Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-09
A LEADER IN TIBET
Col. Younghusband as Head
of British Expedition.
HAS BRAVE BROTHER
a FAMOUS EXPLORER OF THE
ASIA'S UNKNOWN LANDS.
Rapid Rise in the English Service
Bravery, Ability and
Ready Art
HAS BRAVE BROTHER

Ing MISTAKEN lbI OIe dilolhci.
Both are wellknown Anglo-lndian of1-
GERS. Both held the rank of major until
the other day, when the conqueror of the
Tibetans was promoted colonel. Both are
famous as explorers and fighters in frontier
campaigns Both have written books and
served as war correspondents of the Lon
don Times
Col Francis the more distinguished of
the two brothe RS holds his commission in
the Indian Staff Corps. Maj. George, the
younger, belongs to the Queens Own Corps
OF Gudes-a hard-ighting corps which
bears, with the Skhs and the Ghurkas, the
brunt of all the Indian frontier campaigns
The brothers belong to an old Anglo-ln-
dian family which has played prominent
part in the military history OF the country
Their father, Maj. Gen. Younghusband, c.
s. L. is a sturdy old warrior who fought
through the Indian mutiny and many other
campaigns. One of their uncles was killed
In the mutiny Another. Robert Shaw. be-
came famous the first English explorer
of Turkestan, where Francis Younghus-
band. following in his footsteps many years
later met old natives who had accompanied
him in his expeditions.
The old major general, retired from India,
wanted his eldest son to serve in crack
British regiment, so he got him commits
sion in the LIST Dragon Guards. Francis
Younghusband stayed in that corps several
years and rose to the rank of captain, but
finally he found the call of the east too
strong to resist. His younger brother, al
ready in the Guides, wrote home letters
about fighting and exploring which made
his mouth water. He exchanged into the
Indian Staff Corps, to live the life of his
ancestors.
AS soon as he got to India he began to de-
YOUR every book on Asatic exploration that
he could find in the library of the staff
corps. His taste for the subject was soon
recognized by his superior officers, and he
al t. H. sl.a~
routes in the Pamirs and on the northwest
frontier by which British armies could adj
vance. 1t was congenial work, but not live
ly enough for the man who wanted to go
out and explore undiscovered country for
himself. instead of reading about other peo-
pies explora tons.
Ready for Anything.
One evening he met another young Anglo
Indian named Rose at dinner Their tastes
were similar, and they talked about the
travels they would like to undertake until
far into the dawn. A few days later Rose
burst into Younghusband's bungalow and
said:
m going on an exploring trip. Will you
come with me?'
Younghusband did not wait to ask where
he was going, but shouted Yes at once
Rose explained that he meant to travel
through Manchuria and climb the untrod-
den Long White mountain" Younghus-
band moved heaven and earth to get leave
OF absence from his military duties and in
1856 they started.
They went right through Manchuria,
which at that time was a Uttle-known
country, climbed to the summit of the
Long White mountain" and had many ex-
citing adventures. They narrowly escaped
drowning In the swollen Sungari river risk
eu death many times at the hands of the
bandit Chunchuses and unfriendly Manchu
ofhc1als. and nearly starved on the snow
clad slopes Of the Long White mountain"
a anoon1T White man and Chinese guide
accompanied them. and on one occasion
the four had to subsist for three DAYS on
two partridges
Reaching Picking.
But our worst experience" said Young
husband once, was when we got through
at last to Picking. The first white mans
house we reached was the Scottish Medical
Mission lear that city. We were deplora-
BILE objects-ragged, bootless, dirty, with
long, struggling boards. for we had not
been able to shave for months. However,
tho hospitable Scotsmen came out and gave
us hearty welcome, and took us right
inside into the middle Of a ladies' tea
party. We could have sunk through the
floor. We wished ourselves back among
the Manchurian brigands."
Younghusband rested at Picking after his
arduous trip, and was honized by the for
eign colony there. Just he was about
to return TO India Colonel Bell, an officer
whom he knew, arrived at Picking to travel
overland from that place through Chinese
Turkestan and the Desert Of Cobb to the
Indian frontier. 1t was too good chance
to miss. Younghusband cabled direct to
the viceroy of India and got extension Of
leave to enable him to go with Colonel Bell.
-, we EVIL, viii so by different routes s, said aid
covering more ground In a shorter time
than any other explorer, land thus do
double amount OF exploring. / will meet
you at Hami at noon on such day
naming n Chinese town uaarly 2 600 miles
from Peking-"and we will go on together
to India"
will make on a trip like this" said Young
husband. I'VE had better walt for one an
other several days at Hami, If necessary"
II shall be there when say" replied the
colonel. and perhaps 1 will wait for you
an hour or two"
Keeping His Word.
The colonel kept his schedule time as we'll
as an express locomotive. Punctually at
noon on the appointed day he sat down In
the market place OF Hami and waited for
Younghusband. He waited all day, but
Younghusband had chosen the worse route
and did not arrive on time. Next morning
the colonel went on to India, crossed the
frontier on the day he had fixed, and re-
ported himself at Simla at the very hour
he had told the viceroy to expect him sew
eral months before.
Younghusband got safely through to In
ola AFTER q journey OF great ndruSHIp, uur-
ing which he visited many tribes and settle
ments never before reached by white men.
HIS ability as explorer was recognized
by the Indian government, and he was
taken of his military duties and assigned
10 that work. He spent the next four or
five years exploring the widest regions of
the Pamirs, Chitral Hunza and other parts
of central Asia. But he was not only an
explorer; he was also diplomatist sent by
the Indian government to warn the tribal
chieftains on 1.-The roof of the world not
to succumb to Russian intrigues.
Naturally, he often came into collision
with the Russian agents sent from Turk
estan to work among the same tribes. In
1890, while he was camping out ON the
Pamirs with a single servant, Russian
surveying party commanded by Colonel
Yonoff, pitched its camp close by him. The
party consisted of several officers and
thirty Cossacks. Younghusband, with an
Embellishments devotion TO etiquette, sent
his servant TO the Russian camp with his
card and an inquiry when be might have
the pleasure Of calling on the colonel.
Exchanged Toasts.
The colonel met his advances with formal
courtesy, but before nightfall they were
dining together the best of friends. Young