Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22
Dalai Lama Denies Peiping's Charge,
Sticks to Statement FIoying Red Rule


\ MUssooRIE. India, April ~
< (AP).--The Dalai Lama today
said he stands by his statement
denohncina Chinese Communist
rule In Tibet.
Tibet's fugitive religious and
political leader denied Red
China's charge that he was not
responsible for the statement
ISSUED at Tezpur. India, Satur-
day.
4 The Dalai Lama's denial Of
the Communist charge coin
cided with a speech in Peiping
by the usurper Of his throne.
the Communist installed Pam
chen Lama, who defended the
\ Chinese Communists and par
roted the Red line that his holy
: colleague was q captive Of ire
1 dictionaries"
The 23-year-old Dalai Lama
said he hadn't intended to
make another statement at
! this stage but he had seen the
Communist report Implying
that I was not responsible" for
the one issued in Tezpur.
Reiterates Views
Il wish to make it clear that
the earlier statement was issued
under my authority and indi-
Gated my views and ! stand by
it," the refugee Tibetan ruler
said. Il do not propose to state
anything more at present"
The Dalai Lama charged in
his first statement that the
Chinese Communists broke
their pledge Of self-rule for
Tibet, destroyed monasteries,
killed Buddhist holy men, and
sent others into China with
slave labor gangs.
The Communist New China
News Agency had challenged
the authenticity of the state
ment and emphasized it was
issued through an Indian
diplomatic official in Tezpur."
The Dalai Lama's statement
today was read to about so
newsrnen by two members Of
the party that had accom-
panied him from Tibet, one
reading it in English and the
other in Tibetan. The Tezpur
statement had used only the
third person in accordance with
Tibetan custom. and the Com
munists claimed this fact
showed 1t had not come from
the Dalai Lama personally
Today he switched to the first
person.
Panchen Lama Speaks
The 21-year-old Panchen
Lama defended Communist rule
of his country in a speech to
the National Peoples Congress.
the Red Chinese parliament
now meeting in Peiping.
He said the Dalai Lama'S
statement that the Tibetan
people want independence was
a lie and declared. Tibet is
always China's Tibet" He also
echoed the Chinese claim that
the Dalai Lama was forced to
flee by the rebels, saying:
II express my sincere hope
that the Dalai Lama will be
able to free himself from his
predicament of being held
under dureSs return to the
embrace of the motherland and,
together with the Tibetan peo-
pie, work for the building OF a
bright and happy new Tibet"
Sees Foreign Domination"
The Panchen Lama said the!
schemes of the Tibetan rebels
for so-called independence have
gone bankrupt" and accused
the rebels of working under the
direction of foreign masters. y
Tibet, he said, is completely
under the control of the
Chinese Army, but he conceded
that "odd numbers of remnant
rebels are engaged in harass-
ing activities in some remote
areas"
1.-The reactionaries in India, u
he continued, walking in the
footsteps of the British i'm
.perialists. have always har-
fbored expansionist ambitions
toward Tibet and have carried
out various forms of sabotage
activities which are un-
sdoubtedly favorable to imperial
ism and unfavorable to the
Friendship between China and