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Show TREASURES IN LONDON IANK8. Sultan of Morocco Has $5,000,000 Worth of Jewels There. Abdul-Aziz, sultan of Morocco, la taking no chances of losing his personal per-sonal Jewelry in the couraft of one of the frequently recurring distarbances in his country. Locked up In the vaults of a bank near Charing Cross, London, tho Jewels, valued at $5,000,- 000, are guarded night and day. They occupy a space less than the size of a bushel basket and lie about thirty feet below tho level ot tho Strand.' x '.; Not far away, In the same vault, aro several million pounds' worth of i unclaimed Jewelry, some of which was deposited there during the French revolution. Frctch people, fearful of being robbed lr. the reign of terror, secretly conveyed their apossesslons to London and a vast quantity has been t left uncalled for. The bank authorities have failed In every effort to locate the original owners' heirs. An offer of $1,250,000 as a loan on the sultan's Jewelry has been made, but the sultan is anxious to raise much more than that. |