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THE CHINA, MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24,

Maharajah's Wife

Missing In Tibet

From FRANK GOLDSWORTHY: Gangtok, near the Tibetan border

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In the scarlet and gold splendours of a vast reception room, the Maha- missing rajah of Sikkim told of his anxiety for his wife and daughter, somewhere in Tibet. The long shadow of the Chinese Communist in- vasion of Tibet has cast a chill of fear in this little town at the end of the Tibetan trail.

The frail, grey - haired maharajah wore a robe and cap of rich golden bro cade.

By Tibetan custom,

of exchanged, gifts

MILES

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scarves, and before enter- taining me, to tea he ac- cepted a token gift of a tin of biscuits.

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BHUTAN

KALIMPONG

INDIA

tion. When its members, re-

Then, below a score of beautifully worked Tibetan banners, the maharajah, Tibetan by descent and reli- gion, said: "My wife went turned to India war had begut, beyond Lhasa (Tibet's capl- and they were interned. tal) on a pilgrimage, but I am hoping she has already gone back to Lhasa.

"I have telegraphed her to return here at once, but it will take at least ten days' hard riding.

"My daughter la married to a Tibetan nobleman, and I have out her advised her to bring Ave-month-old baby I hope they are on the trail now."

where distances In a lond are measured by mule weeks and pony days, and the use of the single radio link is an off- cial monopoly, these are anxious times.

'STAY THERE'

daughter

with thele grand- mathes, and flew to India.

wero

At Kalimpong, the Indian town most closely linked by Lhasa, she trade routes. with to hoped

obtain 0 bulf- promised permit to enter Tibet.

But

controla the tightened up. She was refused permission to enter the State of Slickim, where she planned to begin a pony trek to Lhasa. RING IS PRESENT

For two months she remained at Kalimpong, beseeching oil- clals to speed up the permit. At last she was allowed to visit oficials contact.

touch with

Gangtok, to

more closely in Lhasa.

Here Lydh's

Four years later brother, Henreig Harrer and six other elvilian internees es- caped from the camp at Dehra Dun, nearly 1,000 miles from the Tibetan border.

Harrer and two companions reached the mountains, but one was killed by bandits.

there is a radiophono

directly linking with the Indian

mission in Lhasa, But, It is used only for official messages in cypher.

All Lydia could learn was the message saying her brother thought it safer for her to stay in India.

wo slood by the gate Together, we guarding the trail, which winds the... up the Himalayan, foothills, to Arst cloud-covered pass leading into. Tibet.

of mule The mellow

Jingia bells told of a caravan begin- which even fashion, ning Its journey,

strenuous double-stage with riding, would have taken Lydia 11 days.

With the other, an engineer, Harrer made a two-year trek through the wild mountainous areas of Western Tibet to Lhasa. They grow their hair long and braided it in Tibetan darkened their faces, and wore Tibetan robes.

They long.

the of picked up enough language to pass through.

In Lhasa, they were given sanctuary, and became Tibetan Government advisers.

In Gangtok, too, I met Mrs 29-year-old Lydia Hielle,

Even after the war, when Austrian

has mother who travelled 6,000 miles, and has they might have returned safe

chose to walled ten, weeks, in the hope ly to Austria, they of visiting ber brother in remain in, the 14,000ft.-high

Tibetan capital. Lhasa

She has how been told she TÀUCHT DALAI LAMA mist abandon her plans, for making the long muleback journey into Tibet

She wore embroidered, crim sony square-tood, Tibetan felt boots and a roughly shaped Tibetan ring.

"They were among the pré- sents my brother sent me from Lhasa by Tibetan trader cara- vans," she said.

became

to tutor Harrer

Dalai Lama, the Tibet's boy 18-year-old spiritual leader of 0,000,000 people.

The Communist invasion, still moving. through. the

Harrer told the Dalai Lama northern mountains towards Lhasa has xipahed all hopes of ofthe outside world, and getting permission to enter the daught him the rudiments forbidden land.

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LYDIA HIELLE- Hoped to spend Christmas with her brother in Lhasa

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Taught the rudiments of English to Tibet's boy Dalai Lama.

London Express Service

Communist Peril In Africa

Pixie O'Scowl's Tiny Car

-He Had Trouble With a Fint Tire-

By MAX TRELL

Bure

NARF, the shadow-boy with the turned-about ̧· name, WAS

that bo wasn't dreaming. It is true that he had inin down under the shado Lof à daisy to have himselt a bit of an afternoon nap. But when he heard the sound of the automobilo passing right close to him in the meadow- and opened his eyes and saw Pizio O'Scowl driving past in a tiny jeep no larger than match-box, Knart could hurdly belleve that he was really awaket

and

Knari saw his friefið driving slong.

But there was no doubt about Pixle O'Scowl being in a jeep. There it was, moving дегодя the grass and weeds.

Pixie O'Scowl looked at It bounced over stones,

He frowned. "I doubs and out of rabbit Knari jumped in holes, and went climbing over it," he grumbled. "How many fallen branches! Pixie O'Scowl, chestnuts can you carry at on Knart time?" looking grumpier than had ever ocen him before,

"I don't know. exnetly," went rocking and bouncing swered. Knark. "I cầN CRITY

from side to sido.

"Pixie

and

O'Scowli" yelled

Molo's Burrow

as he

whole pocket fúll,"

"I'mm. Come with

Knarf wont with Piya

Knart, springing to his fect then,"

fost running as could after the small-sized O'Scowl-across the meadow- Over the brook-until the Jeep,

reached the big horse chestnu tree.. There, in a neat hear yerngainst the trunk) were n ld At that moment the jeep af chestnuta. "Can you get al dived into a mole's burrow and of those in your pocket?”.

Knarf tried. And get most o struck there, with the wheels whirling around and churning them in. The rest he carried up the dirt,

"Pixie O'Scowit his hand... Pixiv, O'Scowt didn' Are you hurt? Here, let me seem as bati-tempered as h

Krarf as was help you!" shouted

when the jeep brok hole and down, ke bent over the lifted out

"Fine, fine," he said. "Now the jeep with him, both at bring them back with you the same time. Knart held the There's a good boy. Bring ther jeep between his fingers for a back to the leep." few seconds,

Pixlo O'Scowl and

watching the

wheels spinning around.

"Lot

down!" JAU

"There! Just look what hap pened!" cried Pixie O'Scont

Knart brought them back 1/

by Pixie the jeep, "We burn them O'Scowl shouted indignantly. our fire-place," Pixie O'Sco

"Peoplo, use woo Knarf quickly set the pixie and explained.

and coal. We use horse-chest the jeep on the grass.

nuts."

Mr L. D. Gammans, Con-

Gam in Hole servative MP for Horussy, stopping the motor and coming. Knart placed all the chest addressed a meeting recent out to look at the logp, "I've nuts in the back of the jeet Kuarf kad ai ly of the City of London got a flat tyrol Now what am I. Then suddenly

idea about what to do t Young Conservatives on the going to do?" Communist danger in

from falling into that make the flat tyre round again H¿ got a plece of chewin Africa

mole's burrow."

Pixle O'Scowi Mr Gerald D.Lovering, who

grumbled gum and put it over the ho walked in the tyre, Then he blew int presided, remarked on the con- and muttered, and siderable stl that had been round and round the jeep the tyres, as he would blow int created by Mr Gammans and several times, getting madder a balloon.

The tyre got round in Mr J. Arthur Rank said Wing Cmdr. Geoffrey Cooper, and madder. Finally he said:

Socialist M.P. -for Middles "Pabawi" and bat Himself down Instant

"Wonderful" cried Pixi threatened capital came a route to India, Harrer sent at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. the brough W., by their admirable in a temper on a fallen log scowl, hot scowling. ar more. He thanked' Kna other day that if the Bove and outspoken article in: The with his chin in his hands, "A ridge report on the BBC Daily Telegraph on October 17

heartily and sprang into t deo-do! And all the work I've feep again. The next seco was, favourable the Rank dealing with the. Red shadow no how-dec-dol A fine how-

over the Gold Coast. Sald Lydia: "He was always

be was racing off in it agd Organisation would imme-

Mr. Gammans said that next got to do!".

stones "what work?" -Knari asked, over

and: homesick, especially at Christ-

fol mas time. So this year diately bring their large March on the Gold Const there

fantastle hoping he could take Pixie Branches and in and out television Bystem would be the most

mind Out of O'scowl's

off history. planned to visit him at Lhasa screen

the rabbit holes just an bet and stay for Christmas." into operation throughout election in

long enough to "Come and see us some every 10 electors nine would disabled Jeep She left her eight-year-old

night!" he called back neven year old their cinemas. The system not have the faintest idea of make him forget about it. and

was "all ready and wait what it was all about. It was "What work?" exclaimed the Knarf. "Come and warm you before our chestru ing."

a perfect metting for the rise of pixie. "Hard work! That's the bands

Work that no- fire!” And away went the jed dictatorship over an illiterate kind of work!

and electorate by a party which, if body else will dol"

the pixie, under "But what work? Maybe I fence and into the toweri can help."

grasi.

But over the radio from the Over the 31-day-caravan message from her brother say letters to his family, telling-of ing he is well and wishes her life in the world's least-known to remaldi India until be can capital. send further news

Lydia, a dark, attractive war widow, with a ready amille, has not seen her 38-year-old athlete brother for 13 years.

In 1939, he was a member of a Himalayan climbing expedi- son

SIDE

GLANCES

By Galbraith

NO PARKING ANY TIME POLICE CARS ONLY

Mr Rank's statement, antidi- pates recomanendations by the Beveridge Committee which will it was not Communist, hdd all solve the complicated copyright the trappings of Communism.

All over the Colonial Empire diculties that have hitherto

1-big screen television there was the same disease as provented

West monstrations have been given Africa, the inability of. by Cinema Television,

Rank people to discover whether the British were golds to stay. In auxiliary company,

Though definition is not as a plea for useful help in this satisfactory as that of an ordin-country Mr Gommans said we African students sim It is good enough to had 10,000

la

ary

with us.

have entertainment value,... They returned hótno usually

Tom and sporting events,

The

as programme novel with an anti-British complex ties, would be the most likely because they never saw. borrowings from the BBC. At best side of our

civilisation present the public rediffusion at With a most disarming attitude such programmes, either in Communists took these studenta sound or vision, ir expressly to their homes. and skilfully forbidden.

plied them with propaganda.

Rupert's Climbing Adventure-27

A British Crossword Puzzle

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