Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-09

desolates me to lose the pleasure OF your
society but / must do my duty as SOL
der"
IAN right colonel" replied Younghusband.
I'm sorry. OF course, / shall protest to
my government, for we do not admit Rus
sias claim to the territory. But suppose
there's no immediate hurry. You can wait
long enough to come to dinner with me
tonight, as we had arranged.
Had Jolly Time.
The jailer and his prisoner dined together
and had the jolliest OF all their festivities
Yonoff offered to let Younghusband leave
the territory without being arrested if he
would promise not to return by any one of
several mountain passes which he named.
An agreement to this effect was drawn up,
and YOnoff inserted the name or every
known pass.
Younghusband marched over into Chinese
Turkestan and then calmly returned ana
skirted round the mountain ranges until
he discovered a new pass by which he could
get back to the Pamirs without breaking
his word. He finished his exploring work
there, carefully keeping out of the way OF
his Russian friends. Then he returned to
India and lodged a protest against his ex-
pulsion. which seriously strained the rela-
tons between the Russian and British gov
ernments for some time. Ultimately, the
foreign minister at st. Petersburg made
an apology to the British ambassador, and
Russia formally relinquished all claim to
the disputed territory.
Although Younghusband has constantly
come into professional conflict with the
Russians, he has great liking for them.
An Apt Description.
whenever you meet Russian he said,
you meet a good fellow. One of the best
evenings 1 ever spent was at Hami, in
Chinese Turkestan. I had Travelled for
weeks without seeing a white face, and at
last 1 found solitary Russian merchant
at that town. He couldn't speak a word
of English, and knew no Russian; but he
managed somehow to invite me to dinner.
We had a splendid time, although converse
ton Jagged.
II would hold up my glass and say,
Then I would say 'skobelen.' 'Kuropatkin,'
Dragomiroff,' and the names of any other
great Russians l could remember, and
we would drink in turn to them. Unfortu-
nately my friend did not know the names
of any English notables. He could only say
Queen which he did every two or three
minutes In acknowledgment OF my Russian
toasts."
Younghusband was fortunate in serving
and travelling with several men who after
ward became famous and powerful and
were able to advance his interests.
He was accompanied on one OF MS expe-
ditions to the Pamirs by the Hon. George
Curzon long before the latter dreamed that
he would ever return to India as peer and
the viceroy and be in position to give MS
friend the command of an expedition into
Tibet. Sir Mortimer Durand, the present
British ambassador at Washington, was
another of Younghusband's closest friends
and colleagues.
Knows Politics.
Younghusband served as political agent
of the Indian government in Hunza and
in Chitral for some years. AS those states
are on the borders Of Tibet, he was thus
able to gain a great deal of knowledge
about the Tibetans which must be OF serv-
ice to him at the present time. Suisse
quently he was political agent in the IN
dian native states of Haroat and Tonk,
and his knowledge Of the intrigues OF ma.
Of no other Anglo-Indian. Whenever ne
tried to introduce reforms he needed to be
ON his guard against attempts to assassin
ate him. He started out by trying to be a
most thoroughgoing reformer, put expert
ence cooled his enthusiasm
When the war with the Chitralis broke out
In 1895 the Yonnghusband brothers both
managed to join the British invading eXpe-
dition. and both were appointed special cor
RESPONDENTS Of the London Times. Before
the campaign was half over their identity
became hopelessly confused. Even the
Times could not keep track OF their work.
George and vice versa. while the general In
command of the expedition would thank
George for the kind things said about him
in an oIticle written by Francis.
A Brave Pair.
When the British troops besfeged the hill
fortress of Nilt the brothers distinguished
themselves by producing football from
their hit and starting game within half
a mile of the fortress on the only level
piece of ground for miles around. They were
Joined by several other officers. and the en-
thusias,n for the game did not even abate
when the Chitralis opened fire on them.
They played day after day, but the enemy's
aim was bad that only one man was
slightly wounded
Both brothers have taken part in several
minor frontier wars, and distinguished
thems elves by their bravery on several oc-
casions Francis Younghusband fought
through the Matabele rising in Rhodesia,
and distinguished himself by saving an
isolated party of women and children after
an exciting ride Of seventy miles through
country infested by the rebellious tribes
men. BY a lucky chance he escaped perish
ing in the massacre of Major Wilson's
party. He had arranged to Join Major Will
son, but was unable to do SO at the last
moment.
After his South African adventures,
steadily promoted from one important po-
Gtical position TO another. until he was
given command of the Tibetan expedition,
Young husbands rise in the British serv-
ice has been unusually rapid. Many honors
have been bestowed upon him, and In 1891
ed by Anglo-Indians-the Kaiser-i-Hind
gold medal for public service in India Phys
ically he Is man of iron frame tall, finely
built, and so deeply tanned by the sun that
he might easily pass for native as he has
done many times on his various expeditions
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