A correspondent of the "Obsee~ ver" states that a new and powerful movement has been started in the East under the name of ''Pan-. Orientalism," the headquarters of vhich are at present at Munich, in Bavaria. comprises three organizations (1) The Oriental Trade and Com-marcia) Union.
(2) The Oriental Land ard Sea Communications.
(3) The Oriental Telegraph and Press Agency.
The first is to encourage trade between all Eastern lands and direct interchange of raw materials and also met Sorensen, the Danis h}and manufactured goods between traveller, who was turned back from Europe and the East without the north of Lhasa. middleman; to arrange for the The first nine days out were easy exhibition of Oriental] goods in going. He met nomads from whom Oriental centres; and also to he bought fodder for the pack afford training to Eastern business animals, but later on there was no men and to fit them for all com-more grass and the mules suffered, mercial enterprises. The second five of 18 dying. Not a tree was organization is to help the open-seen till the Yangtze was crossed. ing up of new trade routes and the There were tremendous winds and reconstruction of the old; and toa the weather in North-East Tibet encourage al] Eastern navigation was most changeable; one minute companies and such foreign com-the sun would be shining, a quar-panies as may be friendly and willter of an hour later there would be ing to help in facilitating _com-hail, and, in another quarter of an munication between al] Oriental by hour, snow, while in the last quar-ports. The third is to establish a ter of the hour the sun would be "Pan Oriental Review" for further. shining again. Usually there was ing social, political, and industrial heavy rain at night. The nights union in the East, and to counter were bitterly cold, while the day enemy propaganda. was pleasant if there was no This society is establishing com-storm.
Sir G. Pereira was well over munications Morocco te Chins and Japan, and from 12,000ft. all the time he was in Afghanistan to Turkestan. Many Tibet except for two descents into branches are in existence in other valleys, which were at 10,000ft. countries, both Eastern and After the ninth day out of Tangar Western, and it is already in friend-there was bad goiing for seven or ly relations with two European eight days, when Sir George again Powers. - In time this will have far-met the nomads and bought yaks, reaching effects. which are hardier animals - than mules and stand the cold better.
It was a great relief when Jey-Paris, Jan. 18—A communique kundo [some 350 miles northeast of the Ministry of War issues: a of Lhasa] was reached. Here he report of an engagement ab Taza met Mme, Noel, a French Buddhist in Morocco, where two officers and lady, travelling north. She was the 12 men were killed. The attack only European he in his was made on the French detach-journey across Tibet down to ment, while passing through a Gyantse, which is a British trade defile, by large numbers of instation. surgents. The French after severe Sir George saw a wonderful moun-fighting put their assailants to tain in the bend of the Yellow River flight—French Wireless through [in Tibet). The mountain is called
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