The record-union., 1898-02-01
THE TRAGEDY IN Tibet.

The terrible sufferings of Henry Saw
age Landor in Thibet viii go very far
in lettering other travellers and explor-
ers from penetrating into the countries
of the emi-barbarous without suffi-
Gent armed protection. In Thibet Mr.
Lander and his party were taken by
bands of Thibetans-men whose re-
ligion breaches the brotherhood of man
and the greatness of mercy and good
ness-and horribly tortured. This was
at a point less than a weeks walk from
the Capital of Thibet
The unhappy artist and traveller,
grandson Of the English poet, narrowly
escaped death, while several of his
party were tortured to death. Mr. Lam
DOR was able TO secure Photographic
views of some Of these terrible scenes.
one Of these shows a native, one Of the
Lander party, bound naked to a tree,
slashed with knives and undergoing
beating at the hands of a crowd of hid
eous beings dancing about him armed
with bludgeons and sharp weapons.
Another photograph shows two men
so dishgured as to be unacceptable,
the hair all burned from their heads,
their skin scared with hot irons,
their faces lacerated and in each eye d
CHASTITY slit through which the fluids
Of the pupils had run out. Repeatedly
the Thibetans held white-hot irons so
near to the eyes of their victims as to
shrivel and scar them.
Landor himself was bound to a tree
his eyes scared by hot irons, de-
stroying the sight of one of them,
and his body so abused that it is said
he will not recover. He was bound
for three days and nights and left
ton he lost his reason. DR.. Wilson,
Mr.. Larkin and Karak Singh Pal, hear
ing that a white man was to be be-
headed, made forced marches, and.
after much misleading by false guides
and great suffering, managed to reach
Lander and rescue him.
They did not know when they started
whom they We're endeavoring to succor,
nor did they have hope Of more than
securing the mutilated remains Of the
white man and giving them decent
burial. The great-heartedness and I'M
selfishness OF these rescuers cannot be
too highly commended. There is a
deal of good in a world that can de-
velop such courage and devotion in
the cause of common humanity. Lam
dor saved the valuable maps and
charts he had made and his photo
graphs, but had to bury his instru-
ments in the Hinalayas. He has a
vast collection OF valuable photo
graphs taken in his travels. By easy
stages the rescuers conveyed the
wounded man to Almora, North India,
where he now lies. But though rea-
son is restored, 1t Is not believed that
he will ever sufficiently recover TO
leave for his home.
1t remains now to be seen what the
Government OF his allegiance will do
to avenge Lander. Thibet is the
most exclusive country OF earth. 1t
permits but two tribes of men 10
trade into it's valleys and hills Its
chief traffic is in wool, OF which it
produces the finest and best known.
This comes out both raw and manu-
featured. In the latter form in rugs,
shawls and mats mainly. The coun-
try is rich in minerals, and gold
abounds, bu 1t is locked up by a jeal-
Gus exclusion that is unparalleled. and
this is due to the so-called religious
nobility, which is chief in control of
the commerce OF the Thibet. and viii
brook no rivalry.
In 1856 the English set on foot meas
ures to send in a mission to establish
relations with Thibet that would ad-
NIT EngIishmen to the privileges Of
trade in the country. No success fol-
lowed that effort, though later some adj
vanees were secured. This country,
so guarded and exclusive, so bitterly
hostile to travellers, and which. while
It has successfully kept the Powers of
Europe from its commercial privileges,
is one exceedingly tempting to the tray
eler and explorer. When such as Lander