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Show CTJ TRACK OF VAST TREASURE Circumstances Indicate Probability That Vast Hoards of the Mongols Has Been Discovered. Whether Asia's most famous treasure-hoard, the concealed valuables of the Mongols, has been found, Is still a mystery to those who have dreamed of finding the precious relics of kings and emperors hidden somewhere in the ruins of the cities of central Asia. Recent Re-cent reports that some of the jewels and goldwork of the Mongols have reached India confirm the belief that the treasure-hoard has been ransacked at last. Five hundred years ago the desert was green and temples and luxurious palaces adorned central and southern Asia, often called the "tomb of lost millions." The Mongols, the most formidable for-midable of the tribes at that time, ravaged rav-aged eastern and central Europe in the thirteenth century, and carried their loot with them. 'With the pas-sags pas-sags of the tribe the great secret to explorers has been the place of their hidden treasure. Some years ago two men in Yar-kand Yar-kand sold some relics of ancient Asian workmanship, and It Is believed they had come upon the tomb of the treasures. treas-ures. It was then that an adventurous adventur-ous Englishman, H. Spauldlng, called them to him and set out to further explore the treasure region. It was reported that he had penetrated the region, re-gion, but that he had been slain on making his getaway. The appearance of some of the ancient relics In India recently is believed to indicate that Spauldlng was robbed and that the treasures are slowly being sold by his assailants. |