early years and received my first school.
'Ae at iiankow. where my father was
ior years a medical missionary vii
H'' attempt to convey tho feelings ol
INC 'hinese when they learned that the
sacred Book had been stolen by foreign
"hi'o devils.
Ihey simply moancd and mourned d
II was not only the poor. ignorant anG
sip"rs'itlous' ,wc Christians like tha
"o'a'l ilHi wcpi at the loss. but th'
"'n and great and there are rcall.
many HI'h in this hoary old land wer'
apparently most alive To the scnse o
"'"N soriW and shame which followed
' n'ial knowledge ~ the theft
- Whs not as the French said "Wher
y our Emperor now? what viii bc
''me ~ Ia bottle France" but "Whcr
'an tne Writings ~ Heaven hr"' an
N'' ~ US win Win eternal rice b