In Aween and Kuelchi, the mission stations are again occupied, and the vacated the provnises. At Hohow and Shangrao they are still in possession, but there is @ vast difference in their treatment of the premises. I went over those at Hohow a fortnight ago, and found vern in a most fearly condition, all broken down and filthy. What was my surprise in arriving at Shangeao to find them in perfect repair, clean and white washed. The offers received us cordially and conducted all over the house, telling me that tuny time we needed the premises. hey would vacate thers at One of the officers came fro Christian family, and had een brought up n'a. mission school, and was most felony.
When at Hohow we found that hundreds of refugees were breaking loose from the bandits daily and they were in a sorry condition. the Hohow people provided a certain portion of rice for each person daily. But when they kept on coming. they sent a number to cultivate the From eastern Tibet come rumours of imminent warfare, Dwelling just to the south of Gartok (Chang Kn), capital of Mar Kham province, is 1 powerful Bong Da tribe. Prior to the death of the tate Dalai Lama, tone of the brothers in the ruling. Bon, Da family was high in official circles at Lhasa. But, at the time fof the Dalai Lama's death, he also Jost his life, This. led to the revolt of the Bong Da Tibetans against the Lhasa government, and they are reported to have disarmed the governent troops at Gartok, The city of Drava is said to have been burned by the Bong Da soldiers.
Various and widely varying ru. incurs are being given widespread circulation. One. is that the Batang fand Szechuen troops (Chinese) are about to join with the Bong Da Tibetans in conquering eastern Tibet. Another has it that the late Gong Ka Lama's people will join with the Bong Da troops in their campaign against the Lhasa government forces. And still another rumour is current that the Gong Ka Tibetans _are about to wage war against the Bong people.
On the 28rd day of the first month (old calendar), the once powerful Gong Ka Lama passed to his reward. For years his subjects have been notorious for their robbing propensities, asin the MacLeod-Duncan robbery in 1927. It is said that just before his death, the Gong Ka Lama called his leaders together, instruct-Ing them to cease their robbing activities and to live at peace with their neighbours. Just what effect, i€-any, his counsel will have in the present Tibetan unrest is a matter for conjecture. friends that had been long under bandit territory, although they were only just across the river, and close to the town.
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