The Tibetans did not and do not want Chinese rule in Tibet. A religious body with a religious Head, they preferred religious to civil government. The Dalai Lama, the Pope of Lamaism, was their one supreme authority religious, civic and domestic matters. The object of their worship, the beginning and end of all thei: pirations, the god in whom they lived and moved and had their being, was more, far more to them than any Chinese ambassador or foreign ruler. The "Living Buddha" was their living god; to him they directed their prayers and made supplication. They sought his help and prayed for hie guidance. To have seen his face. heard his voice and received his benediction, was the Tibetan's exmmum bonus. Devoted priests have covered every step of the ground between China and Lhasa to gain his presence; men willingly sacrificed their lives for the cause of which he is the Head. One wonders hbw China retained her belili
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