Pare Doublet arrived in Tachicnly just before Mother Marie lett Poor fellow he has been quite sick and Jeame down to sce the doctor at the JAmerican hospital about his eyes, Very few men in China have quietly sat on the roof of a house and calmly watched 3,000 Reds go by. And then single-handed he fought his way out of the city travelling as fast as the German Bullet' in his leg would permit, Of late years he has not enjoyed very yood health and no Jecubt living entirely alone and, roughing it day by "day ack has somewhat undermined hi health. "He hopes to spend a tittie lime in the city before returning to Dave, five days west of Tachientu. Dawe' is well over 10,0u0 fect ign fend undoubtedly the altitude felling on the old French soldier.
Joyed seeing; a number of visitors his year, however, he "has en.
Dawe. Hanson-Lowe and' Floya Johnston passed through in June; Dr. Agnew and his party passed through during the summer, and Dr, Anderson, Dr, Graham ana Miss Dorf were also there during the summer. Pere Doublet enjoyed meeting these travellers and having. some contact with them. The lonely furrow can sometimes. be a long. furrow but when a crowd of hilari= ous scientists drop in in their search for neolithic man the French priest usually glad to soe them.
Nows has just come to Tachienlu of the death of the Panchan Lama Jyekundo, He died on December 1 News came some time ago that he Was quite sick and the lamaseries in Techienlu staried to pray for his recovery. Hope deferred has out made the heart sick and when preparations were underway for the telurn of the Panchan's large caravan towards Kanze and China the old sickness developed and the Spiritual Head of Lamaland expired: So far only the bare news of his death has reached the city.
'Yen Hsi-shan, former Pacification Commissioner for Shansi and Suiyusn, has been detained in Hankow at the same time as the arrest of General Han-Fuchu, accord-jing to a special message' to the "Eastern Dally News."
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