The Washington times., 1914-03-29

ticed under this arrangement. and at
times the Dalai Lama has been Vr-
tual prisoner for wears. -
In this connection Sir Francis told an
interesting story of the opening OF ne
gotiations at the capital. Laasa.
where he first was met by the regent
who put to him the question:
Where do your dead go when theS
"They go to Heaven Sir Francis re-
"But how about the bad men," the
regent persisted. >,
In England we have no bad men,.
was the instant reply. ~ oft,,'
This sally amused the Tibetan OIL
cial and paved the way for the opening
of friendly negotiations.
Like all ancient peoples, as recent re-
searches attest. the Tibetans nave
keen sense Of humor. And wniie an
explorer and diplomat might be fSr- f-
given for lacking that quality, sir
Francis story indicated that ne pos
sessed a large measure OF II. ana IIe-
ouently used II to similar good auVah-
tage.
Surrounded By Soldiers
That incident occurred after the ar
rival in Lhasa Only by the greatest
tact and ingenuity was Sir Francis aple
to march to that city with his escol!
without leaving q trail OF oiooosneo
In his wake. While encamped on 'tnU
border he went. accompanied only Dy
sent to curse him. There he was greeted
courteously by the Tibetan genere.
Rut the lamas Crowled at him. he sue
ceeded In making them listen 70 nin'
but they refused even to carry any mes
cages from him no,tf to t. the isays Da they gave
a signal and the soldiers closed a''"'
him and his companion. y,
.T realized I was in q tight place,
s,r Francis said. Il knew. too. tnat
70. either tn T..s Of " M.sS aS oiS dip,omac
senger had been killed outright unoe'
similar circumstances.
Disturbed His Serenity.
"rbey said I would not be released
until told them when would return
to India. They said it disturbed tne
serenity Of the Grand Lama to nave
ma IN the country, and he had oruereu
that be removed from the realm. i
had to use an arE9ment tney , G1SI %x King
had ordered me to go to the Grana
lama. and he would cut my head on
AZ + did not 70 on. However, ! PROMISED
to 90 hack and send q telegram 70 my
King asking his permission 10 fo'
to India"
s,ste,. S .farted mis- march to Lhasa- He
WAS opposed at first, but after one oSt-
lie opposition was overcome and ne
made his way into tho Holy CITY OF tne
Then the trouble only began; ! found
the Grand Lama had fed They ex-
pIained he had gone into retreat LOT
three years of spiritual renecdon.
looked up the Chinese resident. sup
posed to represent the Chinese author
ity in Tibet for that country ts under
the suzerainty Of China. But ne was
powerlees. He had not even eeen a.
lowed to answer my messages 20 hlm
while on the way
Sketched His Negotiations.
Sir Francis gave a humorous sketcs
Of his negotiations with the Tibetan au-
thoritiea. Including the regent. the heads
Of the monastaries, the members OF the
general council, and other dignitaries.
"Day by day they came to my quar-
ters." he said. "And they all wanted TO
talk. I let them all blow off every mole.
cule Of spare gas before 1 talked. ! lei
their views before I tried to pour any
But time flew and little progress was
made beyond talk. / dd not want to
use force, but I did want to get the good
win Of the priesthood, ,h, In that d,,ncs. d,rsc.
They visited the monasteries, ana little
by little they broke through the reserve
OF this reticent peopleS Our soldiers were
well behaved We paid good prices Tor
our supplies. And while the authorities
stolidly refused every one Of the iprovls-
ions OF the treaty ! put before them
they had bfgun to look upon Us without
the hostility that marked their early at
titude."
Ordered To Quit City.
Finally, with affairs in this state. the
visitors were ordered to leave the city
| in two weeks. Protestations of friend
illness accompanied this order. and they
gave the excuse that they did not wan'
! the large transport facilities required to
| take us back held up in the city any
| longer.
.Then I gathered all the authorities
together. and did my talking. l politely
hut firmly told them they must sign tht
treaty in full. They threatened to cal
out their army. pointed to mine. and
said they knew theirs would not respond
nd that could take the city with little
| difficulty.
They laughed heartily. and saw that
/ had sized UP the situation accurately
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