Evening star., 1934-07-22

presented by Nature, wild animals bands OF
Mongolian robbers, Tibetan thieves, Buddhist
fanatics, and lastly the governor of Saka -dsong
Disguises were necessary after crossing the
boundary of Tibet and, prerequisite of sue
cess the services of lama, who dared to defy
the demons and evil spirits even though they
would scourge his soul on the other side of
death" Foolhardy Is not strong enough word
to characterize the attempt of any adventurer
to steal into the holiest of all lamaistic cities
Lhasa, the capital of the Dalai Lama, In the
disguise of a humble pilgrim" but that
what Sven Hedin did. Equipped with all the
articles ordinarily used by Mongolian pilgrims
and guided by the 27-year-old Shereb Lama
from Urga, he set out over the road of the
Mongols to Lhasa At an altitude of 16,s0o
feet, by a river, Camp No. A was established
and there all of the caravan was left, except
DR.. Hedin, the Shereb Lama and the conf
Dental Cossack servant Shagdur, who were to
make the dash for Lhasa.
AS those left behind called fctitiously cheerful
farewells and pleasant journey!' to the de-
parting ones, they had the firm conviction that
they should never see them again. The ex-
plorer himself wondered why he should succeed
where many others had failed, but he was
determined, even if anything happened to his
two companions, to continue the journey alone.
Through pouring rain, across muddy plains,
encountering many herds Of grazing yaks. the
three pilgrims" plodded on, hoping to
counter nomads who could give them needed
information. They were nearly drowned in
swollen rivers and the daily applications Of
paint were washed from the leaders face by
continuous rains. AS they advanced farther
south the road resembed large artery travelled
by caravans of Tibetans who viewed them with
suspicion. One nomad cheered them with the
information: Aliens who try to advance to
Lhasa on this road will be beheaded" Kamba
Bombo governor of Nakchu, detained them, for
their identity had been discovered, and turned
them back on their route. They did not reach
Lhasa. On later trip into Tibet, DR.. Hedin
did, however, visit the Tashi Lama at TaShi-
iunpo In 1904 the British army of invasion
had entered Lhasa and the Dalai Lama had
fed to Pekin, that the Tashi Lama had be-
come the foremost and holiest man in Tibet
colorful chapter describes the temple-city Of
Tashi-lunpo, with its hundreds of pilgrims, the
audience with the Tashi Lama and a New
Year festival in the holy city. Almost every
page Of this pell-binding narrative is adorned
and augmented with sketches by the author
sketches Of camels, yaks wild asses wolves,
dancing girls, thieves, Mongols, Cossacks, her
mits, pilgrims lamas, camp scenes in snowy
mountain passes and by turbulent rivers on the
plain, camp fires, caravans, temples and mon
asteries and many other interesting
persons and things. The book is translated
from the Swedish by Dr. julius Lincoln.
i.
New York: Simon & SchuSter.
I IAVING on occasion the current bad habit
OF listening to the radio and reading at
the same time, this reviewer was reading
Hitler Over Europe" while listening to Hit
ler's Rechstag speech Of July 49, in which he
explained and justified his liquidation" policy.
The voice OF the Fuehrer, as transmitted by
the radio indicating excitement almost hys-
terical, enhanced the impressiveness of Mr..
Henri's charge against that dynamic force
which last year arose in Central Europe as
If in explosion, casting more and more its
shadow across the whole of continental Eu-
rope" Books about Germany under Hitlerism
have been pouring from the press of late. This
is perhaps the most startling of them all an
impassioned warning to the civilized world
against the recognized evils and unrecognized
implications Of Hitler'S complete plan, in the
development or thwarting of which lies also
the fate of America" But Mr.. Henri,s book
is not limited to an impassioned charge; it
contains an appalling amount Of new and
specific information about the actual perform
ance of the Naz party and its program avowed
and secret, for the future, including its menac-
ing foreign policy. 1t also throws light ON the
underground revolutionary opposition to Hit
Ter now gaining momentum, which was re-
sponSible for the recent sudden and bloody
repriSals during which Won Schleicher and
Roehm, creator Of the Brown Shirt army, were
shot and Won Papen was placed under arrest.
complete resume Of Mr.. Henrit facts and
deductions would be worth while but there is
space for only few of the most astounding.
Hitler is destroying not unemployment. but
the unemployed" Hitler the dictator is him.
self dictated to by Thyssen and his organiza-
ton Of imperialSt industrialists. ThySsen sue
ceSSor To Hugo SHINES navx the hills EifIer