Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-28

massarics, as thcir m0nasteries are
termed arc about ms numerous as sa-
looms IN the Centers Of Anglo-SaXon
civilization Thoy are the most priest
ridden people on earth ono monk 10
q Family Is about the average. Most
Of their praying Is done mechanically
By means of praying wheels. II is In
cursing they exert most energy and
have the strongest abiding faith They
regard Il az a means of national de-
Tense. Again and again they allowed
the British expedition TO thread It's ant
Ike way through passes where a few
resolute men might have held a whole
army az bay. while from a safe distance
they hurled maledictlons upon t. And
when they would have been wiser to
have stuck TO their imprecations they
fought ana were slaughtered.
They got pOstpOnement OF the ad-
vance Of the ,missIon from Tuna while
the Lamas held "a combination service
az Guru, and for the space of three
days solemnly and devoutly cursed de-
nounced, eXecrated, mathematical, and
consigned TO everlasting perdition the
British invaders II reminds one OF
the story told IN the Ingodsby Legends
when the cardinal fell upon the Jack
daw Of Rheims, and
Cursed him IN eating, he cursed him IN
drinking,
He cursed him in coughing, in sneezlng,
In winklnR;
He cursed him In sitting, In standing,
I'm lying,
lie cursed him in walking, IN riding, In
flying,
lie cursed him in living he cursed him
In dying,
Never was heard such terrible
curse
And after this vast expenditure of
pious malcdictions. very true II must
have been that among the poor, super
stltious Tibetans
what gave rise
To no little surprise
Nobody seemed one penny tho worse.
For at Guru the British force turned
up as 1T as a fiddle. And. there Il was
that, resenting being dlsarmed, the Tib-
etans under the worst possible condi-
tons for themselves being huddled TO-
gether In an enclosure. first tried a lit
tie fighting, With their antiquated
weapons, against magazine rifles, ma
chine guns and disciplined troops they
Jared much az a pack of sheep would
have done that had turned on a lot Of
lions. Hundreds Of them were slain.
Nothing could more striklngly reveal
the lingo spirlt--lmperialism Is the pop
ular name for it--which at present pos
sesses the British public than this CONF
ment OF q London Journal 1T speaks
IN the highest praise of the discipline
Of our men that the whole (Tlbetan)
force was not extermlnated The
lesson taught the priestly fanatics OF
Lhassa has been a sharp one, but II
cannot end here This fray furnishes
perfect Illustration Of the arrogant
Ignorance and overweenIng folly Of the
Lamas.' PatciQttgm begets a strange
form OF mental astigmatism.
One result OF the expedition has been
the discovery Of the ATHEIST town on
earth. Phari Is It's mama which in the
Tibet language means pig hill, very
designation, save that 1t ne
cessitates some apologies to the pig.
Nothing ever has been cleaned at
Phun since II was built and II Is osti-
mated that the fort IL 400 years old.
in the best quarters of the town, where
the houses are twO-storied, the acCumu-
lated filth rises TO the first floor win.
dows and trenches have TO be dug In
the malodorous mess to reach the doors.
"Gn the middle Of the street, between
the two banks of fitch and offal, " writes
a correspondent, runs a sinking cham
mel which thaWs daily. I'm II horns,
bones and skulls Of various beasts eat
en- by the Tibctans lie TN the dogs and
ravens have picked them clean enough
to be used in the mortared walls and
thresholds, The stencil is fearful Half
decayed corpses of dogs lie cuddled up
with their NANCY but surviving broth
ers and sisters, who do not resent the
ravens. A curded and filthy torrent
flows through the market place and
half-breed yaks shove the sore-eyed
and mouth-ulcered children aside 10
drink at II, The men and women,
,lothes and faces alike are as black as
he peat walls that form a background
o every scene, They have never wash
d themselves. They never intend TO