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FORBIDDEN LHASA. ENGLISHMAN RECEIVED BY DALAI LAMA.

FIRST SINCE 1911,

[BY & CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON **MORNING FOST."}

CALCUTTA, December 3rd.

After two months residence in Tibet, including a fortnight in Lhasa," Mr. J. Fairley, Telegraph Engineer to the Gov. ernment of India, an special duty, has just returned to India. Mr. Fairley was received in audience by the Dalai Lama at his capital, and he is the first English man-indord; the first European-to whom that experience has, falten since "Manning in 1811. Mr. Fairley is also the first Englishman, to enter Lhasa sines the return of the Younghusband expedition

in 100-1

MAKOH 10гя, 1971.

RENEWED, COINAGE OF

SILVER DOLLAR, PHILADELPHIA MINT TO MANUFAC- TURE COIN FOR FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS.

0.0.

SPORT.

TENNIS.

YESTERDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULTS.

Wi

CORRESPONDENCE

KWANGTUNG MINING

PERMITS,

[TO THE EDITOR OF “THE HONGKONG The following were the results in yes-

DAILY FRESS," WASHINGTON, February 2nd.

terday's matches in the tennis tourna Working under the provisions of the ment:-

St-Dr. Sun Yat Sen is to be con Pittman Act of 1918, which permitted the Open Championship Singles.-E. HMr. Samuel S. Wong and Mr. M. B. Yung gratulated upon his decision to appoint United States Treasury to break up and rook beat W. H. Drummond, 6-2, 6-3, to advise the Canton Government in sell as many as 330 million. silver dollars Open Championship Doubles-Major of the Kwangtung province. Both gentle and to purchase sufficient silver bullion Ismail and A. A, kumjahn, 6-3, 6-7, 1-0, calls for their respective offices, und from

regard to the development of the mines. C Willson and L. Forster beat S.-H. to replace all the coins thus melted and 73 G.. W. Sewell and D. J. Valentine personal knowledge I can testify to the men are evidently well qualified techni- sold, the mint in Philadelphin is prepar-beat E. Abraham and J. Stalker," &, suitability in other respects of Mr. ing to renew the coinage of silver dollars, 6-3, Capt. Leslie Smith and J. for the first time since 1903.

S. Jennings beat. R. W. Lane and Yow

Yunk Mon Taun, -, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6.

It is to be hoped that the system of Ender the authorization of this act 201 Club Championship.-G. M. Dodwelling prospecting and operating permits million pieces of silver, representing a beat J. H. R. Freeborn, 6-2, 6-3, 6-0.

will be entrusted entirely to their dis value of about 970 million dollars were Handicap Singles "A"-Major II. Mcretion. If this be done, it is certain melted down in 1918 and sold to Grent Edwards beat M. H. Roffey, 4-8, 8-6, 6-1, that the revenue, will be increased very Britain in order to meet the demands for

Handicap Singles B."-Capt. Tomory issuing permits has been accompanied by considerably. Hitherto, the system of silver in India. The present silver stock beat C. B. Brown, 10-3, 1-6, 6-4. of the Treasury is only 37 million ounces Handicap Doables-T. E. Winfield and much corruption, as no applicant stood The most astonishing feature of Mr. of silver, so that the purchases still toM. F. F. Airey beat H. Greenwood and any chance of making headway without being squeezed." at every turn, and be made to replace the amount sold to E. G. Elláms, 8-1, -2. Fairley's visit was the fact that it was Britain amount to about 179 million

even then progress was painfully slow. I from first to last an entirely peaceful ounces, which is about three times the

am unfortunately in a position to speak expedition. He went-as Mr. Bell, antire production of American silver

of this from personal experience.-Yours faithfully, Political Agent of the Government of

mines during the past year. India, has gone since-at the suggestion of the Tibetan Government. In conversa (open market to-day is tion with your correspondent, Mr. Fairley expressed his surprise, however, that no- where was there a visible trace of the old notion that Tibet in a "forbidden "land. When I received orders to proceed to Lhasa," he said, my first thoughts were that I should have to produce my pass port at every turn, and that an armed guard would be necessary in order Ret through at all. However, from the day involve no change in the total volume of owes 15) beat D. J. Valentine (reca. 5/6). The coinage of new silver dollars will Handicaps Singles "A."-L. Forster I left Chumpbi-the first place of any im- currency in circulation in the United -7, 8-2 portance over

the border-I had no States, since the new coins will replace trouble whatever: my passport was never the Federal Reserve notes issued when (recs. 2/6) beat F. R. Chassels (recs. 4/6), Handicap Singles "B.-H. V. Dawson looked at, and the welcome extended every village exceeded anything experi. the silver was withdrawn from circula-0-1, 6-4. enced during my eighteen years in Indiation, but the new coinage will tend to Sewell and Mrs. C. B. Brown (rec. 9/6)) to all who care to peruse its columns.

Mixed Doubles Handicap.-G. W. From first to last the Tibetans showed stabilize the silver market. themselves the kindliest and most inoffen- Incidentally the resumption of the beat N. L. Smith and Mrs. Smith (owe

at

OTHER RESULTS TO DATE. MONDAY'S MATCHES. Open Championship Singles.-O. Rum- jahn beat Surg. L-Com. G. H. Hayes, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1; K. Yamaanki beat J. M. W, Mears, '0-1, 6-2, 6-11 -

60 CENTS AN OUNCE. Although the price for silver on the now hovering

Open Championship Doubles-Com (around 60 cent an ounce, the Pittman A. E. Johnstone and Surg. Lt. H. Morri- United States Treasury at $1 an ounce, son, -, 6-1, 6-A. H. Crook and A. D. act fixes the price to be paid by the son beat J. E. Winfeld and C. E. Wilkin- while providing at the same time that Ball defented W. E Crocker and F. only American silver shall be purchased. Millard, 6-1, 108, 62

Since.. however, the silver sold to England brought more than 1 an ounce the Treasury will incur no loss on this transaction.

Club Championship.-Major H. AL. Edwards bent C. C. Stark, 6-2; 97, B-1; J. R. Penman.beat W. H. Drummond,

6-0, 6-3, 6-2

2/6), 8-0, 6-3.

PROSPECTOR." Hongkong. March 9th, 1921. CHINESE COMMENT ON THE 'ALLIES' ULTIMATUM.

[TO THE EDITOR OF "THE HONGKONG DALLY PRESS."]

If the

SIE-The Canton Times leader The Allies Ultimatum cannot but prove a surprise to many of its readers. employ her energy by setting her own concluding lines: China can better political house in order" had been kept article would not, in all probability, have in mind by the writer from the first, his been penned. The vacillating policy adopted by the Canton Times is apparent position to sustain the ravages of another While admitting that "Germany is in no war." it feels no compulsion in stig- Open Championship Doubles-Major matizing the Treaty of Versailles as H. M. Edwards and R. Townsend bent

-64 infamous" and the claims of the S. Rumjahn and O. Rumjahn, 6-3, 6-1, 3-8,

Alles" as "terms which would work HONGKONG YARN MARKET fented A. D. C. Sandberg and C. Caffect economic conditions throughout 63; B. W. Bradbury and E. Fincher de Tuin apon Germany" and inevitably and Kotwall,Grimble have a walk-over from E. de with the cleansing of the Augean Stables. Zeveryn, 6-2, 6-3, 6-0: G. Miskin and E. G. Europe and the world." Sousa and F. Prata.

The editor bad better occupy himself

those who have a conception of the vital at home and leave foreign politics to interests in cause. Yours sincerely,

LAC KHE. Hotel Asia, Cantons March 8th, 1921.

sive people I have ever come across. The minting of silver dollars is expected to only foreign race of whom they ever lead to some attempt in Congress to re- spoke with the smallest degree of rancour peal the Pittmaa Act-Japan Advertiser. were. the Gurkhas, on their southern border, and for that there seems to be a satisfactory historical explanation.”

MEDIEVAL LHASA.

TUESDAY'S MATCHES.

A.

Rumjahn beat A. Kawaguchi, 8-3. 6-3,

Open Championship" Singles.-A. 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

J

Lloyd (owes 3/8). heat J. M. W. Mears. Handicap Singles "A."-Major J. R. (owes 1/8), 8-4, 6-9- Cornaby (scr.) beat E. W. Lane (owes

Handicap Singles "B." W. B. OLD PROTESTANT CHURCH: 3/5), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

AT MACAO. {TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PREES.")

Messrs Mr. Fairley's narrative became most

Polishwalla interesting when it dealt with the period cotton and yarn brokers, of Hongkong, after his arrival at Lhasa. Mr. Fairley in a circular published yesterday etate: said:---

A visit to Lhasa transports one straight. Since our last report on the 14th ult., back to the Middle Ages There is no various unforeseen events have strikingly sanitation or drainage in Lhasa to-day; affected our yarn market, which has re and if it were not for the low temperature (mained in a very dull and drooping state, which the place enjoys, thanks to the fact and the recent heavy fall in Rupee ex- that it is built on a plateau 11,000 feet change has not even helped to improve high, its 20,000 inhabitants would dis-of the prices which, have, on the contrary, typhoid fever. The town is built on a dropped $10 to 815 per bale. fat plain, and the river which comes from

Handicap Doubles.-Capt. C. S. Fisher the north is kept out by raised banks to part with stock by forced sales at low 8. Jennings and C. E. Wilkinson (owe The eagerness of a few foreign holders and Lt. A. S. Lindsell (ser.) beat J. The bed, however, has risen as well as the rates, the report from India of contin. 15/3) 6-2, 5-7, 8-4 G. Miskin and E. banks, and a good deal of percolation ually declining prices owing to fall in G. Grimble (owe 2/6) beat F. H. Farthing takes place through, the gravel, of which cotton, and the direct supplies from the plain is composed.

Mr. Fairley, guide, philosopher, and Shanghal to Canton and coast ports by friend, was one of the Tibetan youths local Shanghai mills, as well as of educated a few years ago at Rugby One Japanese 10s yarn, by several Shanghai of them is now supposed to be a qualified firms are the main causes which have wining engineer and another an electrical wrought this very unfavourable change. engineer. A third, who was given a ten- and from the present gloomy aspect it porary commission in the Indian Army seems there is hardly any hope of a re- and actually saw-fighting on the N.Wvival of better business in near future. froatier last winter, has recently beeti The entire business, transacted during

killed under mysterious circumstances. The fourth, Mr. Fairley's cicerone, had almost forgotten his English, but slowly recovered it as the result of many weeks practice. His first duty was to take Mr. Fairley to call on the Kasha or State Council.

the interval, amounts to about 3,000 bales with a decline, of 810 to $15 per bale, in 10s and 128 yarn while 20s is absolutely neglected.

Unsold stock, 14,000 bales: bargains, 12.000 bales; arrivals from Bombay, 6,000 bales.

The Shapes (of whom there are four in Shanghai reports a moderate business the Kasha) inquired anxiously, said Mr.nt reduced rates. Fairley, if the war were now over and Japanese Yarn.-Owing to very un- Europe at peace, and my interpreter was favourable prices as compared with pre- sa overcome with nervousness (or fright) sent ruling rates in Japan, holders of thut he spilt the tea in the lap of one of this yarn are firm and no sales have been the Shapes as he poured it out. The inter-effected during the interval. preter had had but one previous interview Raw Cotton-With nominal prices

in his life with the Kasha, namely, on his there is an entire absence of demand for reurn from Rugby two years ago. The this staple commodity; stock, 200 bales; Kasha honoured me with an invitation to Quotations: Bengal, 25/30 per picul; a 24-course luncheon, and between the 15th Chinese, 30/35 per picul." and 18th courses the Shapes gave me an opportunity of taking their photographs.

RECEIVED, BY DALAI LAMA.

The crowning experience of Mr. Fair- loy's residence in Lhasa was the audience accorded him on October 14th by the Dalai

Lama.

CATHEDRAL OF BUDDHISM.

SIR,At the Church of England Dioce

and J. Rodger Junt. (rec. 3/8), 6-3, 6-3; aan Conference held yesterday, reference D. M. Larkins and W. B. Cornaby have was made to the dilapidated conditione walk-over from H. Humphreys and the Protestant Church at Mince the D. Humphreya; D. J. Valentine and oldest Protestant Church east of Indi R. K. Valentine (rec. 4/6) bent M. H. It was pointed out that the rebuilding Roffey and L. Forster (owe 3/8), 6-8, 7-3, would probably cost more than 14,000 towards which $1,850 was collected. I am Mixed Doubles Handicap,-Major H. happy to be able to say that a generous best J. R. Wood and Mrs. Cavalier (ow has promised to defray the balance. The Greenaway and Miss Burdett (owo 30) donor, who desires to remain anonymous, 3/8), 6-4, 6-3.

aarne donor has also kindly offered" to provide the. Bell for the new Church which is being built in Canton for Chinese Christians. Yours faithfully, Bishop's House,

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME,"

Wood and G. R. Sayer v. G. M. Dodwell Open Championship Doubles.-J. R. and J. M. W. Mears. Olliver . L. Nelson.

Club Championship.-Capt.. c. 0.

B.

Raworth . J. W. Alabaster; H. W.

Singles Handicap "A."-A. Sassoon . G. W. Sewell.

and Dr. Gladys Turnor e. Major H, G., Mixed Doubles Handicap.-L. Forster Bagnall and Mrs. Bagnall.

יי,

SPORTS AT SHAMEEN,

C. R. VICTORIA, HONGKONG. Hongkong, March 9th, 1921.

THE CUSTOMS SURPLUS.

PEKING APPLIES AGAIN.

The Central Government has again re- quested payment of the deferred Custome revenues originally set aside for the Can- We learn from our Canton contempor: fed the uses to which such funds would ton Military Government, and has speci- ary that the Naval Team that visited be allotted.. The total amounts to two and Canton to play a series of games with a-half million dollars of which 100,000 residents of Shameen on the 5th inst., was would be applied to the Canton Biver practically beaten in every event. The Conservancy, $700,000 to the expenses of result of the different events is as follows: Legations, abroad and 81,100,000 for the Lawn Tennis Shamoon, won in games redemption of domestic loans. The Lega- against 118 of the Naval Team.

Bowls-Shameen won by 2,600 points to Reuter.

tions had not replied by March. 3rd.--

2,230 points.

Billiards-(100 up) Shameen won. 7 games against 2 by the Naval Team.

Golf-Singles won by Canton, and foursomes by the Navy

Football-Won by Canton, by, a score of 1 to nil.

WELSH COALS FOR THE EAST,

Of the Jo Kang or metropolitan cathe drak of Buddhism, Mr. Fairies said:

Of all the temples the Jo Kang in the This (said Mr. Fairley) took place in most important. It is the Cathedral. of the now reception room to the west of the Tibet and the meat sacred temple in the Norbulinga Palace, about three miles out- country. Suspended over the doorway side the city, where the Lama resides for leading to the second courtyard is the the greater part of the year. More than bell which was left behind by the Capu a hundred years have elapsed since Man chin Fathers in 1745 when they abandon

Times, of January 30th, British tonunge During the past day or two, says The qing was sent to the Dalai Lama on a ed their attempt to found a mission in mission from the Governor-General of Lhasa. Upon it are engraved the words:

has been chartered to carry South Wales. India; and if he could re-appen in Lhaan Te deum laudamus te dominum." In

coals to Eastern markets. This is rə- now I doubt if he would find much front of the main altar stand twenty-

garded in freight markets as a very wel- chauge. The new reception hall is gor seven butter lamps, made of solid gold...

THE DUTCH AND BENCOOLEN,

come feature, since it is taken to mean geously decorated in red and gold, with of an average height of 10 inches. The

that, after years in which coals have been magnificent silk canopy over the inrone, figure of the Buddha is finely gilded and interesting illustrated magazine published: tarned and coals are about to be seat,. In the new Sluyter's Monthly, the the East to Europe, the tide has now brought many thousands of miles from on which the Lama was seated. About a ornamented with gold and turquoise. at Batavia, appears an article on Ben on a large scale, many thousands of miles dozen officials were present throughout Countless thousands of pilgrims have coolen, the town on the South-west coast from Europe to the East. For Colombo, the interview, after which I met several made their obeisance before this emblem of Sumatra, which figures so prominently tonnage was chartered yesterday, at 178. officers of the Tibetan Army. These of divine wisdom, and evidence of their in the life-story of Raffies. It was one of 8d. per ton to carry coals, and for Sabang officers' uniforms are closely modelled on passage can he the line of those of British ofheers; but of the room close to the door, where India Company, who founded it in 1885.

seen in the

corner the first settlements of the English East at 22s. 6d. por ton, while business was it looks rather quaint to see the hair done there is in a top-koot and t large gold and tur-solid silver, about two feet in diameter Holland

a large butter lamp of The article recalls that about the time Eastern ports. Before the war the trade also believed to have been done for other quoise carring in the left ear of a soldier. and three feet in height. This lamp is Empire, along with her colonies, "Cap East was

was annexed by the French in ccals from the United Kingdom to the His Holiness was seated European literally plastered to the wall by the filth tain Light founded Penang, and his son steamers have also been chartered to carry fashion on the dais and was clothed in a left by millions of pilgrims, who have did the same with Adelaide 40 years after coals from the Tyne to Germany and Oc A vast scale. British yellow-brown silk robe of the familiar been in the habit for centuries of touch wards, Captain Ross settled in the Cocos Baltic parts. For shipments to Hamborg" Oriental type, and wore his hair in the ing it in the course of their devotions. familiar plaited fashion of the lamas. His

Lates, Brooke founded Sarawak, Hare salutation took the form of placing over anxious for the country to be linked up massin, but without success, and last, but

The Tibetan Government is apparently tried to do the same thing at Bandjor freight of 38. per ton has been paid: my armd extended in front of me a long by telegraph with India, and doubtless Dot least, there is to be mentioned the silk shawl, the which courtesy completed security is a predominant motive in the name of Stamford Raffes. I repaid it by placing a silk shawl over idea. There are also signs, though rather Raffles had thought that the possession of the works,

Say the Dutch writer: Originally of masters in Bencoolen has not been for fact, though, says the writer, "the change the-arms-of-bis Holiness The Dalai faint ones, of a desire for industrial Lama's first question concerned my age, advance on European lines. Possibly Mr. Java would be similar to a hen laying low-going,-Dutch-energy has done much The well-planned, sometimes and his second the age of my wife. He Bell's diplomatic mission, now in progress, golden eggs (to the English East India good in these parts of the colonice, And showed a kindly concern in my comfort, will throw a brighter light on these Co.) but wars and expeditions were the when, in 1914, a terrible earthquake my experiences on my journey, the man-aspects of Tibetan, ambitions. ner in which I was being entertained, and

resulte, and the hooks did not close with a ravaged the place, a now Bencoolen, well so forth. In all the conversation mainly October 19th, and was at the Indian decided to call him back." He was sent system arose from the ruins."

Mr. Fairley left has by pony on credit balance, therefore in London it was layed out, with good roads and sewer Bending and Writing Rooms, Billiard Room, concerned with these little domesticities rail-head without incident in the first out later to fill the post of Governor of Officers' Room, U.PO Room Restaurant, lasted some twenty minutes. His Holiness week of November-a last which sog- Bencoolán where he arrived in 1617. from his grave, he would shake his vener "If Sir Stamford Baffes could ariso gave me the same impression of gentle gests the slenderness of the barrier which Raffles did everything to develop the town able head in admiration, while contem-. kindlines which I derived from all say separates Western civilisation from the and district in spite of severe obstacles plating what has been done by all those contact with the Tibetans

alleged exclusiveness of the Forbidden and the article is an appreciation of the Dutchmynheers who have completou

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