'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎59v] (123/228)

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Captain O’Connor reported that the Dalai
Lama is said to he most anxious to pay a visit
to Peking, and that, although his request
to he received there has been refused, he
still cherishes hopes of being allowed to
see the Emperor and appears reluctant to
return to Lhasa until he has done so.
Mr. Bell reports that among the persons
who have gone to ask the Dalai Lama
to come hack to Lhasa, is a man known
as Loseling Kensur, ex-Abbot of the
Loseling sect of the Deepung Monastery
He is between 50 and 60 years of age and is
a person of considerable influence. Last
March a letter was sent from Lhasa to the
Dalai Lama by a special mounted messenger
to ask when he was coming back. The
prevailing idea at Lhasa is that it will be a
considerable time yet before the Dalai Lama
returns there. On the 19th May, Mr. Bell
further reported that it is confirmed that a
member of the Pallia family started with a
monk-official last March from Lhasa to ask the
Dalai Lama to return. It is expected that later
on the Kalon Lama (Lopsang Tinle) will go
on the same errand accompanied by the
Jopshi Kung, e.e., the eldest brother of the
Dalai Lama, and by an official from Tashi
Lhumpo.
The Dalai Lama is reported to be still
in the country of the Karka Mongols, with the
Lama known as Karka Jetsun Tampa (Taranath
Lama) who ranks next to the Dalai and Tashi
Lamas in the Tibetan hierarchy. Reports of
public affairs are sent to the Dalai Lama from
time to time by the Lhasa Government,
and the Dalai Lama’s orders are taken on
important matters, so that he is in effect exer
cising some control over Tibetan affairs. The
reports and orders are sent by mounted messen
gers, who cover the distance between Lhasa
and Karka Mongolia in 1 or 1-J months.
5. Anti-British feeling is said to prevail
among the people of Traya and of other parts
of the Kam province, many of whom are
settled m Lhasa or come there for trading
n 0 ^ her ^P u rP oses » who boast that,
when the Dalai Lama comes back, they will
drive out the British. In common with the
other people of Earn, the people of Traya
IfTw'v r n ep V tatl ° n amoil g Lhasa Tibetans
of being bad characters, but excellent fighters.
t 6 V. A Chinaman who has lately come
?QTrP aSa s * ates that there are at present
They aieTaTd toh^ th6r f Wit, “ three officers -
i tiey are said to be armed with inferior rifles
and to have 30 antiquated cannon.
7. The Government of Bnrmn
communicated a report received f“ m Hk
serious^ T amfu t &t , TeD gy«eh, regarding a
into NoSh WeS Tun 1106 W !' ich has
Mission stations are reportedTo ‘tee'beS