El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

has been back there a number Of times
, and his work in bringing out the Kara
koOl full blood sheep over the active
opposition Of the natives and the gov
ernments Of the forbidden country has
attracted world wide attention Presl-
dent Roosevelt gave h5m his active per-
sonal assistance ana publicly congrat-
uIared him upon his success
Discussing for Herald readers some
of his recent experiences and results
Of his observations, Dr. Young said:
Many Obstacles 10 Overcome.
The traveller who desires to visit
such countries as Chinese Turkestan,
Afghanistan, BOkhara, Khiva or any
other section Of West Turkestan, meets
with so many obstacles that most tray
elerS tOregO the pleasure OF travelling
in central Asia Invariably the blame
falls on the Russian government, al
though not seldom England has 20 bear
her share Of the criticism
Those Americans who have actually
entered the country where the uncOn-
Quered Timur ever ruled. are very few
and occasionally we read articles writ
ten by eminent writer's who have re-
ceiVed their information in the con-
gressi0nal library in Washington. d.
o.. and who discuss the problems Of the
MussulmanS IN q way that leads the
reader TO infer that they were writing
somewhere in Aschabad city OF old
Bokhara, SamarlEant. Tashkent or some
other Sart town, when in tact they were
enjoying all the pleasures " men only
a civilized country can afford We were
therefore not especially surprised when
the acting Turzestan governor general
told US at Tashkent that certain well
known American writer, who some Two
years ago wrote considerable about his
trip through TuTkestan5 never was in
that country at all
Special Passport Necessary.
''The Tact is that an ordinary passport
does not entitle the holder TO travel
anywhere in central ASIA and only a
special passport issued by the Russian
war minister makes II possible for the
traveller TO enter such countries as
Chinese Turkestan, Sir Daria, Fergana,
Samarkant. BOkhara. khiya and Trans
caspia Cor West Turkestan) and Persia
AS far as Afghanistan and Thibet are
concerned, RUssfa's most liberal war
minister, Gen. SuchOmelin, is pOwerlesss
and England, which IS In a better POSI-
ton to demand the right Of passage
through these countries. is never in
Clined to make even as much as an ef-
fort. and weeks of waiting In London
will aVal the traveller nothing. As to
Englands attitude In regard TO AZ
ghanistan- the following letter from the
late Hon WhiteIaW Reid, United States
at London, is self explana-
London, Nov. %. 1912.
q 'Dr. c. c. YOuns. - PETERSBURG:
Dear Sir. Your note Of November
IS is at hand. I regret to say that IL
would be impossible to arrange with the
British government so unusual a priv
&
Instructions from the state department
7 took opportunity Of a private visit
from a member Of the government TO lay
your letter before him Informally and
unOfficially, and found my impression
TO this effect quite confirmed by his
views If anything could be done in the
direction you desire, 1t could better be
done through our embassy in St Peters
burg, but 1 am under the impression
that you would encounter the same diff
ficulty there
@As Mr.. Reid was informed by Mr..
Guild. Z. s ambassador to Russia, that IL
was the presidents and secretary's de-
sire that every assistance possible be
given Us by our diplomats, we never
could ascertain just what other in
structiOns were required
Life Not safe.
Having been very near the border Of
AfEhanistan, where had many oppOr-
tuuities to talk 20 BOkharans that have
for years been employed in the custom
service on the AIuu Daria river (ancieEt
Oxus Of the classics). and having also
interviewed several sWarthy Afghans,
we have come to the conclusion that no