"Tibetan's" latest despatch on the situation in the Forbidden Land shows, that go far little real progress has been made in discovering the roincarnation of the Dalai Lama and that, for various reasons, the authorities at Lhasa are not ready to receive the Panchen Lama who has been waiting for some time to make his entry into the country of which he is the supreme spiritual chief at the moment. Whether the Panchen Lama really imagined that he had been able fo discover a successor to the Dalai Lama in the small boy said to have shown special signs of inspiration during one of the audiences given by His Holiness to the faithful' cannot be definitely ascertained, The incident seems to have increased, the complexity of the problem of arranging for the Panchen Lama's Felurn, For one thing the situation in Tibet has developed into a three-cornered contest as a Young Party has arisen to temper the traditional rivalry between the Dalai and Panchen parties. The Panchen Lama waiting at Syekundo, where many followers have repaired {o him, has still to receive all his luggage from the Chinese Customs. His retinue, which is reported to include some 500 soldiers as well as others whom "Tibetan" describes delicately as "suspicious characters" may also have aroused the apprehensions of Lhasa. At all events orders have now been issued further delaying his return. In the meantime the third anniversary of the 13th Dalai Lama's death will soon be Celebrated and no successor has yet made his appearance,
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