Among the signs of the times is the advent of a Japanese priest in orthodox Buddhist garb, seeking an entrance to Tibet. The object is stated to be the "renaissance" of the Tibetan Buddhists along neo-Japanese lines. If we believe the statements of some prominent reform-Buddhists in Japan, that faith is in need of some stimulant on its own ground in the Sunrise Kingdom, but whether a mission to. people where everyone, first, Inst, and all through, from cradle to grave is a Buddhist of an ultra type, will prove to be the needed remedy is a' problem. With characteristic caution, however, the lamas of Tachienlu hold themselves off and will have none of the new idea; so that I hear the missionary-priest has had to fall back upon a Roman Catholic teacher for help la the Innguage. Whether there be official backing to the enterprise is not clear, but nite recently, xo it is reported, the Japanese nul from Chuogking has been on the ground making careful enquiries as to the conditions of travel in Tibet. I wonder whether the theory of the "open door" has been promulgated in Tibet yet. If it has it is quite safe to say the door will be opened just as far as force compels and not a line further.
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