El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26
II DALAI L4A1IA
One Fifth Of Force From
Hermit Country Made Up
of Priests; Rest Peasants.

- EhIN, China, Dec. 26.-One hun
- dred thousand fighting mel
4 have been offered To the British
/ government by the Dalai Lama o.
+ Lhasse and Thibet
This force comprises peasants and
I priests from practically every tribu-
I tary to Lhassa IN Thibet II IS said
that at least q fifth Of the force arc
/ priests-this would only maintain the
general ratio OF population to priest
hood. the people being burdened with
a plethora Of priestly agents OF the
most shallow Bhuddisitic supersti,
ton
when the British officials here
We're apprised OF the good viii offer
ing OF the government Of the Lau11,
congratulations were IN order. for the
act Of Dalai signified that the peCu-
liar diplomacy OF Calcutta through
London was proving an eminent sue
cess
Death 10 All Who Tried TO Enter.
In 1911 Walter M5nninE, disEuiza5
as a monk. made tip 20 Lhassa ln
cool defiance of the Supreme Lama's
. order that no man, not indigenous 20
Thibet. should enter the forb Hen
city Many before Manning and nan
after him suffered the fortunes Of
Oriental ingenuity and often death as
pen~l rF Tor aDur01 ching too near the
confines Of Lhassa Some. h1weve-.
among the perss mt spies end adj
venturers, diI succeed IN gaining en-
trance TO Lhassa- Henry Saw sc
L1ndor's e-neriences viii be recalled
he got no further than the outskirts
OF LhaSsa- when he IVES seized by
urifS-S and frightfUlly tortured
Pundlt Main Singh. IN Indian sur-
EeE e~p orer. entered Lh0ssa IN 1855
and 1873, and in 1852 udra Das
a member of the Indian Educational
depe rtuent. carried back to Indie
good q. sc~iptlon OF the city In 1896
two French missionary priests passe
inside the gates with pilgrims and
escaped u1detected.
But Nan7ing was the first British
er 10 delude the careful priesthood
and obtain an entrance into Lh-ssa.
Z nfortun2tely. his accounts have
proven ve-- uus1 tisfa cto-y-
In I~olation for Centuries.
Towering. in r'r~h of its territory
near the clouds. Tibet has reua mel
in forbidden isol--io7 for eenru-is-
POO of the World" it has been
c7ued; its most remarkable phvs OH
highest wount7ins in the world. A
great white plateau is Tibet. rather
series Of plate-uE. rgn~inE In alri-
tuda from 10 geo 10 1900 feet above
the level Of the sea
Lhasea. the capitol is seven miles
in circumference and forms great
oval II lies at an altituTs or 11.-on
feet above the level OF The sea Tive
nouu 'ario7 numbers between 5000.
and 10000.
Mecca Of Rhu6dists. the temples ~
7 hasa ave said 10 contain the stored
wisdom of aces. Mystery s0rea6s hey
hroodi1e wings cv0~ the tev'0la7 a-f
r7ouaete-ies. At the Bresbyu temple in
this mysterious Citv. the-e are abor,
400 priests and Students Or
Te-7"fa Of Sera 5000. and at the Goden
Temple 1900
4CoI Ki-r- Had Fled.
Until the British expedition o.
YounChusb0nd Thibet was little
known with \ force OF eoo0 TO s070
men. Col. NounhU~h1Dd arrived at the
seat OF the Gods" in the spring Of
1909 ALTHOUGH they were met By
w3s signed they were told that tho
thirteenth incarnoti0n Of Ehud Ia
the Dalai lama. had fled They were
compelled 10 leave without seeing the
god king"
LFassa itself according 70 visitors
the most marvellous palaces in the
void, the port4la. and the dir-in=t.
most srualid houses like a golden
crown on a mountain ton. the palace
which is an aggregation OF several
tennles. CLOVIS as a WOndrous set--r-
OF Jewels.
Before its annexation 10 the Chin
csc empire. more than a century ago
Thibet had an inde0evdenr history
Il was the cradle OF Bhud'ism. As-
Stunning temporal mower in the m ddin
n the seventeenth century. rho Dalai 2
Tamas since then have welded
power more absolute than Cve- exc
arfnd Inv any 0HTa- rule
Is - lind Of Filth.
The peonle Of Thihet are extremely {
7irty. Thew have reversed the p-a.- ]
lice Of pOlvgamy a woman may /
n7rrT as many husbands as size I
wishes. so long a s. thy ave bother
and % many re dozen men arc
sometimes married n ore woman
Smallpox nericrfca1Iv decirates ne J
'oun---. Bodies OF the dead are f5' I
% dogs or nlo'ed r0o0 trees n serve I
IS carrion for ha'1hn0de7 e0ries.
A perUl ritz Of F4h@ssa IS the I
lroves cf f0rs which swno0 the nav
ow. s~U~'f7 St-ert-- t1~a-s sna-.-
n- in haIF-vvil7 hu--er. rhcy are con-
.ta0tly Killing End ea-in~ ono an \
.tha-- a71 r-e covered with ulcers II
nd livin- filth. II
IN 1907 co~su1 general Of t'a crown II
Vi11isn1 T. Michael. OF C~1cutfa re- I
.orted that tr@da~S wee frer'v u0s7-
ne between the forbidden cifv ana F.
'a-in and Calcutta since thaf r'vr-. \
ONE ten yea~s ago. rhe reu7rlr7 b''-
r~e- ssfui british policies have been \
earfng f~uit
oFf cials he~e are r-tic=ut as 20
-hr-her the Dalai Tau7's E-sci0us
ff-- VIII he accented THE geu-r0I
nir'0u IS that i- IS v7 luatia more ls
u e~0-=ssiou OF loyalty thal as d
raCtical effort.
O-e os +Ia biggest fohs ir Couada to-
av is he'd by WOMAN 1Tiez violet ".
.yirv. general dietItiau FOR the military
o1DIta'= comni-s'ouS- upon whose hrIt