The campaign started about month ago. A family swept in front fof its shop but omitted to remove the refuse, The authorities came along, demanded an explanation for the heap of refuse, none was give 80a fine of $100 followed. The authorities continued their march along the street. Another door, another heap of refuse, another hundred dollars. Wireless and radio were now unnecessary. A hundred dollar One for a heap of rubbish in front of your door had the desired effect, Everyone now started sve ing their front door-step, rabbi orna rubbish, merely on" general principles. The unfortunates who Were fined started looking for wealthy relatives who had some lit-Hie intercourse with the powers that be, Dut all to no effect. If the induce the authorities to accept $99.
'The "wind" was now up and sweeping brooms were in great demand, People who never used th Before now began to appreciate their value, Door-fronts were being' swept as a matter of life and death The campaign affected everybody: the authorities favoured Dirt in front of the door meant one hhundved dollars and one hundred dollars was no small sum. During, the past month the authorities have collected in fines the handsome sum of $1,000 in various amounts, namely, twenty, thirty, fifty, and one hundred dollars. Tibetan and Chinese have both been treated alike: rubbish in front of your door rime, not one's particular the authorities turned their attention to the back streets and lanes and Tibetan caravansari And here conditions were. irideser bable. Lamaism as a religion and Tibetan morality as a system have very little intercourse with each other. The Tibetan courtyards in Tachienlu are being cleaned up now, under kindly compulsion, with a lite He dollar pressure to avoid unneeessaty delay, and the fact should be recorded: There are many people in the town who think things are going a bit too far but time will take note of their grievance. If it were merely a spring cleaning or an annual wash-up the business would not be so serious; but the present broom sweeping is somewhat beyond the "ken" of the oldest
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