Evening star., 1927-11-16
Discovery of Cengghis Khan
Tomb Creates Wide Interest

A discovery that it is said Twill in
terest' historians, archeologists and
military men, and incidentally a
goodly share OF the reading public,
has been made in the Cobb Desert
by Prof. Peter Kozloff. a Russian eX-
plorer, who sends word that he has
found the tomb of one of the most
famous conquerors in histOry-Gen-
ghis Khan-who died about 1927 in
Mongolia, leaving a realm that
stretched from the China Sea TO
Southern Russia. Following as it does
the revelations of the glories of the
tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen, it arouses
in the American press renewed in
terest in the material wealth and
the physical force OF some of the
awaiting full conf1rmat ton of the dis.
covery, American editors find much
of interest in the reports as sent out.
The tomb was not lost in the strict
sense of the word, for, although its
location was unknown to most of the
world, it was found to be a carefully
guarded shrine in the ruins of the
dead city of khara-Khoto. The Lin.
coin Star finds this one of the inter.
esting phases of the discovery, saying:
1.-The death chamber lies in a laby-
rinth of passages cut in the noun
tainside and is a hall about 40 feet
square. Once year privileged
Mongols and certain of the khan's
descendants journey there to sacrifice,
and once a year the ghost walks. I"
The fact that the whereabouts of the
tomb, "even it's existence, has re-
manned secret from the Western world,
even though thousands, perhaps mil
lions, of Mongolians knew about it.,
raises speculation as to how many
more and how great are the secrets
that still lie undiscovered in the East
ern mind" continues the Star, which
expects the tomb to yield historical
facts of greater value than the play
things and funeral gifts of an Egyp-
tain youth"
Quoting Prof. KoZlOff as saving that
"he has come upon the Khan's coffin
resting on the crowns of IS conquered
princes" and that "'seven silent
Lamas' are on guard and every seven
hours one of them strikes seven times
on a huge jade bell" the New York
Sun comments: This, indeed. out
does our old friend Tut-ankh-Amen."
as it expresses the hope that 1.-The
archeologists will not go too far in
this case. Let the silver coffin remain
continue their dramatic vigils.
Let the old Khan Sleep" urges the
Sun, for 700 years have passed since
his death and I'VE would not have
him know that no strong man lives in
his country: or that Asia, which SEEM
ed to the old boy, 700 years ago. to
be the center of everything, cuts much
less ice now"
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'The present world is no more suit
ed to him than his resting place in
the Cobb Desert is suited to modern
habitation. For the likes OF Genghis
Khan there is no longer a place in
the world. His tomb is interesting
only as it gives a chance for. compari-
sons, and illustrates how much prog
ress has been made in the past seven
centuries" says the Newark Evening
News. which believes that could
Genghis come to life and gaze upon
our world he would see infinitely more
10 astoniSh his eyes than his 70O-year-
old resting place can offer to ours.
in spite of its "life-size statues of the
horse. lion and tiger, carved out OF
pink Jade" and other treasures.
To the Portland Oregonian, though
this conquerOr once held Asia in
tribute 10 his SWOtu, tIc NlClciiCS VI
the great Khan We're singularly hol-
low, for he left nothing of valuable
permanence. Poverty, ignorance and
soualor are as they We're in those far
off days when the terrible name of the
Khan made all to tremble. The re-
gions that knew his rule have changed
hut little in seven centuries, and that
they have not changed is in some
measure a reproach to the memory OF
their conqueror," declares this paper.
However, one of the lasting effects
on Europe of the Mongol victories in
central Asia under Genghis Khan is
pointed out by the San Antonio Ex-
press, which says that these conquests
drove several Turkish tribes west
ward into Asia Minor-among them
the ancestors of the Osmanlis. who,
in 1900, founded the principality which
developed into the Ottoman Empire"
This paper also finds interesting the
fact that one of Genghis' descendants
mot long since was finance minister at
Iyrga. capital of Outer Mongolia-vir-
tually dependency of Soviet Russia,