The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-04

wv. bnuuor ScnteHCfu ~ Dcn'h, nut Finally
Liberated AFTER Being Tortured on the
Rack and with Hot trons-No white Man
HAS sccnt tho Rcred CitJ for fiftJ.two Years.
Special Cable Dsspatch to THE Sun.
LONDON. Oct. 3.-Hcnry Savage Lander, n
nephew of Mr.. Lander the author, who won't to
Tibet as tho commissioner Of the DAILY Mail,
has arrived on the Indian frontier after an un.
successful attempt to enter Lhasa, the capital
of that country and tho residence OF the Grand
Lama.
Shortly after the expedition entered Tibet
twenty-eight Of the thirty servants employed
by Mr.. Lander deserted him. The latter. how.
ever, was not discouraged, but attempted to
reach his goal. making hfty-six marches with
one bearer and a sick coolie.
The three were captured by Tibetnns and
put in chains. Later all were sentenced to
death. Tho bearer was logged and Mr.. Ian.
dor was tortured with hot irons. Prep
~arations were being made to decapitate Mr..
Lander when tho Grand Lama committed
the death sentence to torture on the rack. This
sentence was carried out and Mr.. Landor's spine
and limbs were injured by the punishment In
fictcd upon him. After many days spent In
irons tho three men wero released and finally
made their way to the Indian frontier.
No white man has set foot within Lhasa, the
famous centre OF Buddhism. since Father Hue,
IN MS ORIGINATING NOiuIhB, IL oNCht-
full journey which he and Father CADET, dis
guised as Chinese Buddhists. made o the sacred
city in 1s46. At least a dozen explorers, from
Prejevalsky, the Russian, to Bouvalot, the
Frenchman; Carey, the Englishman. and Rock
hill, tho American. have done their best to
reach the city, but have invariably been turned
back. Bouvalot got within a days journey Of
Lhasa.
Lhasa Is fairly we'll known, and thereo 10 no
- L>,.Il .ta
on going where he is not wanted, except tho fact
that access to the city is forbidden to those who
are not Buddhists, and therefore explorers have
thought 1t would be a great feather in their caps
to enter the place, willy nilly. For years the In.
dian Government has sent natives Of India into
Tibet to carry out extended explorations. Some
OF these explorers have made long sojourns in
Lhasa. and in their reports have described the
city infinitely. They succeeded in entering the
city in the guise Of mendicants. or petty mer-
chants. or devotees. One Of the most famous
among them seemed to the Tibetans to be q very
pious man. He was constantly referring to his
prayer barrel. which, however. was nothing
more than a place Of concealment for his scien-
tiic instruments.
The Tibetans tell all white men who apply for
admittance to their holy city that they do not
want any foreigners in Lhasa. They say. with
some shrewdness. that they have observed that
when white men get INTO a place ana ike IL
they never leave it, and they bring all the ma
tives into subsection to their will. They would
consider themselves false to their religion II
they exposed the home Of the Grand Lama, the
| city which all disciples of Buddha regard with
generation, to contamination or capture by for
eigners of other religious faiths.
Considering all the annoyance which unfor-
tunate explorers have given to the authorities
of Lhasa. the intruders have been pretty we'll
treated. A deputation of officials from Lhasa
has usually met the white men two or three
days march from the city. Sometimes tho
discussions whether or not the gates OF Lhasa
should be opened to the particular party
side have continued for several days. Every
visitor has been firmly informed that Lhasa was
have been courteously treated, and often horses
and provisions have been sold to them to help
them on their way. The misery inflicted upon
Mr.. Lander. however, Q ems to show that the
Tibetans have entirely lost their patience.