Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-08
GERMANY MUST RETURN
OLD CHINESE TREASURES
Huns Took Five Ancient Examples
of Art and Science From
Picking.
PEACE CONFERENCE DECIDES
Orders Huns TO Send Back Instru-
mcnts Which Were Made by
Drientals Thousands of Years Be
fore Birth of Christ.

hs,ery rua nhS far INTO the bssi" n"
nings % the world. are invisible to
ing but their own problems They
have way. however. of appearing
nov nov and t ihen with startling rsality
Long before there was any such thing
as modern society. with all it's wars
there was an ancient civilization rich
in culture and invention. Tha, was
West. made the hrs, astronornicai OBJ
servances They were the FIRST 10 at
tempt TO plo, the sky and they made
could read the stars.
Vow Held In Pot.dnn,.
Al Potsdam today there stand five
bronze. treasures % ancient China
five OF the most exquisite examples
Of the ar, and science Of the East.
barking back TO this civilization which
had grown old when European ciriliza-
ton was just beginning. Their sur
round!nrs ar" not congenial They
seem to dream Of other worlds. And
so the threads OF history. tugCinE. are
restoring them 10 their ancient seat
This is what happened
In 1900 Baron Won ketteler was muir
dored in the Boxer Rebellion in China.
The German government, greatly out
ICED d"manded repar:atio1n and in.
ment WAS given special privileges in
china. som" buildings. wharves. and
ships and saverai objects Of ar, which
they took from the ancient observa-
tory % Picking.
Five BcnutifuI Instruments.
The most beautiful ASTRONOMICAL in
strumenis ever made. They were
wrought IN. bronze and dated back TO
studies mad" AS early as 5000 Il. G
on" of these instruments is large
dHy'ce resembling an equilateral
G. u a
mcr 10 the Emperor of the frs; Tar
tar DYNASTY; and. founder Of Peking;
with accuracy the obliquity az the
ecl!ptic and made ,a,tempts 10 esti-
failed hecause he assumed the earth
10 be fat.
one r. tho most ancient chronicles
,ronomers. ri and Sf' Ho. suffered cd death
Se eepse Of .6ber o. ala7 B.
Huge bronze Quadrant.
Another instrument is huge bronze
quadrant WHICH was sent TO the En-
huge brown amillary sphere OF the
seyH nteen,h century,
is the celestial globe made of bronze,
seven fee t. n d'I I'm Vas SON
missionaries. Pere verbies,. who had
charge Of tho observatory Of Picking
between 1861 and l72l
Thess monuments SaTsIss to re ancient
taken by the Germans who refused to
return them after the footing OF Pc
king. when the armies OF Germany.
France. Russia. Great Britain and the
United states entered the city to put
i in order. The troops Of the diff
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee
who was chosen in Difference to the
Kaiser.
Massive Observatory.
The observatory. from which these
Instruments were taken eighteen years
ago. is a massive tower OF medium
height. situated in, the. sou,hwes,
iure is q; feudal character. resembling
more the old gates of the fortified city
siructmre Here under End OF shed
'oWsr' the ins,rn ,Sns We're kep, ,,o
ranparts Of the observatory. il appears
that the Chinese anticipated by three
centuries many important inventions:
Ever since Gil e c. they have had
trustworthy cometary records. and
very carly attempts were made TO pro-
claim the eclipses OF the sun.
Pence ENJOYS Act.
The Germans took their pick OF the
Instruments and sent them 10 Pots
dam. where they were erected for
But now they are being returned 10
CHINA The peace conference has so
Under clause in the peace treaty
"Germanv renounces in favor Of China
all privileges and indemni,ies result
ing from the Boxer protocol OF 1901.
and all buildings. wharves and bar
racks for the munitions Of warships.
wireless plants and other public
Somcwhcre in the celestial heavens
HI and Ho must have smiled when they
read this clause.
TuOuchMDc ne UNCERTAINTIES