The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-02
THE GRAND LtAt OF THEFT.
His IRE ~ Oar Jeeiing Cndes the Presecstaa
Of tire nritlsh Ceserameat.

To rHE EpIroR oF raE SUISSE Tbs
residence Of the Grand Lama under British
protection ~ DaTieelins Ia q great historic
event a. great a. when the Pope Of Rome fed
20 Avignon lust 7Oo years ago. The Bud
dhisis OF the world. estimated AZ 500 az. on.
for all Confuc ianis's. Taui-ts and Shintoi-is
are reckOned a. such. still regard the Dalai
Lama a. the most exalted personaEe In 'hs
world and a. The Reincarnation OF GautamA
Siddhartha. the Perfect one. who pas.ed
out 81 this life sis years before Christ.
4 friend of mine. who u a missionary IN
Calcutta. Nas deputed by his society 70 90
TO Dari=sling aud II possible 10 ascertain
Il II would he safe TO send a missionsT% 20
TIbst under the pr~sent conditions lie
very graphically describes HE journey from
Calcutta. distance of 3sT miles. which he
dd in twenty-five hours. crossing he sacred
waters Of The Ganges in ferTybost and then
continuing the journey nv rail Darieeling
10 . CO.. feet above the sea level and the
railroad 20 the top Of the mountain h q very
remarkable piece Of engineering The train
Iigkag- NJ rocky mountain. passing
through tea plantations and rich forests.
un'u The sanitarium ~ reached, which u
situated right on the spur Of the noun
lain FROM What ~ known a. Tiger Hill
can he seen the four highest mountains in
the world Mount Everest 20 iO2 feet Kin
chingunga. -. Ia feet Janu. Is .10l feet. and
kabru. :soi5 feet No words can ads-
quaielv d--cribe. he SAYS. this stupendous
glittering white wall. with it, fantastic
Jagged peaks aud background Of deep blue
sky The roads Were lined with curious
lo' ~ men. mostly Tibetan-. all clothed IN
picturesau- tai'-rs aud dreadfuIlv dirty.
The women we're gorseou~ly adorned with
II j. her. thar his Holiness the Dalai
Lama re.id--. ana this fashionable sum:
mrr resort has virtually become part NJ
the Forbidden city Of Tibet With tts gates
sJsr. The Grand Lama resides IN an ing
hsh bungalow which has been eNtempor-
ized INTO a Buddhist monastery where the
divine ritual ~ very carefully performed
The missionary vs. not permitted 10 see The
Grand Lama, whose ~eCltI~ion IL very care
fully guarded. hut the holy mans secretary
- available to ali comerS. snd they are many,
guard from one of the Gurkha regiments 10
on duty. and ~ - Nleited by an English Of
hs master sr sSd s.d rom .SS S shs, .as
had been received IN great honor simply
because he Vas vi-ed 10 do - by the rep
nO, Oniy china bat Russia and Japan are
carefully watching the development ~
ASIAN poIIcT n. allied attention 70 H..
fact that there we're two battalions OF native
troops. four guns and Two companies ~
On the DArieeling railway. which he thought
Was intended To give the impression that The
tect the life OF iInsha khenchen. 'he oAlci-
atinK head Of the Tibet Govemmsn' Prince
thun. the father Of the Emperor u china
aud regent in his son minority, . = devout
Disciple % he Grand ANA. hut has Holiness
fe~l- much safer IN India han IN China,
and has now under consideration the baild-
ing of monastery either in Nepal or a.
Darieelins. to which he can gradually trans-
fer the literary treasures which are IN the
Patola ar palace temple al l.hasa, among
them IN. st.OsD volumes OF the Tripatka.
or sacred books NJ Gautama. The mission.
airy returned - Calcutta feeling that the
British Government would not sanction any
kind Of Christian missionary work ~ Lhasa.
hut there l. a fine h~ld 81 naTieeting a. 'hs
present time. where crowds 81 Iib~tanat
bhutia-. NepaleSe. lhine-e and natives "
all parts Of India, Burma and teylon a-s
nOCking to he within the sacred SHADOW "
he Dalai Lama ANGiO-INpIAN
NTN NOHE. september