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INWARD

From

Japan Shanghai and Amoy

WEDNESDAY,

London, Nov. 5,

Tho proposed trans-Atlantic flight of the giant German flying boat DO-X may sound the door of the aircraft carrier, and pointed the way for a revolution in the whole system of naval aviation, ac- cording to some schools of thought in British naval circles.

For the flight of the DO-X will have definitely opened the way for the construction of flying boats big accepted by Government Radioenough to carry in their hulls two. Full particulars on application, or even three, small fighting aero- planes and big enough and strong enough to accompany the fleets in MAILS

practically any sort of weather.

Per

TUESDAY.

DECEMBER 30.

St. Albans Tai Yuon

DECEMBER 31.

..Tjikembang

Cremer Maurice Long

1.

Java and Manila

Amoy and Swatow

Saigon

JANUARY THURSDAY

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2.

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..President Madison

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SUNDAY

JANUARY

4.

Japan

TUESDAY,

JANUARY

Japan and Shanghai

THURSDAY,

JANUARY

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If further experience proves this right, and if British flying boats now building and, practically equalling the DO-X in size demon- strate sea-going qualities equal or superior to the,DO-X, the next step, it is declared, will be the construc- tion of some really gigantic milit- ary flying boats and the relegation of the present enormously expen- give alrcraft carriers to the scrap heap.

Vulnerable Craft.

TIBET.

Solving Problems of Old Religions.

EXCHANGES,

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On New York-

New Delhi, Nov. 10. Professor Tucci has just arrived at Srinagar from his Western Tibetan tour which he undertook in order to complete his researches al

He has ready begun in Nepal. found a large number of texts and

which willl help On demand manuscripts scholars to solve some of the most and complex Indo- important Tibetan problems, including that of the original religion of Tibet, the the founder of Lamaism and ancient relations between Tibet and India.

men-

Before Buddhism and for a long time side by side with it, there has been in Tibet another religion call

Its contexture and pecull- ed Bon. arities were almost unknown to us. Fortunately researches la aateries of Western Tibet proved fruitful. Texts have been found which contain the cosmogony and theology of Bonpos, their liturgy and rituals, lists of masters and gods.

Some of these books are trans- lations from the language of the Guge country, near Manosaravar, and show evident influence of Indian thought.

The cosmogony on the other hand suggests Iranian influences.

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These books will enable a solution of many other questions such that of the relations between the Bonpos and the so-called founder of Lamaism, Padma Sambhava.

Such a move, it is believed. would be welcomed in all of the com ponents of the navy, for the air- craft carrier is not only exceeding- ly expensive to build and maintain, but is probably the most vulner able of any of the naval vessels. In conditions of actual warfare the janemy's fret thought would prob-

The personality itself of thia ably be to concentrate on sinking master is almost a mystery. Hia its opponent's aircraft carrier and original system is even less known. thus at the very outset of the bat His biographies handed down to wa tle leave a terrible gap in its fleet.

are not only imperfectly investigat- Therefore the aircraft carrier hased but fundamentally legendary. to be protected by special units which under war conditions the ..President Harrison Commander-in-Chief can ilkspare

from other vital duties.

..Yasukuni Mora FRIDAY, JANUARY 9.

Canada, U.S.A., Hondlalù, Japan and Shang-

hai (Vancouver, B.C., Dov. 20)..... Empress of Ja

SATURDAY. JANUARY 10. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

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Now Mathilde

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THURSDAY,

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An Ancient Manuscript. Professor Tucci has succeeded in bringing back not only various col- loctions of texte belonging to his school which shed grent light on his dectrines and their connection with other systems of India and Iran, but also an ancient manuscript con- taining an unknown, biography of based upon Pandma Sambhava

The

more historical foundation.

from which Pandma country

to have Sambhava hailed is said

been Urgyan, identified either with Orissa or some part of Orisss or some part of Bengal or with Swat.

But with the flight of the DO-X opening vistas of flying boats capable of operating on the water or in the air in bad weather, and backed up by a number of small machines carried by the flying boats themselves, many students of naval strategy foresee not only a com plete revision of naval operations Eased on air co-operation with the leet, but the formation of long distance flying fleets accompanied by their own refuelling aircraft und operating entirely independent- Two Itineraries of Tibetan pil- ly of waterborne fleets. Such a grims have been found which show fleat might remain at sea for weeks, beyond any doubt that the last mostly resting or slowly cruis-identification only is the right Tatsuta Maru Due San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1931, Ing on the surface with one engine but ready at any moment to take to and *Europe via Siberia.) Registration Dec. 31, 1930, 5 p.m. the air upon the approach of either Letters..Jan. 1, 1931, 8.30 am.hostile aircraft or naval fleets. JANUARY

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One of these Itineraries, by a contemporary of Kubbilal Khan contains much geographical and historical information of great Buddhiam and with it Indian value, specially for North India, civilisation were introduced into

and the Tibet. Such fleets, too, it is claimed, | Kashmir, Afghanistan

China Sugers ...................... could patrol trade routes, protect routes from Tibet to India.

Malaboni Sugars vaniậ Culturally, this country is strict- merchants shipping, These itineraries are supplement-ly related to India and it is there Caldi Macg. Ord....Th by ed by the biography of a Buddhist fore evident that investigation of

Canton Ice iwo saint of the 15th century who its literature will not only solve (Dua Brisbane, Jan. 19, 1931.) or three, intercept de- travelled all over India up to Perala, many problems of Tibetan philology Parcels.......Jan. 2, 11 a.m.stroy enemy merchantmen, yet the Maldives where be found and history, but also greatly con

.12.45 p.m. acting in full compliance with Buddhism still flourishing. Ceylon, tribute to a better knowledge of

.1.80 p.m. the laws of war. Such merchant- Java and some islands

near Aus- India. 2 p.m. men would be halted by dropping a

smoke bomb" in the water off the It shods unexpected light upon 2.80 p.m.

bows of the merchantmen. Then Indian Buddhism of later times. one of the flying boats would alight The Tibetan, chronicles have not and send aboard an officer and a been published with the only ex- couple of men to Inspect papers ecption of those of Ladak recently and set a time ilmit for the aban-, edited by Dr. Francks. donment of the ship. Meanwhile the second flying boat would circle. high over head as a warning against any attempt at treachery on the part of the crew of the mer chantmen. At the conclusion of the time-limit and upon evidence that the abandonment of the vessel was complete, it could either be (Due Brisbane, Jan. 18, 1931.) bombed from the air or sunk by Parcela .......Jan. 8, 4 p.m. a time charge afixed to the vessel Registration

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Tibetan Chronicles..

AT THE HONG KONG HOTEL.

December 29, 1930. Lt. Comar. W. H. Adams. Messrs. James Backhouse, N. G. Beale, S. T. Butlin, J. R. Baron.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clackson, Messrs. A. Aug-Chen, D. E. Clark. Mr. L. S. Day, Mr. and Mrs. and Mias Davidson.

A manuscript containing these chronicles of Tibat has been copied by Professor Tucci. In its first chapter dealing with the origin of Tibet, this book, embodies many mythe and legends but after Sront- san Gampo, the first great King of Tibet of the 8th century, who adopted Buddhiam, it represents. Misses C. and D. Hord, Messrs. almost the only historical record to F. H. H, R. Halmgren, G. C. which we have now access, as it Humphreys... gives a complete account of Tibetan Messrs. H. E. Johnson, J. E. Such feets, it is claimed, could events up to the 14th century. Joseph, N. Juradino, take over many of the duties now chronologically arranged and gen Mr. A. Kopp. performed in war-time by destroy-erally trustworthy.

ers and light craisers, and do it It cannot be ignored by those in-. with fewer units and at much less terested in Tibetan history. expense owing to the lower cost of construction of a flying boat a compared with a cruiser, the small er crew required, and the much greater speed with which any given patrol, route could be cover ed United Press.

All these texts have at the same time a great bearing upon Indian calture from 8th to 15th century, so little known as yet, and point out once more the great importance of Tantrikism. This, in fact, was almost the only vehicle by which

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