The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-20
.ENGLISHAN
HAS PERILQUS
ADVENTURES
Man Who Headed Commission
10 Lilasa Tibet, Tells OF
ThFIAiRg ENperlenCes.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20
The perfIs of mission into hostile
country through treacherous noun
tain passes, to negotiate treaty vain
a people who refused 70 s9tE II. lslo
any negotiation, are described IN
Communication to the National Geo
graphic Society, at Washington, p
o., by Sir Francis Younghus band
who headed the famous British Mis-
sion to Lhasa, Tibet. Sir Francis is
now paying his first visit to America,
after having spent more than ~
years on the frontier and 10 the mn
terland Of India.
Instability along the Indian 'front.'
Ter and the approach of q rival pow
er in Tibet drove England into the
latter country, explains the so4d1er
diplomat 1t was suspected that Sc
I cTet negotiations were being carried
ON between the Tibetans and Russia,
which would work to the detTiment
of England with her vast interests IN
India. Finally, no progress having
been made by attempted long-dls-
lance negotiating, since the T1betans
refused to negotiate, it was decided
to send a party to the sacred city OF
L.hasa itself. The escort of SIT Fran
els at the start was 200, but later IAe
detachment was swel1ed to 4,2OO ma
| tive Indian and 500 British troops.
! Slow Progress.
| we started in May" says Sir
Francis. 1--WE halted IL miles within
the border to discuss with some CHM
csc officials the matter of treaty
regularizing our relations VIII Lhe
/ TiLetans, Tibet being under The SOW
| ereignty of China. We mazda little
1 progress, however, and. in DeCem Der,
| decided to push on to Lhasa. ina
| hardshfpS of the winter trip over the
! Himalayas, the endless and ruthless
negotiations with the Tibetan milf.
! tary leaders and priests, and the siege
endured by Sir Francis and 500 OF
his men for two months, while sur
rounded by 10000 Tibetans In
small Enclosure on one of the h1gh
plateaus, are described, together with
the final fruttion of his efforts, the
signing of the treaty In the palace OF
the Lalai Lama himself in the torb1d-
den city, the attendant celebration
and the peaceful journey back to In
| dia.
Il thought at one time had gone
a step too far in insisting that the
treaty be signed in such q sacred and
famous place, knowing that my gov
| ernment would be as we'll satisfied
with a document ratified in my own
! tent or anywhere else so long as II
was valid conttn ueS Sir francis
| But chung to my point, feeling sure
! that the 1IllIltG4fGS VI SdS4L - SN@@S4--S
ON the Tibetans and the people OF the
territories that bound their land
would greatly enhance the value OF
their agreement, and 50 1t turned out.
Altitude Causes Slow Retreats
Sir Francis tells amusingly OF the
newspaper accounts which commented
on and admired the dignity and Draw
cry" OF the Tibetan troops, who when
forced to retreat, moved slowly OF at
the rate of but two miles an hour.
1T was not bravery or, dignity so
much as altitude" he says. Later
we had occasions to retreat for short
distances ourselves, and although ex-
tremely DESTROYS of making good time,
we found it impossible to run or walk
1 at a faster pace than two miles an
hour. In addition, owing to the rarity
| of the mountain atm osphere shells
from guns of our mountain battery
Travelled about twice the distance on
the same charge of powder as they
would have done at sea level Bull
lets from rifles behaved the same way
and We were compelled TO revise conn
pletely our system OF sighting our fire
arms
The people of Tibet believe the soul
4 Of the .Dalahi Lama never dies. Upon
his death it passes to the body of a
babe born as near as possible to the
time of the dissolution. The new
lama comes into his full rights on his
eighteenth birthday.