Warsaw, Jan. 2.
A considerable part of the treasure of the former Russian imperial family yesterday passed into the possession of the Polish state.
These jewels of the greatest value include the crown of Nicholas I, the famous diamond necklace of Empress Maria Feodorovna, the orb and sceptre of the Russian Tsar, the crown of Alexander LI and numerous other valuable objects to a value of 15,000,000 gold roubles.
The treasure was deposited in the vaults of the Polish state bank in 1923. In the Riga peace treaty of 1921 between, Poland and Soviet Russia, the latter promised to return the Polish art treasures and jewels brought from Poland to Russia in pre-war times. These include jewels to a value of 30,000,000 gold roubles collected in Warsaw during the Polish revolution of 1830. In 1923 it was then agreed that—Poland should receive as compensation the Jewels from the Romanoff treasure, as Soviet Russia had not returned the Polish treasures and jewels. The Soviet Russian government however reserved the' right of them within fifteen y period expired on December 31, 1938, and the jewels have therefore now passed into permanent possession of the Polish state—Trans-Ocean.
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